1919 in New Zealand

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Other years in New Zealand

1916 • 1917 • 1918 • 1919 • 1920 • 1921 • 1922

Contents 1 Summary 2 Incumbents 2.1 Regal and Vice Regal 2.2 Government 2.3 Opposition Leaders 2.4 Main centre leaders 3 Events 4 Arts and literature 4.1 Music 4.2 Film 5 Appointments and awards 6 Sport 6.1 Cricket 6.2 Horse Racing 6.3 Rugby 6.4 Rugby league 7 Births 8 Deaths 9 See also

[edit] Summary

The section should contain a paragraph or two about the year.

See: 1919 and Timeline of New Zealand history plus data below.

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - George V
• Governor-General - Earl of Liverpool

[edit] Government

The 19th New Zealand Parliament concluded, with an election held in November which saw the Reform Party returned with an increased majority (47 of the 80 seats).

• Speaker of the House - Frederic Lang (Reform Party)
• Prime Minister - William Massey (Reform Party)
• Minister of Finance - Joseph Ward until 21st August, then James Allen

[edit] Opposition Leaders

• Leader of the Opposition - Joseph Ward (Liberal Party)

[edit] Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - James Gunson
• Mayor of Hamilton - John Robert Fow then Percy Harold Watts
• Mayor of Wellington - John Luke
• Mayor of Christchurch - Henry Holland then Henry T. J. Thacker
• Mayor of Dunedin - James John Clark then William Begg

[edit] Events

• December : Establishment of the Ministry of External Affairs, with James Allen as first Minister.

[edit] Arts and literature

See 1919 in art, 1919 in literature, Category:1919 books

[edit] Music

See: 1919 in music

[edit] Film

See: Category:1919 film awards , 1919 in film , List of New Zealand feature films , Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1919 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: 1919 in sports , Category:1919 in sports

[edit] Cricket

• Plunket Shield

[edit] Horse Racing

Category:New Zealand horse races

[edit] Rugby

• Bledisloe Cup
• Ranfurly Shield

[edit] Rugby league

• New Zealand national rugby league team

[edit] Births

• 8 June: Guy Overton, cricketer
• 17 July: Alex Moir, cricketer
• 20 July: Edmund Hillary, mountaineer
• 26 July: Angus Tait, electronics entrepreneur
• 5 September: John Te Rangianiwaniwa Rangihau, academic and Māori leader
• 6 November: Allen Lissette, cricketer

• Lance Adams-Schneider, politician.
• Colin McCahon, painter
• John Ridley, politician.
• Gordon Walters, painter

Category:1919 births

[edit] Deaths

• 5 September: Joseph Ivess, politician.

• Edward Bartley, architect.
• Thomas Thompson, politician.

Category:1919 deaths

[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 1919 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1919