1903 in New Zealand

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

*Head of State - Edward VII
*Governor - The Earl of Ranfurly GCMG [Statistics New Zealand: "New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990". ISSN 0078-0170 page 52]

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

Parliamentary opposition

* Leader of the Opposition - Vacant until 11 September, then William Massey, (Independent). [Cite web|url=http://www.elections.org.nz/democracy/leaders-opposition.html|title=Elections NZ - Leaders of the Opposition|accessdate=2008-04-06]

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

Events

January

* 2 January: description

February

March

April

June

July

August

eptember

October

November

December

Arts and literature

See 1903 in art, 1903 in literature,

Music

See: 1903 in music

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

port

* See: 1903 in sports ,
*Rugby: , , Bledisloe Cup , Tri Nations Series , Ranfurly Shield

*Horse racing: See , list winners.
*Rugby league New Zealand national rugby league team

Births

* 30 January: Colin Scrimgeour, minister and broadcaster. [ [http://dnzb.govt.nz/DNZB/alt_essayBody.asp?essayID=4S16 DNZB - Colin Scrimgeour] ]
* 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.

Deaths

* 30 August: Joe Warbrick, rugby player.

ee 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

References