1926 in New Zealand

The following lists events that happened during 1926 in New Zealand.

1926
in
New Zealand

Decades:
  • 1900s
  • 1910s
  • 1920s
  • 1930s
  • 1940s
See also:

Population

The 1926 New Zealand census is held on 20 April.

Male Female Total
Usually resident population 716,310
(51%)
687,330
(49%)
1,403,640
Overseas visitors 3,3331,1674,500
Total 719,643688,4971,408,140

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

Government

The 22nd New Zealand Parliament continues with the Reform Party governing.

Parliamentary opposition

Judiciary

Main centre leaders

Events

Arts and literature

See 1926 in art, 1926 in literature, Category:1926 books

Music

See: 1926 in music

Radio

See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film

See: 1926 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1926 films

Sport

Chess

  • The 35th National Chess Championship is held in Dunedin, and is won by S. Crakanthorp of Sydney, his second title[6]

Cricket

  • New Zealand, along with India and the West Indies, is admitted to the Imperial Cricket Conference, increasing the number of test playing nations to six

Football

  • The Chatham Cup is won by Sunnyside (Christchurch)
  • Provincial league champions:[7]
    • Auckland – Tramways
    • Canterbury – Sunnyside
    • Hawke's Bay – Whakatu
    • Nelson – Athletic
    • Otago – HSOB
    • South Canterbury – Colmoco
    • Southland – Ohai
    • Taranaki – Auroa
    • Waikato – Huntly Thistle
    • Wanganui – Woollen Mills
    • Wellington – Hospital

Golf

  • The 16th New Zealand Open championship is won by Andrew Shaw after a playoff with Ernie Moss.[8]
  • The 8th National Amateur Championships are held at Miramar (men) and Balmacewan (women)[9][10]
    • Men – Arthur Duncan (Wellington) (his tenth title)
    • Women – Louisa Kerr (Timaru)

Harness racing

Thoroughbred racing

Lawn bowls

The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Dunedin.[14]

  • Men's singles champion – W. Foster (Caledonian Bowling Club)
  • Men's pair champions – W. R. Todd, E. Tamlyn (skip) (St Kilda Bowling Club)
  • Men's fours champions – J. D. Best, H. G. Siedeberg, F. McCullough, E. Harraway (skip) (Dunedin Bowling Club)

Rugby league

Rugby union

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

  • 1 October – Suzanne Aubert (Sister Mary Joseph), missionary nun (born 1835)
  • 9 October – Sir Arthur Myers, politician, mayor of Auckland (1905–09) (born 1868)
  • 18 October – Sir James Carroll, politician (born 1857)
  • 26 October – Frederick Pirani, politician (born 1858)
  • 7 November – Henry Baker, cricketer (born 1904)
  • 7 December – Charles Purnell, journalist, newspaper editor, writer (born 1843)
  • 12 December – Jane Preshaw, nurse, midwife, hospital matron (born 1839)
  • 22 December – Mina Arndt, painter (born 1885)
  • 23 December – Joseph Frear, builder (born 1846)
  • 28 December – Robert William Felkin, medical missionary, explorer, ceremonial magician (born 1853)

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. "Personal". Stratford Evening Post. Vol. 58, no. 2. 1 February 1926. p. 4. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  4. Cockayne, Leonard (1926). "Monograph on New Zealand beech forests". N.Z. State Forest Serv. Bull (4).
  5. "New Zealand plants – timeline – 1900 to 1949". University of Auckland, School of Biological Science. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
  6. List of New Zealand Chess Champions Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  7. "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.
  8. "PGA European – Holden New Zealand Open". The Sports Network. 2005. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
  9. McLintock, A. H., ed. (1966). "Men's Golf – National Champions". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 13 February 2009.
  10. "Golf". Otago Witness. No. 3789. 26 October 1926. p. 51. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  11. "List of NZ Trotting cup winners". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2009.
  12. Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  13. Lambert, Max; Palenski, Ron (1982). The New Zealand Almanac. Moa Almanac Press. pp. 448–454. ISBN 0-908570-55-4.
  14. 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.

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