1902 in New Zealand

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1902 in New Zealand:

Other years in New Zealand

1899 • 1900 • 1901 • 1902 • 1903 • 1904 • 1905

Contents 1 Incumbents 1.1 Regal and Vice Regal 1.2 Government 1.3 Parliamentary opposition 1.4 Main centre leaders 2 Events 2.1 January 2.2 February 2.3 March 2.4 April 2.5 June 2.6 July 2.7 August 2.8 September 2.9 October 2.10 November 2.11 December 3 Arts and literature 3.1 Music 4 Appointments and awards 5 Sport 5.1 Rugby 6 Births 7 Deaths 8 References 9 See also

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - Edward VII
• Governor - The Earl of Ranfurly GCMG ^[1]

[edit] Government

The Liberal Party was re-elected and formed the 15th New Zealand Parliament.

• Speaker of the House - George O'Rorke
• Prime Minister - Richard Seddon
• Minister of Finance - Richard Seddon

The number of members of the House of Representatives is increased from 74 to 80. ^[2]

[edit] Parliamentary opposition

Leader of the Opposition - no recognised leader in 1902. ^[3]

[edit] Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - Alfred Kidd
• Mayor of Hamilton - Robert William Dyer
• Mayor of Wellington - John Aitken
• Mayor of Christchurch - A. E. G. Rhodes then Henry Wigram
• Mayor of Dunedin - George Denniston then James Park

[edit] Events

[edit] January

• 2 January: description

[edit] February

[edit] March

[edit] April

[edit] June

[edit] July

[edit] August

[edit] September

[edit] October

[edit] November

[edit] December

[edit] Arts and literature

See 1902 in art, 1902 in literature, Category:1902 books

[edit] Music

See: 1902 in music

[edit] Appointments and awards

See:

• Archbishop of New Zealand
• Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia , see appointments to Diocese

[edit] Sport

• See: 1902 in sports , Category:1902 in sports

[edit] Rugby

Category:Rugby union in New Zealand

• The NZRFU decided upon a challenge format for the Ranfurly Cup competition. The trophy arrived from Britain and turned out to be a shield.
• 13 September: The Ranfurly Shield first awarded to Auckland in recognition of their unbeaten record for the season.

[edit] Births

• 8 May: Curly Page, cricketer.
• 13 June: Gordon Minhinnick, cartoonist.
• 16 June: Clarence Beeby, educationalist.
• 3 July: Jack Newman, cricketer.
• 23 July: Arthur Lindo Patterson, physicist.

• Frederick Hackett, politician.
• (in Paris): Louise Henderson, painter.
• Trevor Henry, supreme court judge.

Category:1902 births

[edit] Deaths

• 26 June: William Garden Cowie, bishop of Auckland and Anglican Primate of New Zealand
• 3 December: Robert Lawson, architect

• Theodore Haultain, politician.

Category:1902 deaths

[edit] References

1. ^ Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
2. ^ New Zealand Parliament - Parliament timeline
3. ^ Elections NZ - Leaders of the Opposition. Retrieved on 2008-04-06.

[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 1902 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1902