1905 in New Zealand

← 1904 1903 1902 1905 in New Zealand → 1906 1907 1908
Decades:	1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s
See also:	History of New Zealand List of years in New Zealand Timeline of New Zealand history

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

• Head of State – Edward VII
• Governor – The Lord Plunket GCMG KCVO ^[1]

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

• Speaker of the House – Arthur Guinness (Liberal)
• Prime Minister – Richard Seddon
• Minister of Finance – Richard Seddon
• Chief Justice – Sir Robert Stout

• Leader of the Opposition – William Massey, (Independent).^[2]

Municipal elections are held on 27 April:^[3]

• Mayor of Auckland – Edwin Mitchelson then Arthur Myers
• Mayor of Wellington – Thomas Hislop
• Mayor of Christchurch – Charles Gray
• Mayor of Dunedin – Thomas Christie – then Joseph Braithwaite

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

See 1905 in art, 1905 in literature

See: 1905 in music

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

• 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.

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

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

• 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]

• New Zealand Trotting Cup: Birchmark ^[9]
• Auckland Trotting Cup: Le Rosier^[10]

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

Provincial league champions:^[11]

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

• 10 January: R. A. K. Mason, poet.
• 25 February: Iriaka Rātana, politician.
• 29 March: Dan Bryant, schoolteacher and mountaineer
• 5 April: Guy Powles, diplomat and ombudsman.
• 25 June: Ian Cromb, cricketer.
• 28 June: Norman Shelton, politician.
• 9 July: John Guthrie, journalist and novelist
• 3 September: John Mills, cricketer.
• 29 October: John (Jack) Lamason, cricketer.
• 10 December: Neil Watson, politician.

• 6 January: Bendix Hallenstein, merchant.^[12]
• 14 March: George Fisher, politician.
• 22 April: Mary Gabriel Gill, Catholic prioress^[13]
• 6 June: Marion Hatton, suffragist^[14]
• 27 June: Te Keepa Te Rangi-pūawhe, Māori tribal leader, soldier and entrepreneur
• 20 October: John Thomas Peacock, businessman and politician
• 18 November: Te Whiti o Rongomai, Māori leader, pacifist.^[15]

• History of New Zealand
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