1903 in New Zealand

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1903 in New Zealand:

Other years in New Zealand

1900 • 1901 • 1902 • 1903 • 1904 • 1905 • 1906

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 6 Births 7 Deaths 8 See also

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

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

[edit] Government

The 15th New Zealand Parliament continued. In government was the Liberal Party.

• Speaker of the House - Arthur Guinness (Liberal)
• Prime Minister - Richard Seddon
• Minister of Finance - Richard Seddon

[edit] Parliamentary opposition

• Leader of the Opposition - Vacant until 11 September, then William Massey, (Independent). ^[2]

[edit] Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - Alfred Kidd then Edwin Mitchelson
• Mayor of Hamilton - Robert William Dyer then Charles John Write Barton then William Dey
• Mayor of Wellington - John Aitken
• Mayor of Christchurch - Henry Wigram
• Mayor of Dunedin - James Park then Thomas Scott

[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 1903 in art, 1903 in literature, Category:1903 books

[edit] Music

See: 1903 in music

[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: 1903 in sports , Category:1903 in sports
• Rugby: Category:Rugby union in New Zealand , Category:All Blacks , Bledisloe Cup , Tri Nations Series , Ranfurly Shield

• Horse racing: See Category:New Zealand horse races, list winners.
• Rugby league New Zealand national rugby league team

[edit] Births

• 30 January: Colin Scrimgeour, minister and broadcaster. ^[3]
• 6 February: Jack Dunning, cricketer
• 11 March: George Dickinson, cricketer
• 11 March: Ronald Syme, historian
• 21 March: Frank Sargeson, writer
• 28 March: Merton Hodge, west-end playwright
• 4 August: Charles Bateson, historian and writer
• 2 November: Anna Lois White, painter
• 15 November: Charles Dempster, cricketer

• Edward Musgrave Blaiklock, academic.
• Count Geoffrey Potocki de Montalk, poet.

• John Stewart, politician.

Category:1903 births

[edit] Deaths

• 30 August: Joe Warbrick, rugby player.

Category:1903 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 1903 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1903