1920 in New Zealand

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See also: 1919 in New Zealand, other events of 1920, 1921 in New Zealand, and the Timeline of New Zealand history.

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Contents 1 Summary 2 Incumbents 2.1 Regal and Vice Regal 2.2 Government 2.3 Opposition Leaders 2.4 Main centre leaders 3 Events 3.1 January 3.2 February 3.3 March 3.4 April 3.5 June 3.6 July 3.7 August 3.8 September 3.9 October 3.10 November 3.11 December 4 Arts and literature 4.1 Music 4.2 Film 5 Appointments and awards 6 Sport 6.1 Cricket 6.2 Horse Racing 6.3 Rugby 6.3.1 Rugby league 7 Births 8 Deaths 9 See also

[edit] Summary

The section should contain a paragraph or two about the year.

See: 1920 and Timeline of New Zealand history plus data below.

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - George V
• Governor-General - Earl of Liverpool, succeeded by Earl Jellicoe

[edit] Government

The 20th New Zealand Parliament commenced, with the Reform Party in Government

• Speaker of the House - Frederic Lang (Reform Party)
• Prime Minister - William Massey
• Minister of Finance - James Allen
• Minister of External Affairs - James Allen until April 20th, then Ernest Page Lee until May 17th, then Francis Bell (New Zealand Prime Minister)

[edit] Opposition Leaders

• Leader of the Opposition - William MacDonald (Liberal Party) until his death on August 31st, then Thomas Wilford

[edit] Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - TBD
• Mayor of Hamilton - John Robert Fow
• Mayor of Wellington - TBD
• Mayor of Christchurch - TBD
• Mayor of Dunedin - TBD

[edit] Events

See 1920 , 1920 in politics , 1920 in science , Category:1920 in Australia , 1920 in Australia , 1920 in music , 1920 timelines , History of New Zealand , Category:History of New Zealand , Military history of New Zealand , Timeline of environmental history of New Zealand , Timeline of New Zealand history

• Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica , Category:2002

[edit] January

• 2 January: description

[edit] February

[edit] March

[edit] April

[edit] June

[edit] July

[edit] August

[edit] September

[edit] October

[edit] November

[edit] December

• See also Current events in Australia and New Zealand

[edit] Arts and literature

See 1920 in art, 1920 in literature, Category:1920 books

[edit] Music

See: 1920 in music

[edit] Film

See: Category:1920 film awards , 1920 in film , List of New Zealand feature films , Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1920 films

[edit] Appointments and awards

See: New Zealand Order of Merit , Order of New Zealand

• Archbishop of New Zealand
• Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia , see appointments to Diocese

[edit] Sport

• See: 1920 in sports , Category:1920 in sports , Summer Olympic Games

[edit] Cricket

• Plunket Shield

[edit] Horse Racing

Category:New Zealand horse races

[edit] Rugby

• Ranfurly Shield

[edit] Rugby league

• Great Britain tour of New Zealand, won test series 3-0
  • 1st test, 23-10 Wellington
  • 2nd test, 19 - 3, Christchurch
  • 3rd test, 31 - 7, Auckland

[edit] Births

• 14 January: Don Beard, cricketer
• 24 January: Gerard Wall, surgeon and politician
• 26 January: Tapihana Paraire Paikea, politician
• 28 October: Bob Stuart, rugby player and administrator

• Frank Corner, diplomat
• John O'Shea, filmmaker

Category:1920 births

[edit] Deaths

• 20 May: Henare Kaihau, politician
• Cyril Mountfort, architect

Category:1920 deaths

[edit] See also