The following lists events that happened during 1905 in New Zealand.

1905
in
New Zealand

Decades:
See also:

Incumbents

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Regal and viceregal

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Government

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The Liberal Party are re-elected and formed the 16th New Zealand Parliament.

Parliamentary opposition

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Main centre leaders

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Municipal elections are held on 27 April:[3]

Events

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  • The Marlborough Herald begins publication. The Herald continues until 1911. The Marlborough Express stops publishing The Marlborough Times, which started in 1874.[4]

Arts and literature

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See 1905 in art, 1905 in literature

Music

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See: 1905 in music

Film

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See: Category:1905 film awards, 1905 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1905 films

Sport

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Association football

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  • The first overseas tour by a New Zealand representative team takes place, to Australia.[5]
    • 10 June vs Wellington in Wellington (pre-tour warm-up)
    • 17 June, Sydney: Lost 2–3 vs Metropolitan Association
    • 21 June, Sydney: Won 8–3 vs Wednesday Association
    • 24 June, Sydney: Won 6–4 vs New South Wales
    • 28 June, Sydney: Lost 2–3 vs Navy
    • 1 July, Sydney: Lost 0–2 vs New South Wales
    • 5 July, Newcastle: Won 5–4 vs Northern Districts
    • 8 July, Newcastle: Won 1–0 vs Northern Districts
    • 12 July, Sydney: Won 6–2 vs Granville
    • 15 July, Wollongong: Drew 3–3 vs South Coast
    • 19 July, Sydney: Won 5–0 vs Metropolitan Association
    • 22 July, Sydney: Drew 1–1 vs New South Wales

This is the last NZ representative team until 1922.

Boxing

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National amateur champions

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  • Heavyweight – W. Robertson (Ashburton)
  • Middleweight – A. Leckie (Dunedin)
  • Lightweight – G. Williams (Palmerston North)
  • Featherweight – J. Morris (Dunedin)
  • Bantamweight – E. Baird (Christchurch)

Chess

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The 18th National Chess championship is held in Oamaru. The champion is A.W.O. Davies [6]

Golf

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  • The 13th National Amateur Championships are held in Auckland [7]
    • Men: Arthur Duncan (Wellington) – 4th title
    • Women: Miss A. Stephenson
  • Women's golf, previously organised by the Men's association, comes under the auspices of the British Ladies Golf Union.[8]

Horse racing

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Harness racing

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Thoroughbred racing

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Rugby

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  • Ranfurly Shield – Wellington successfully defend the shield against Wairarapa (3–3) and Hawkes Bay (11–3) before losing to Auckland (6–10).

Soccer

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Provincial league champions:[11]

  • Auckland: Auckland Corinthians
  • Canterbury: Christchurch Celtic
  • Otago: Kaitangata FC
  • Southland: Nightcaps
  • Taranaki: Waitara
  • Wellington: Diamond Wellington

Births

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Deaths

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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. ^ "1905. DIARY OF EVENTS". The Evening Post. Vol. LXX, no. 155. 30 December 1905. p. 9. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
  4. ^ "History in the making". The Marlborough Express. 6 July 2004. Archived from the original on 1 August 2008. Retrieved 17 June 2008.
  5. ^ List of New Zealand national soccer matches
  6. ^ List of New Zealand Chess Champions Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ McLintock, A. H., ed. (1966). "Men's Golf – National Champions". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 13 February 2009.
  8. ^ McLintock, A. H., ed. (1966). "New Zealand Ladies' Golf Union". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 6 April 2009.
  9. ^ "List of NZ Trotting cup winners". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
  10. ^ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999. Retrieved 13 May 2009.
  12. ^ DNZB – Bendix Hallenstein
  13. ^ McCarthy, Mary Augustine. "Mary Gabriel Gill". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  14. ^ "Obituary". Otago Witness. 14 June 1905. p. 25.
  15. ^ "Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand". Archived from the original on 18 February 2009. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
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