1905 in New Zealand

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1905 in New Zealand:

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1902 • 1903 • 1904 • 1905 • 1906 • 1907 • 1908

Contents 1 Incumbents 1.1 Regal and Vice Regal 1.2 Government 1.3 Parliamentary opposition 1.4 Main centre leaders 2 Events 2.1 January 2.2 February 2.3 March 2.4 April 2.5 June 2.6 July 2.7 August 2.8 September 2.9 October 2.10 November 2.11 December 3 Arts and literature 3.1 Music 3.2 Film 4 Appointments and awards 5 Sport 5.1 Rugby 6 Births 7 Deaths 8 See also

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - Edward VII
• Governor - The Lord Plunket GCMG KCVO ^[1]

[edit] Government

The Liberal Party were re-elected and formed the 16th New Zealand Parliament.

• Speaker of the House - Arthur Guinness (Liberal)
• Prime Minister - Richard Seddon
• Minister of Finance - Richard Seddon

[edit] Parliamentary opposition

• Leader of the Opposition - William Massey, (Independent). ^[2]

[edit] Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - Edwin Mitchelson then Arthur Myers
• Mayor of Hamilton - William Dey then James Shiner Bond
• Mayor of Wellington - Thomas Hislop
• Mayor of Christchurch - C. M. Gray
• Mayor of Dunedin - Thomas Christie - then Joseph Braithwaite

[edit] Events

[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

[edit] Arts and literature

See 1905 in art, 1905 in literature, Category:1905 books

[edit] Music

See: 1905 in music

[edit] Film

See: Category:1905 film awards , 1905 in film , List of New Zealand feature films , Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1905 films

[edit] Appointments and awards

See:

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

[edit] Sport

• See: 1905 in sports , Category:1905 in sports

[edit] Rugby

Category:Rugby union in New Zealand

• Ranfurly Shield - Wellington defended the shield against Wairarapa (3-3) and Hawkes Bay (11-3) before losing to Auckland (6-10).

[edit] Births

• 25 February: Iriaka Matiu Ratana, politician.
• 25 June: Ian Cromb, cricketer.
• 3 September: John Mills, cricketer.
• 29 October: 'John (Jack) Lamason, cricketer.

• R. A. K. Mason, poet.
• Guy Powles, diplomat and ombudsman.
• Norman Shelton, politician.

Category:1905 births

[edit] Deaths

• 6 January: Bendix Hallenstein, merchant.
• 14 March: George Fisher, politician.
• 18 November: Te Whiti o Rongomai, Māori leader, pacifist.
• 27 November: Samuel Tarratt Nevill, Anglican Bishop of Dunedin.

Category:1905 deaths

[edit] See also

• List of years in New Zealand
• Timeline of New Zealand history
• History of New Zealand
• Military history of New Zealand
• Timeline of environmental history of New Zealand
• Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica

For world events and topics in 1905 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1905