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Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

George V
Lord Liverpool

Government

The 19th New Zealand Parliament concludes. The election held in November sees the Reform Party returned with an increased majority (47 of the 80 seats). Women are eligible to stand for Parliament for the first time.^[2]

Speaker of the House – Frederic Lang (Reform Party)
Prime Minister – William Massey (Reform Party)
Minister of Finance – Joseph Ward until 21 August, then James Allen

Frederic Lang
William Massey
Joseph Ward
James Allen

Parliamentary opposition

Leader of the Opposition – Joseph Ward (Liberal Party).^[3]

Joseph Ward

Judiciary

Chief Justice – Sir Robert Stout

Robert Stout

Main centre leaders

Mayor of Auckland – James Gunson
Mayor of Wellington – John Luke
Mayor of Christchurch – Henry Holland then Henry Thacker
Mayor of Dunedin – James Clark then William Begg

James Gunson
John Luke
Henry Holland
Henry Thacker
James Clark
William Begg

Events

January – George Bolt ascends to a record height of 6,500 feet (2,000 m).^[4]^[5]
1 February – Cecil McKenzie Hill, chief instructor for the Canterbury Aviation Company, is killed in an air accident while flying over Riccarton Racecourse.^[6]^[7] This is the first aircraft fatality in New Zealand.^[8]
4 February – New Zealand Rifle Brigade (Earl of Liverpool's Own) disbanded.
31 May – George Bolt flies from Auckland to Russell in a Boeing and Westervelt floatplane. The distance of 233 kilometres (145 mi) is a record for a flight in New Zealand.^[6]^[9]
16 December – George Bolt makes the first experimental airmail flight in New Zealand. He flies from Auckland to Dargaville and back again on the same day, a total distance of approximately 320 kilometres (200 mi).^[4]^[6]
16–17 December – The 1919 general election is held.
December – The Ministry of External Affairs is established, with James Allen as the first minister.

Arts and literature

See 1919 in art, 1919 in literature, Category:1919 books

Music

See: 1919 in music

Film

See: Category:1919 film awards, 1919 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1919 films

Sport

See: 1919 in sports, Category:1919 in sports

Chess

The National Chess championship was not held (the influenza epidemic was still subsiding at its traditional new year dates).

Cricket

Plunket Shield: 25–29 December, Hagley Oval, Christchurch: Canterbury defeated Wellington by 7 wickets.^[10] See 1920 in New Zealand#Cricket for remaining matches in this Plunket Shield competition.

Football

Provincial league champions:^[11]
- Auckland – North Shore
- Canterbury – Linwood, Excelsior (shared)
- Hawke's Bay – Waipukurau
- Otago – Northern
- Southland – No competition
- Wanganui – Eastbrooke
- Wellington – YMCA

Golf

The ninth New Zealand Open championship is won by Ted Douglas (his third victory) after a playoff against Sloan Morpeth.^[12]
The 23rd National Amateur Championships are held in Napier^[13]
- Men – H. E. Crosse (Napier) (second title)
- Women – N. E. Wright

Horse racing

Harness racing

New Zealand Trotting Cup – Trix Pointer^[14]
Auckland Trotting Cup – Creina^[15]

Thoroughbred racing

New Zealand Cup – Vagabond^[16]
Auckland Cup – Karo^[16]
Wellington Cup – Red Ribbon / Rewi Poto (dead heat)^[16]
New Zealand Derby – Rossini^[16]

Lawn bowls

The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Auckland.^[17]

Men's singles champion – M. Walker (Ponsonby Bowling Club)
Men's pair champions – J.B. Rosmon, W.J. Hueston (skip) (Gisborne Bowling Club)
Men's fours champions – A.J. Andrew, W. Given, O. Gallagher, Ernie Jury (skip) (Karangahake Bowling Club)

Rugby union

Wellington defend the Ranfurly Shield against six challengers; Canterbury (21–8), Taranaki (18–10), Canterbury (in Christchurch) (23–9), Auckland (24–3), and Wanganui (30–3).^[18]

Rugby league

New Zealand national rugby league team

Births

January–February[edit]

4 January – Joseph Collins, boxer
21 January – Eddie Robertson, geophysicist and scientific administrator
23 January – Dorothy Winstone, educationalist and academic
26 January
- Les Gandar, politician
- Hepi Te Heuheu, Ngāti Tūwharetoa leader
4 February – Sam Cusack, community character
5 February – William R. Newland, potter
10 February – Dorothy Freed, author, composer, music historian
12 February – Bob Miller, surveyor, Antarctic explorer, conservationist
25 February – Jack Tizard, psychologist

March–April[edit]

3 March – Henry Lang, public servant, economist
6 March – Jim Knox, trade union leader
7 March – John Wyatt, cricketer
29 March – Lorrie Pickering, politician
30 March – Robin Williams, mathematical physicist, university administrator, public servant
5 April – Les Munro, World War II bomber pilot
14 April – Lester Harvey, rugby union player
16 April – Jan Nigro, artist
29 April – Jack Ridley, civil engineer, politician

May–June[edit]

10 May – Eric Godley, botanist, academic biographer
16 May – Frank Callaway, music academic and administrator
19 May – Peter Hooper, writer, conservationist
28 May – Alex Lindsay, violinist, orchestral conductor and leader
1 June – Michael Miles, television presenter
2 June – Bert Walker, politician
4 June – Alister McLellan, mathematician, physicist
8 June – Guy Overton, cricketer
13 June – Phyl Blackler, cricketer
14 June – James Ward, World War II bomber pilot, Victoria Cross recipient
15 June – Doug Harris, athlete
16 June – Ces Mountford, rugby league player and coach
28 June – Charles Willocks, rugby union player

July–August[edit]

6 July – Ray Dowker, cricketer, association footballer
14 July – Ray Dalton, rugby union player
17 July – Alex Moir, cricketer
20 July – Edmund Hillary, mountaineer, explorer, philanthropist
22 July – Angus Tait, electronics innovator and businessman
1 August – Colin McCahon, artist
3 August – David Aubrey Scott, diplomat
8 August – Hōri Mahue Ngata, lexicographer
10 August – Murray Beresford Roberts, confidence trickster
22 August – Dick Brittenden, sports journalist
24 August – Colin Aikman, public servant, lawyer, diplomat, academic

September–October[edit]

5 September – John Rangihau, academic, Māori leader
24 September – Gordon Walters, artist, graphic designer
25 September – Tony George, weightlifter
29 September – Ruth Dallas, poet, children's author
30 September – John Stacpoole, architect, historian
7 October – James Boyer Brown, endocrinologist
8 October – Mac Anderson, cricketer, air force officer
11 October – John Warham, photographer, ornithologist
20 October – John Karlsen, actor
25 October
- George Burns, rower
- George Cawkwell, classical scholar

November–December[edit]

6 November – Allen Lissette, cricketer
7 November – Levi Borgstrom, carver
9 November – Janet Paul, publisher, painter, art historian
11 November – Lance Adams-Schneider, politician, diplomat
25 November – Keith Lawrence, World War II pilot
6 December – Cedric Hassall, chemist, academic
10 December – Walter Robinson, Anglican bishop
11 December – Lady Anne Berry, horticulturalist
12 December – Ida Gaskin, school teacher, quiz show contestant, politician
17 December – Rei Hamon, artist
20 December – Bubbles Mihinui, tourist guide, community leader
21 December – Jack Williams, politician
29 December – Thomas Horton, air force pilot

Deaths

January–March[edit]

21 January – Thomas Thompson, politician (born 1832)
22 January – Carrick Paul, World War I flying ace (born 1893)
2 February – Charles Begg, surgeon, army health administrator (born 1879)
7 February – Donald Reid, farmer, landowner, businessman, politician (born 1833)
13 February – William Temple, soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (born 1833)
18 February – Searby Buxton, politician (born 1832)
19 February – William Tucker, soldier, farmer, politician, mayor of Gisborne (1887–88) (born 1843)
24 February – Alfred Fraser, politician (born 1862)
18 March – Isabella Siteman, farmer, philanthropist (born c.1842)
25 March – Harry Burnand, engineer, sawmiller (born 1850)

April–June[edit]

3 April
- Charlie Frith, cricket player and umpire (born 1854)
- Mary Hames, farmer, dressmaker (born 1827)
23 April – Archie McMinn, rugby union player (born 1880)
24 April – William Speight, politician (born 1843)
6 May – Catherine Fulton, diarist, philanthropist, social reformer, suffragette (born 1829)
28 May – Edward Bartley, architect (born 1839)
1 June – Thomas William Adams, farmer, forester, educationalist (born 1842)
4 June – John Sharp, politician, mayor of Nelson (1887–90) (born 1828)
25 June – Hamilton Gilmer, politician (born 1838)
29 June – James McKerrow, astronomer, surveyor, public servant (born 1834)

July–September[edit]

22 July – Sir John Denniston, lawyer, jurist (born 1845)
3 August – Stuart Newall, military leader (born 1843)
6 August – James Dawe, cricketer (born 1844)
13 August – Jackson Palmer, politician (born 1867)
24 August – Thomas Broun, entomologist (born 1838)
26 August – Richard Molesworth Taylor, politician (born 1835)
4 September – Joseph Ivess, politician (born 1844)

October–December[edit]

13 October – James Stack, missionary, writer, interpreter (born 1835)
21 October – Alexander McMinn, teacher, journalist, newspaper proprietor (born 1842)
29 October – James Colvin, politician (born 1844)
3 November – Ellen Dougherty, nurse (born 1844)
15 November – Maria Marchant, school principal (born 1869)
24 November – George Randall Johnson, cricketer, politician (born 1833)
11 December – Takaanui Hōhaia Tarakawa, Tapuika, Ngāti Rangiwewehi and Ngāi Te Rangi tohunga, historian and genealogist (born 1852)
15 December – Louisa Snelson, civic leader (born 1844)
18 December – Frederick Strouts, architect (born 1834)
29 December – Wiremu Hoani Taua, Ngāti Kahu leader, school principal (born 1862)

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