1916
in
New Zealand

Decades:
  • 1890s
  • 1900s
  • 1910s
  • 1920s
  • 1930s
See also:

The following lists events that happened during 1916 in New Zealand.

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

Government

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

Parliamentary opposition

Judiciary

Main centre leaders

Events

Arts and literature

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

Music

See: 1916 in music

Film

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

Sport

Golf

  • The New Zealand Open championship and National Amateur Championships are not held due to the war.[8]

Horse racing

Harness racing

Thoroughbred racing

Lawn bowls

The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Christchurch.[12]

  • Men's singles champion – E.H. Fountain (Roslyn Bowling Club)
  • Men's pair champions – V. Dimock, Charles Parata (skip) (Thorndon Bowling Club)
  • Men's fours champions – C.W. Davis, A. E. Davis, A.B. Duff, J. Laughton (skip) (Newtown Bowling Club)

Rugby union

Soccer

  • Provincial league champions:[13]
    • Auckland – North Shore
    • Canterbury – Christchurch Rangers
    • Hawke's Bay – Waipukurau
    • Otago – Mornington
    • Southland – No competition
    • Wanganui – No competition
    • Wellington – No competition

Births

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Exact date unknown

Deaths

January–March

April–June

July–September

October–December

See also

References

  1. Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
  2. "Elections NZ – Leaders of the Opposition". Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
  3. 1 2 3 4 NZ Army:- 1902 – 1919 Imperial Training & World War I
  4. "Today in History". New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 19 September 2008.
  5. 1 2 3 Rendel, David (1975) Civil Aviation in New Zealand: An Illustrated History. Wellington. A.H. & A.W.Reed. ISBN 0-589-00905-2
  6. 1 2 3 Ogilvie, Gordon. "Wigram, Henry Francis". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
  7. Recruiting and Conscription
  8. "PGA European – Holden New Zealand Open". The Sports Network. 2005. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
  9. "List of NZ Trotting cup winners". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2009.
  10. Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  11. 1 2 3 4 Lambert, Max; Palenski, Ron, eds. (1982). The Air New Zealand Almanac. Moa Almanac Press. pp. 448–454. ISBN 0-908570-55-4.
  12. McLintock, A.H., ed. (1966). "Bowls, men's outdoor—tournament winners". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  13. "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.

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