The following lists events that happened during 1905 in New Zealand.
Incumbents
Regal and viceregal Head of State – Edward VII Governor – The Lord Plunket GCMG KCVOStatistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
Government The Liberal Party are 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 Chief Justice – Sir Robert Stout
Parliamentary opposition Leader of the Opposition – William Massey, (Independent).
Main centre leaders Municipal elections are held on 27 April: Mayor of Auckland – Edwin Mitchelson then Arthur Myers Mayor of Wellington – Thomas Hislop Mayor of Christchurch – Charles Gray Mayor of Dunedin – Thomas Christie – then Joseph Braithwaite
Events The Marlborough Herald begins publication. The Herald continues until 1911. The Marlborough Express stops publishing The Marlborough Times, which started in 1874.
Arts and literature
See 1905 in art, 1905 in literature
Music
See: 1905 in music
Film
See: :Category:1905 film awards, 1905 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, :Category:1905 films
Sport
Association football The first overseas tour by a New Zealand representative team takes place, to Australia.List of New Zealand national soccer matches 10 June vs Wellington in Wellington (pre-tour warm-up) 17 June, Sydney: Lost 2–3 vs Metropolitan Association 21 June, Sydney: Won 8–3 vs Wednesday Association 24 June, Sydney: Won 6–4 vs New South Wales 28 June, Sydney: Lost 2–3 vs Navy 1 July, Sydney: Lost 0–2 vs New South Wales 5 July, Newcastle: Won 5–4 vs Northern Districts 8 July, Newcastle: Won 1–0 vs Northern Districts 12 July, Sydney: Won 6–2 vs Granville 15 July, Wollongong: Drew 3–3 vs South Coast 19 July, Sydney: Won 5–0 vs Metropolitan Association 22 July, Sydney: Drew 1–1 vs New South Wales This is the last NZ representative team until 1922.
Boxing
National amateur champions Heavyweight – W. Robertson (Ashburton) Middleweight – A. Leckie (Dunedin) Lightweight – G. Williams (Palmerston North) Featherweight – J. Morris (Dunedin) Bantamweight – E. Baird (Christchurch)
Chess The 18th National Chess championship is held in Oamaru. The champion is A.W.O. Davies List of New Zealand Chess Champions
Golf The 13th National Amateur Championships are held in Auckland Men: Arthur Duncan (Wellington) – 4th title Women: Miss A. Stephenson Women's golf, previously organised by the Men's association, comes under the auspices of the British Ladies Golf Union.
Horse racing
Harness racing New Zealand Trotting Cup: Birchmark Auckland Trotting Cup: Le RosierAuckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz
Thoroughbred racing
Rugby Ranfurly Shield – Wellington successfully defend the shield against Wairarapa (3–3) and Hawkes Bay (11–3) before losing to Auckland (6–10).
Soccer Provincial league champions: Auckland: Auckland Corinthians Canterbury: Christchurch Celtic Otago: Kaitangata FC Southland: Nightcaps Taranaki: Waitara Wellington: Diamond Wellington
Births 10 January: R. A. K. Mason, poet. (d. 1971) 25 February: Iriaka Rātana, politician. (d. 1981) 29 March: Dan Bryant, schoolteacher and mountaineer (d. 1957) 5 April: Guy Powles, diplomat and ombudsman. (d. 1994) 25 June: Ian Cromb, cricketer. (d. 1984) 28 June: Norman Shelton, politician. (d. 1980) 29 June: Oswald Denison, rower. (d. 1990) 9 July: John Guthrie, journalist and novelist (d. 1955) 3 September: John Mills, cricketer. (d. 1972) 29 October: John (Jack) Lamason, cricketer. (d. 1961) 10 December: Neil Watson, politician. (d. 1990)
Deaths
6 January: Bendix Hallenstein, merchant.DNZB – Bendix Hallenstein 14 March: George Fisher, politician. 22 April: Mary Gabriel Gill, Catholic prioress 6 June: Marion Hatton, suffragist 27 June: Te Keepa Te Rangi-pūawhe, Māori tribal leader, soldier and entrepreneur 20 October: John Thomas Peacock, businessman and politician 18 November: Te Whiti o Rongomai, Māori leader, pacifist.
See also History of New Zealand List of years in New Zealand Military history of New Zealand Timeline of New Zealand history Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica Timeline of the New Zealand environment
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