1896 in New Zealand

1896 in New Zealand
Decades:
  • 1870s
  • 1880s
  • 1890s
  • 1900s
  • 1910s
See also:

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

Government and law

The Liberal Party is re-elected and begins the 13th New Zealand Parliament.

Parliamentary opposition

Leader of the OppositionWilliam Russell.[1]

Main centre leaders

Events

Undated

Media

Sport

Athletics

National Champions, Men [9]

Chess

National Champion: W. Meldrum of Rangitikei.[10]

Golf

Horse racing

Harness racing

Thoroughbred racing

Season leaders (1895/96)

Lawn Bowls

National Champions[13] There are no national championships this year.

Polo

Rowing

National Champions (Men)

Shooting

Ballinger Belt — Sergeant Wakelyn (Honorary Reserve Corps, Christchurch)

Soccer

Provincial league champions:[14]

Swimming

Not held

Tennis

National Championships

Births

See also

References

General
Specific
  1. "Elections NZ — Leaders of the Opposition". Retrieved 2008-04-06.
  2. Brunner mine disaster
  3. NCWNZ History
  4. MIC - Film pioneers
  5. "Waikato Times". National Library of New Zealand.
  6. "Poverty Bay Herald". National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 2008-09-21.
  7. Mackay, Joseph Angus (1949). "Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z.: Earliest Journals and Their Founders".
  8. "Mayor's chair bonds present with past". Waikato Museum.
  9. Athletics NZ senior mens champions (MS Word)
  10. List of New Zealand Chess Champions
  11. edited by A. H. McLintock (1966). "Men's Golf — National Champions". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Te Ara — The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 2009-02-13.
  12. Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz
  13. As the New Zealand Bowling Association at this time consists entirely of South Island clubs, the first truly "national" championships are not deemed to have begun until 1914.
  14. "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.
  15. Blackley, Roger. "Fisher, Archibald Joseph Charles 1896–1959". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 5 April 2011.

External links

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