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1916 in New Zealand

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1916
in
New Zealand

Decades:
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The following lists events that happened during 1916 in New Zealand.

Incumbents

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Regal and viceregal

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Government

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The 19th New Zealand Parliament continued as a grand coalition led by the Reform Party.

Parliamentary opposition

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Judiciary

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Main centre leaders

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Events

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Arts and literature

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See 1916 in art, 1916 in literature, Category:1916 books

Music

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See: 1916 in music

Film

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See: 1916 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1916 films

Sport

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Golf

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  • The New Zealand Open championship and National Amateur Championships are not held due to the war.[8]

Horse racing

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Harness racing

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Thoroughbred racing

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Lawn bowls

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The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Christchurch.[12]

  • Men's singles champion – E.H. Fountain (Roslyn Bowling Club)
  • Men's pair champions – V. Dimock, Charles Parata (skip) (Thorndon Bowling Club)
  • Men's fours champions – C.W. Davis, A. E. Davis, A.B. Duff, J. Laughton (skip) (Newtown Bowling Club)

Rugby union

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Soccer

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  • Provincial league champions:[13]
    • Auckland – North Shore
    • Canterbury – Christchurch Rangers
    • Hawke's Bay – Waipukurau
    • Otago – Mornington
    • Southland – No competition
    • Wanganui – No competition
    • Wellington – No competition

Births

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January

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February

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March

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April

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May

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June

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July

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August

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September

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October

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November

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December

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Exact date unknown

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Deaths

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January–March

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April–June

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July–September

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October–December

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
  2. ^ "Elections NZ – Leaders of the Opposition". Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
  3. ^ a b c d NZ Army:- 1902 – 1919 Imperial Training & World War I
  4. ^ "Today in History". New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 19 September 2008.
  5. ^ a b c Rendel, David (1975) Civil Aviation in New Zealand: An Illustrated History. Wellington. A.H. & A.W.Reed. ISBN 0-589-00905-2
  6. ^ a b c Ogilvie, Gordon. "Wigram, Henry Francis". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
  7. ^ Recruiting and Conscription
  8. ^ "PGA European – Holden New Zealand Open". The Sports Network. 2005. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
  9. ^ "List of NZ Trotting cup winners". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2009.
  10. ^ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ a b c d Lambert, Max; Palenski, Ron, eds. (1982). The Air New Zealand Almanac. Moa Almanac Press. pp. 448–454. ISBN 0-908570-55-4.
  12. ^ McLintock, A.H., ed. (1966). "Bowls, men's outdoor—tournament winners". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  13. ^ "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.
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