1909
in
New Zealand

Decades:
  • 1880s
  • 1890s
  • 1900s
  • 1910s
  • 1920s
See also:

The following lists events that happened during 1909 in New Zealand.

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

Government

The 11th New Zealand Parliament commenced.

Parliamentary opposition

Leader of the OppositionWilliam Massey (independent until February and thereafter as leader of the Reform Party)[2]

Main centre leaders

Events

  • 1 January: The Quackery Prevention Act 1908 becomes law, preventing false advertising in relation to ingredients, composition, structure, nature or operation of a medicine.
  • 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]

Arts and literature

See 1909 in art, 1909 in literature

Music

See: 1909 in music

Film

See: 1909 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1909 films

Sport

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)

Cricket

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]
    • Men: Arthur Duncan (Wellington) – 6th title
    • Women: Mrs ? Bevan.

Horse racing

Harness racing

Rugby league

New Zealand national rugby league team

Rugby union

Soccer

Provincial league champions:[10]

  • Auckland: Auckland Corinthians
  • Canterbury: Burnham Industrial School
  • Otago: Dunedin City
  • Southland: Murihiku
  • Taranaki: Kaponga
  • Wellington: Wellington Swifts

Tennis

Births

Deaths

See also

References

  1. Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
  2. "Elections NZ – Leaders of the Opposition". Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
  3. Christchurch City Libraries
  4. Rendel, David (1975) Civil Aviation in New Zealand: An Illustrated History. Wellington. A.H. & A.W.Reed. ISBN 0-589-00905-2
  5. List of New Zealand Chess Champions Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  6. History of NZ open: TVNZ
  7. 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.
  8. "List of NZ Trotting cup winners". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2009.
  9. Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  10. "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.
  11. "Dohrmann, Elsie". teara.govt.nz. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  12. Smith, Jo-Anne. "Maria Sophia Pope". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.

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