The following lists events that happened during 1909 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 11th New Zealand Parliament commenced. Speaker of the House – Sir Arthur Guinness Prime Minister – Joseph Ward Minister of Finance – Joseph Ward Attorney-General – John Findlay Chief Justice – Sir Robert Stout
Parliamentary opposition Leader of the Opposition – William Massey (independent until February and thereafter as leader of the Reform Party)
Main centre leaders Mayor of Auckland – Arthur Myers then Charles Grey Mayor of Wellington – Alfred Newman Mayor of Christchurch – Charles Allison Mayor of Dunedin – John McDonald then James Walker
Events 1 January: The Quackery Prevention Act 1908 becomes law, preventing false advertising in relation to ingredients, composition, structure, nature or operation of a medicine. 12 February: Inter-island steamer SS Penguin is wrecked at Cape Terawhiti in Cook Strait with the loss of 75 lives.Christchurch City Libraries 14 February: The first North Island Main Trunk passenger express train leaves Auckland for Wellington, an overnight trip scheduled to take 19 hours 15 minutes, with a sleeping car, day cars with reclining seats, postal/parcels vans, and a dining car for part of the way.
Undated The Canterbury (NZ) Aero Club, the first in New Zealand, is formed by George Bolt.Rendel, David (1975) Civil Aviation in New Zealand: An Illustrated History. Wellington. A.H. & A.W.Reed.
Arts and literature
See 1909 in art, 1909 in literature
Music
See: 1909 in music
Film
See: 1909 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, :Category:1909 films
Sport
Boxing National amateur champions Heavyweight – M. Ryan (Invercargill) Middleweight – S. Monaghan (Ohakune) Welterweight – G. Watchorn (Palmerston North) Lightweight – J. Finnerty (Invercargill) Featherweight – J. Hagerty (Timaru) Bantamweight – C. Stewart (Timaru)
Cricket
Chess The 22nd National Chess Championship was held in Dunedin, and was won by F.K. Kelling of Wellington.List of New Zealand Chess Champions
Golf The third New Zealand Open championship was won by J.A. Clements (his second consecutive win).History of NZ open: TVNZ The 17th National Amateur Championships were held in Auckland Men: Arthur Duncan (Wellington) – 6th title Women: Mrs ? Bevan.
Horse racing
Harness racing New Zealand Trotting Cup: Wildwood Junior Auckland Trotting Cup: HavocAuckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz
Rugby league New Zealand national rugby league team
Rugby union Auckland defend the Ranfurly Shield only once, beating Taranaki 18–5
Soccer Provincial league champions: Auckland: Auckland Corinthians Canterbury: Burnham Industrial School Otago: Dunedin City Southland: Murihiku Taranaki: Kaponga Wellington: Wellington Swifts
Tennis Anthony Wilding and Australian Norman Brookes, as the Australasian team, successfully defend the Davis Cup, beating the United States 5–0. The final is held in Sydney. Anthony Wilding wins the men's singles at the Australian Open.
Births 15 April: Jack Watts, politician. (d. 1970) 18 April: Tom Skinner, politician, Federation of Labour president. (d. 1991) 20 May: Bill Pratney, cyclist. (d. 2001) 13 June: Ralph Hanan, politician. (d. 1969) 14 July: Brian Shorland, organic chemist. (d. 1999) 27 July: Charles Brasch, poet and literary editor. (d. 1973) 20 August: Alby Roberts, cricketer. (d. 1978) 15 September: Jean Batten, aviator. (d. 1982) 16 September: Rod MacKenzie, rugby union player (d. 2000) 31 October: Frank Bateson, astronomer. (d. 2007) 23 December: Don Cleverley, cricketer. (d. 2004)
Deaths 14 February: Elsie Dohrmann, scholar, teacher and temperance campaigner 28 April: John Wilson (businessman), businessman and judge 7 August: Arthur Remington, politician 14 August: Samuel Brown, Mayor of Wellington. Maria Sophia Pope, shopkeeper and businesswoman.
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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