The following lists events that happened during 1909 in New Zealand.
Quick Facts Decades:, See also: ...
Close
- 1 January: The Quackery Prevention Act 1908 becomes law, preventing false advertising in relation to ingredients, composition, structure, nature or operation of a medicine.[citation needed]
- 12 February: Inter-island steamer SS Penguin is wrecked at Cape Terawhiti in Cook Strait with the loss of 75 lives.[3]
- 14 February: The first North Island Main Trunk passenger express train leaves Auckland for Wellington, an overnight trip scheduled to take 19 hours 15 minutes, with a sleeping car, day cars with reclining seats, postal/parcels vans, and a dining car for part of the way.
Undated
- The Canterbury (NZ) Aero Club, the first in New Zealand, is formed by George Bolt.[4]
Boxing
National amateur champions
- Heavyweight – M. Ryan (Invercargill)
- Middleweight – S. Monaghan (Ohakune)
- Welterweight – G. Watchorn (Palmerston North)
- Lightweight – J. Finnerty (Invercargill)
- Featherweight – J. Hagerty (Timaru)
- Bantamweight – C. Stewart (Timaru)
Chess
- The 22nd National Chess Championship was held in Dunedin, and was won by F.K. Kelling of Wellington.[5]
Golf
- The third New Zealand Open championship was won by J.A. Clements (his second consecutive win).[6]
- The 17th National Amateur Championships were held in Auckland[7]
Soccer
Provincial league champions:[10]
- Auckland: Auckland Corinthians
- Canterbury: Burnham Industrial School
- Otago: Dunedin City
- Southland: Murihiku
- Taranaki: Kaponga
- Wellington: Wellington Swifts
- 15 April: Jack Watts, politician.
- 18 April: Tom Skinner, politician, Federation of Labour president.
- 20 May: Bill Pratney, cyclist.
- 13 June: Ralph Hanan, politician.
- 27 July: Charles Brasch, poet and literary editor.
- 20 August: Alby Roberts, cricketer.
- 15 September: Jean Batten, aviator.
- 16 September: Rod MacKenzie, rugby union player
- 31 October: Frank Bateson, astronomer.
- 23 December: Don Cleverley, cricketer.
Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
Rendel, David (1975) Civil Aviation in New Zealand: An Illustrated History. Wellington. A.H. & A.W.Reed. ISBN 0-589-00905-2
McLintock, A. H., ed. (1966). "Men's Golf – National Champions". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 13 February 2009.
Media related to 1909 in New Zealand at Wikimedia Commons