← 1905 1904 1903 1906 in New Zealand → 1907 1908 1909
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 1906 in New Zealand.

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

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

Government

• Speaker of the House – Arthur Guinness (Liberal)
• Prime Minister – Richard Seddon (until 10 June) then William Hall-Jones (until 6 August), then Joseph Ward (all Liberal)
• Minister of Finance – Richard Seddon (until 10 June) then William Hall-Jones (until 6 August), then Joseph Ward
• Attorney-General – Albert Pitt (until 18 Nov) then John Findlay (both Liberal)
• Chief Justice – Sir Robert Stout

Parliamentary opposition

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

Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland – Arthur Myers
• Mayor of Wellington – Thomas Hislop
• Mayor of Christchurch – Charles Gray then John Hall
• Mayor of Dunedin – Joseph Braithwaite then George Lawrence

Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

10 June: Prime Minister Richard Seddon dies suddenly in office, ending a 13-year premiership.

July

August

6 August: Joseph Ward is sworn in as prime minister, taking over from acting prime minister William Hall-Jones.

September

October

November

December

Arts and literature

See 1906 in art, 1906 in literature

Music

See: 1906 in music

Film

See: Category:1906 film awards, 1906 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1906 films

Sport

Boxing

National amateur champions

• Heavyweight – E. Pearson (Wellington)
• Middleweight – A. Nash (Christchurch)
• Lightweight – R. Mayze (Christchurch)
• Featherweight – J. Godfrey (Auckland)
• Bantamweight – B. Tracy (Wellington)

Chess

• The 19th National Championship was held in Auckland, and was won by R.J. Barnes of Wellington, his 5th title.^[3]

Golf

The 8th National Amateur Championships were held in Christchurch ^[4]

• Men: S.H. Gollan (Napier) – 2nd title
• Women: Mrs Bidwell – 2nd title

Horse racing

Harness racing

• New Zealand Trotting Cup: Belmont M.^[5]
• Auckland Trotting Cup: Typewriter^[6]

Rugby

• Ranfurly Shield – Auckland successfully defend the shield all season, with wins against Canterbury (29–6), Taranaki (18–5), Southland (48–12) and Wellington (11–5).

Soccer

Provincial league champions:^[7]

• Auckland: North Shore AFC
• Canterbury: Christchurch Club
• Otago: Northern
• Southland: Nightcaps
• Taranaki: Eltham
• Wellington: Diamond Wellington

Tennis

• Anthony Wilding wins both the singles and doubles (with Rodney Heath) titles at the Australian Open.

Births

• 19 January: Robin Hyde, poet and novelist
• 27 February: Mal Matheson, cricketer
• 5 April: Ted Morgan, Olympic boxer
• 4 July: Leo Lemuel White, photographer, photojournalist, aviator, publisher and writer^[8]
• 8 August: John Hutton, artist

Category:1906 births

Deaths

• 26 January: Fred Sutton, politician.
• 10 June: Richard Seddon, 15th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died in office)
• 28 June: Jacob William Heberley, carver.^[9]
• 6 August: George Waterhouse, 7th Premier of New Zealand (died in UK)
• 21 September: Joseph Dransfield, Mayor of Wellington and politician.
• 29 October; Henry Jackson, politician
• 18 November: Albert Pitt, politician.