1916 in New Zealand

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1916 in New Zealand:

Other years in New Zealand

1913 • 1914 • 1915 • 1916 • 1917 • 1918 • 1919

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 6 Births 7 Deaths 8 See also

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - George V
• Governor - The Earl of Liverpool ^[1]

[edit] Government

The 19th New Zealand Parliament continued as a grand coalition led by the Reform Party

• Speaker of the House - Frederic Lang (Reform Party)
• Prime Minister - William Massey (Reform Party)
• Minister of Finance - Joseph Ward

[edit] Parliamentary opposition

• Leader of the Opposition - Joseph Ward (Liberal Party) Ward retained that title even though he was part of the coalition government. ^[2]

[edit] Main centre leaders

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

[edit] Events

[edit] January

[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 1916 in art, 1916 in literature, Category:1916 books

[edit] Music

See: 1916 in music

[edit] Film

• The Mutiny of the Bounty

See: Category:1916 film awards , 1916 in film , List of New Zealand feature films , Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1916 films

[edit] Appointments and awards

• William Jolliffe is appointed New Zealand's first censor
• Archbishop of New Zealand

[edit] Sport

• See: 1916 in sports , Category:1916 in sports ,
• Rugby: Category:Rugby union in New Zealand, Category:All Blacks , Ranfurly Shield

• Horse racing: See Category:New Zealand horse races, list winners.

• Soccer: Chatham Cup : no competition due to war.

[edit] Births

• 17 February: Geoffrey Fisken, WWII fighter ace.
• 31 July: Verdun Scott, cricketer.
• 15 December: Maurice Wilkins, physicist.
• 19 December: Merv Wallace, cricketer.

• Ernest Duncan, mathematician.
• Herb Green: medical specialist.
• Allan McCready, politician.
• Paraone Reweti, politician.
• George Silk, photojournalist.
• Selwyn Toogood, radio and television personality.

Category:1916 births

[edit] Deaths

• Thomas King, astronomer and politician

Category:1916 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 1916 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1916