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1909 in New Zealand

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1909
in
New Zealand

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

Incumbents

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Regal and viceregal

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Government

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The 11th New Zealand Parliament commenced.

Parliamentary opposition

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

Main centre leaders

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Events

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  • 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

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  • The Canterbury (NZ) Aero Club, the first in New Zealand, is formed by George Bolt.[4]

Arts and literature

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See 1909 in art, 1909 in literature

Music

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See: 1909 in music

Film

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

Sport

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Boxing

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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

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Chess

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  • The 22nd National Chess Championship was held in Dunedin, and was won by F.K. Kelling of Wellington.[5]

Golf

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Horse racing

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Harness racing

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Rugby league

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New Zealand national rugby league team

Rugby union

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Soccer

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Provincial league champions:[10]

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

Tennis

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Births

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Deaths

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See also

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References

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  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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