1900 in New Zealand
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See also: 1899 in New Zealand, other events of 1900, 1901 in New Zealand, and the Timeline of New Zealand history.
Summary
The section should contain a paragraph or two about the year.
See: 1900 and Timeline of New Zealand history plus data below.
Incumbents
Regal and Vice Regal
Government and law
The TBDth New Zealand Parliament continued. Government was
- Speaker of the House - Sir George Maurice O'Rorke
- Prime Minister - Richard Seddon
- Minister of Finance - Richard Seddon
- Chief Justice - Sir Robert Stout
Opposition Leaders
See: , [New Zealand elections]
Main centre leaders
- Mayor of Auckland - David Goldie
- Mayor of Hamilton - George Edgecumbe
- Mayor of Wellington - John Aitken
- Mayor of Christchurch - Charles Louisson, William Reece
- Mayor of Dunedin - Robert Chisholm
Events
See 1900 , 1900 in politics , 1900 in science , , 1900 in Australia , 1900 in music , 1900 timelines , History of New Zealand , , Military history of New Zealand , Timeline of environmental history of New Zealand , Timeline of New Zealand history
- 15 January: The New Zealand Mounted Rifles rout a Boer assault at Slingersfontein, South Africa.
- 15 February: New Zealand troops are part of the relief of Kimberley, South Africa.
- 3 May: Holy Cross College (Roman Catholic seminary) established in Mosgiel.
- May: Phosphate discovered on Nauru - mining begins later in the year.
- May-June: Tour of Pacific islands by Prime Minister Richard Seddon. Tonga, Niue, Fiji and the Cook Islands are visited.
- 28 September: The New Zealand Government votes to incorporate the Cook Islands into New Zealand.
- October: The number of European electorates in the New Zealand Parliament is increased to 76.
- 23 October: The country's first electric tram servie begins, between Roslyn and Maori Hill in Dunedin.
- (date unknown) Maori Lands Administration Act passed.
- (date unknown) George Hemmings brings the first motor car into the South Island.
- (date unknown) The General Assembly Library (part of the New Zealand Parliament Buildings) is built.
- (date unknown) 18 people die in a boating tragedy on the Motu River.
Arts and literature
See 1900 in art , 1900 in literature ,
Music
See: 1900 in music
Film
- Alfred Whitehouse's The Departure of the Second Contingent for the Boer War - the oldest surviving New Zealand film - premieres.
Appointments and awards
See: New Zealand Order of Merit , Order of New Zealand
- Archbishop of New Zealand
- Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia , see appointments to Diocese
Sport
- See: 1900 in sports , .
- Rugby: ,
- Horse racing: See , list winners.
- Other Sports
Births
- 4 January: Lance Richdale
- 4 February: Kazimierz Wodzicki
- 22 February: Albert Willetts
- 24 February: Rod Syme
- 26 February: Muriel Deem
- 13 March: Quentin Donald
- 25 March: Lewis Harris
- 27 April: Timothy Cleary
- 8 May: Lancelot William McCaskill
- 17 May: Robert Macfarlane
- 23 May: Amy Harper
- 3 June: Olga Sansom
- 3 June: James Anderson McPherson
- 9 June: Norman Taylor
- 19 June: George Petersen
- 4 July: Rudall Hayward
- 20 July: Sid Scott
- 10 August: Arthur Porritt
- 11 August: Alexander Astor
- 1 September: Frederick McDowall
- 3 September: Jean Stevens
- 7 September: Robin Allan
- 7 September: Nora Sipos
- 17 September: Hedwig Weitzel
- 22 September: Henry Ah Kew
- 22 September: Paul Schramm
- 23 September: Alwyn Warren
- 19 October: Edwin Coubray
- 20 October: Nina Muir
- 21 October: Quentin Pope
- 5 November: Esther James
- 12 November: Stanley Graham
- 16 November: Leonard Cronin
- 27 November: Gordon Wilson
- 14 December: Eileen Soper
- 24 December: Reta Keiha
Deaths
- date unknown: Te Rangitahau
- 3 February: Elizabeth Pulman
- 3 March: Arthur Halcombe
- 22 March: Carl Gustav Schmitt
- 28 April: Catherine Innes
- May: Hirawanu Tapu
- 26 May: George Ulrich
- 14 September: Samuel Yates
- 28 September: Topi Patuki
- 4 October: William Skey
- 26 October: William Seffern
- 8 November: Charles O'Neill
- 29 December (approximately): Thomas Broham
See also
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