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1904 in New Zealand
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The following lists events that happened during 1904 in New Zealand.
Incumbents
Regal and viceregal
- Head of State – Edward VII
- Governor – The Earl of Ranfurly GCMG, succeeded the same year by The Lord Plunket GCMG KCVO [1]
Government
The 15th New Zealand Parliament continued. In government was the Liberal Party.
Parliamentary opposition
- Leader of the Opposition – William Massey, (Independent).[2]
Main centre leaders
- Mayor of Auckland – Edwin Mitchelson
- Mayor of Wellington – John Aitken then Thomas Hislop
- Mayor of Christchurch – Henry Wigram then Charles Gray
- Mayor of Dunedin – Thomas Scott, then Thomas Christie
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Events
- 13 January: Portobello Marine Laboratory opens, initially as a fish hatchery
- 17 March: The New Zealand Horticultural Trades Association is founded in Normanby.[3]
- 9 August: A magnitude 7.0-7.2 earthquake strikes Cape Turnagain, causing one death.
- September: The Canterbury Steam Shipping Co is founded in Christchurch.[4]
- 15 November: The Waikato Independent begins publishing in Cambridge. The newspaper became the Cambridge Independent in 1966. It closed in 1995.[5]
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Arts and literature
See 1904 in art, 1904 in literature, Category:1904 books
Music
See: 1904 in music
Sport
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Association football
- A New South Wales representative team tours, playing a New Zealand team in Dunedin and Wellington. These are the first recognised matches by a New Zealand national football team.[6]
- 23 July, Dunedin: NZ loses 0–1
- 30 July, Wellington: Draw 3–3
Boxing
National amateur champions
- Heavyweight – J. Griffin (Greymouth)
- Middleweight – J. Griffin (Greymouth)
- Lightweight – T. Rickards (Christchurch)
- Featherweight – J. Watson (Christchurch)
- Bantamweight – J. Gosling (Wellington)
Chess
- The 17th National Chess championship was held in Wellington. The champion was W.E. Mason of Wellington.[7]
Golf
The 12th National Amateur Championships were held in Otago [8]
- Men: A.H. Fisher (Otago)
- Women: Miss E. Lewis
Horse racing
Harness racing
- The inaugural running of the New Zealand Trotting Cup is won by Monte Carlo [9]
- Auckland Trotting Cup: Rebel Boy[10]
Rugby union
- Wellington defeat Auckland 6-3, becoming the first challenger to win the Ranfurly Shield.
- Wellington defend the Ranfurly shield against Canterbury (6–3) and Otago (15–13).
Soccer
Provincial league champions:[11]
- Auckland: Auckland Corinthians
- Otago: Northern
- Southland: Nightcaps
- Taranaki: New Plymouth
- Wellington: Diamond Wellington
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Births
- 2 February: A. R. D. Fairburn, poet. (died 1957)[12]
- 7 February: Morton Coutts, invented the continuous fermentation method of brewing beer. (died 2004)
- 11 February: Keith Holyoake, politician and 26th Prime Minister. (died 1983)[13]
- 12 March: Ken James, cricketer. (died 1976)[14]
- 13 July: Jim Burrows, teacher, sportsman, administrator, and military leader (died 1991)[15]
- 24 December: Thomas O'Halloran, Australian Rules footballer. (died 1956)
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Deaths
- 5 January: William Walker, politician and speaker of the Legislative Council (b. 1837).
- 11 February: George Lumsden, politician (b. 1815).
- 22 February: James Nairn, painter (b. 1859)
- 16 April: Charles Edward Haughton, politician (b. 1827).
- 2 October: Thomas Ellison, rugby player (b. c1867).
- 11 December: Octavius Hadfield, Anglican Primate of New Zealand (b. 1814).
- Tamati Ngakaho, a Ngāti Porou carver.[16]
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References
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