1917 in New Zealand
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[edit] Summary
The section should contain a paragraph or two about the year.
[edit] Incumbents
[edit] Regal and Vice Regal
[edit] Government
The 19th New Zealand Parliament continued as a grand coalition led by the Reform Party. The General Election which was due this year was deferred due to the war.
- Speaker of the House - Frederic Lang (Reform Party)
- Prime Minister - William Massey (Reform Party)
- Minister of Finance - Joseph Ward
[edit] Opposition Leaders
- Leader of the Opposition - Joseph Ward (Liberal Party) Ward retained that title even though he was part of the coalition government.
See: Category:New_Zealand_Parliament , New Zealand elections
[edit] Main centre leaders
- Mayor of Auckland - TBD
- Mayor of Hamilton - John Robert Fow then John William Ellis
- Mayor of Wellington - TBD
- Mayor of Christchurch - TBD
- Mayor of Dunedin - TBD
[edit] Events
- 20 October: 850 New Zealand soldiers killed in the Second Battle of Passchendaele, the greatest loss of life in a single day in the Military history of New Zealand
[edit] Arts and literature
See 1917 in art, 1917 in literature, Category:1917 books
[edit] Music
See: 1917 in music
[edit] Film
See: Category:1917 film awards , 1917 in film , List of New Zealand feature films , Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1917 films
[edit] Appointments and awards
See: New Zealand Order of Merit , Order of New Zealand
- Archbishop of New Zealand
- Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia , see appointments to Diocese
[edit] Sport
- See: 1917 in sports , Category:1917 in sports , Summer Olympic Games (See Category:New Zealand at the Olympics and Winter Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games (Check name).
- Rugby: Category:Rugby union in New Zealand , Super 14, Rugby Union World Cup, National Provincial Championship , Category:All Blacks , Bledisloe Cup , Tri Nations Series , Ranfurly Shield
- Cricket: Various Tours, New Zealand cricket team , Chappell-Hadlee Trophy , Cricket World Cup
- Gold: New Zealand Open , Check Category:New Zealand golfers in overseas tourniments.
- Horse racing: See Category:New Zealand horse races, list winners.
- Rugby league New Zealand Warriors , Bartercard Cup , New Zealand national rugby league team , Rugby League World Cup
- Netball: Silver Ferns , National Bank Cup , Netball World Championships
- Soccer: New Zealand champions (soccer) , New Zealand Football Championship , New Zealand National Soccer League , New Zealand national soccer team , Chatham Cup ,
- Basketball: Tall Blacks , New Zealand Breakers
- Other Sports
[edit] Births
- 6 May: Roy Scott, cricketer
- 6 July: Arthur Lydiard, runner and athletics coach
- 17 October: Martin Donnelly, cricketer.
- 13 December: Keith Hay, construction company founder, mayor of Mt Roskill, conservative activist.
- (in Vienna, Austria): Erich Geiringer, physician, writer, scholar.
- Frank Gill, Air Commodore and politician.
- Eddie Isbey, politician.
- (in England): David Henry Lewis, sailor and Polynesian scholar
[edit] Deaths
- 3 February: Robert McNab, politician.
- 4 October: Dave Gallaher, rugby player (first captain of the All Blacks).
- 22 October: Bob Fitzsimmons, boxer.
- 12 December: Sir Charles Bowen, politician.
- Alfred Kidd, politician.
- John Davies Ormond, politician.
[edit] See also
- List of years in New Zealand
- Timeline of New Zealand history
- History of New Zealand
- Military history of New Zealand
- Timeline of environmental history of New Zealand
- Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica
For world events and topics in 1917 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1917
