1904 in New Zealand

1904
in
New Zealand

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The following lists events that happened during 1904 in New Zealand.

Incumbents

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Regal and viceregal

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Government

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The 15th New Zealand Parliament continued. In government was the Liberal Party.

Parliamentary opposition

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Main centre leaders

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Events

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Arts and literature

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See 1904 in art, 1904 in literature, Category:1904 books

Music

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See: 1904 in music

Sport

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Association football

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  • 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

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National amateur champions

  • Heavyweight – J. Griffin (Greymouth)
  • Middleweight – J. Griffin (Greymouth)
  • Lightweight – T. Rickards (Christchurch)
  • Featherweight – J. Watson (Christchurch)
  • Bantamweight – J. Gosling (Wellington)

Chess

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  • The 17th National Chess championship was held in Wellington. The champion was W.E. Mason of Wellington.[7]

Golf

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The 12th National Amateur Championships were held in Otago [8]

  • Men: A.H. Fisher (Otago)
  • Women: Miss E. Lewis

Horse racing

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Harness racing

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Rugby union

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  • 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

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Provincial league champions:[11]

Births

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Category:1904 births

Deaths

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Category:1904 deaths

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. ^ The New Zealand Book of Events. Auckland: Reed Methuen. 1986. p. 154. ISBN 047400123 7.
  4. ^ The New Zealand Book of Events. Auckland: Reed Methuen. 1986. p. 88. ISBN 047400123 7.
  5. ^ "Waikato Independent". Cambridge Museum. Archived from the original on 6 June 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2008.
  6. ^ List of New Zealand national soccer matches
  7. ^ List of New Zealand Chess Champions Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ "List of NZ Trotting cup winners". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
  10. ^ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.
  12. ^ Te Ara
  13. ^ "Te Ara". Archived from the original on 9 February 2008. Retrieved 11 March 2008.
  14. ^ Cricinfo
  15. ^ Oliver, Steven. "Tamati Ngakaho". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
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