1916 in New Zealand

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

*Head of State - George V
*Governor - The Earl of Liverpool [Statistics New Zealand: "New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990". ISSN 0078-0170 page 52]

Government

The 19th New Zealand Parliament continued as a grand coalition led by the Reform Party
*Speaker of the House - Frederic Lang (Reform Party)
*Prime Minister - William Massey (Reform Party)
*Minister of Finance - Joseph Ward

Parliamentary opposition

* Leader of the Opposition - Joseph Ward (Liberal Party) Ward retained that title even though he was part of the coalition government. [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 - TBD
*Mayor of Hamilton - John Edwin Hammond then John Robert Fow
*Mayor of Wellington - TBD
*Mayor of Christchurch - TBD
*Mayor of Dunedin - TBD

Events

* January: While in Egypt the New Zealand Expeditionary Force becomes the New Zealand Division.
* April: The New Zealand Division leaves Egypt and travels via Marseilles to northern France arriving during the same month. [http://www.army.mil.nz/culture-and-history/nz-army-history/historical-chronology/1902.htm NZ Army :- 1902 - 1919 Imperial Training & World War I] ]
* 12 May: First patrol by New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade in the Sinai desert.
* 13 May: New Zealand Division moves into front-line trenches at Armentières.
* 7 July: New Zealand Labour Party founded in Wellington. [cite web|url=http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/timeline/7/7|title=Today in History|publisher=New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage|accessdate=2008-09-19]
* 13 July: Vivian Walsh is the first New Zealander to obtain a pilot's license while resident in New Zealand.Rendel, David (1975) "Civil Aviation in New Zealand: An Illustrated History". Wellington. A.H. & A.W.Reed. ISBN 0 589 00905 2]
* 15 September: First major action by New Zealand Division in France, at Flers. In the following 23 days 1560 New Zealanders are killed and 5440 wounded.
* 20 September: The Canterbury (NZ) Aviation Company is established in Christchurch. Henry Wigram is the main instigator. [http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/DNZB/alt_essayBody.asp?essayID=3W14 Dictionary of New Zealand Biography - Henry Wigram] ] The Company's aims are to train pilot's for the war, promote local aviation defence and pioneer commercial aviation.
* October: The Canterbury (NZ) Aviation Company purchases land at Sockburn near Christchurch. The first planes do not arrive until the following year.

Arts and literature

See 1916 in art, 1916 in literature,

Music

See: 1916 in music

Film

*The Mutiny of the Bounty

See: , 1916 in film , List of New Zealand feature films , Cinema of New Zealand,

Appointments and awards

* William Jolliffe is appointed New Zealand's first censor
*Archbishop of New Zealand

port

* See: 1916 in sports , ,
*Rugby: , , Ranfurly Shield

*Horse racing: See , list winners.

*Soccer:

Births

* 17 February: Geoffrey Fisken, WWII fighter ace.
* 31 July: Verdun Scott, cricketer.
* 15 December: Maurice Wilkins, physicist.
* 19 December: Merv Wallace, cricketer.

* Ernest Duncan, mathematician.
* Herb Green: medical specialist.
* Allan McCready, politician.
* Paraone Reweti, politician.
* George Silk, photojournalist.
* Selwyn Toogood, radio and television personality.

Deaths

* Thomas King, astronomer and politician

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 1916 not specifically related to New Zealand see": 1916

References