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1911 in New Zealand:

Other years in New Zealand

1908 • 1909 • 1910 • 1911 • 1912 • 1913 • 1914

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - George V
• Governor - The Lord Islington GCMG GBE DSO PC ^[1]

Government

• Speaker of the House - Arthur Guinness (Liberal)
• Prime Minister - Joseph Ward (Liberal)
• Minister of Finance - Joseph Ward

Parliamentary opposition

Leader of the Opposition - William Massey (Reform Party). ^[2]

Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - Lemuel Bagnall, then Christopher Parr
• Mayor of Hamilton - James Alexander Young
• Mayor of Wellington - Thomas Wilford
• Mayor of Christchurch - C. Allison, then T. E. Taylor
• Mayor of Dunedin - Thomas Cole, then William Burnett

Events

• The Marlborough Herald ceases publication. It began in 1905.^[3]

• 30 January: The final race meeting at which bookmakers are allowed on New Zealand racecources.^[4]

Arts and literature

See 1911 in art, 1911 in literature, Category:1911 books

Music

See: 1911 in music

Film

See: Category:1911 film awards , 1911 in film , List of New Zealand feature films , Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1911 films

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: 1911 in sports , Category:1911 in sports

Athletics

• Three New Zealanders competed in the Festival of Empire meeting in London, a forerunner of the Empire (now Commonwealth) Games, see article.

Rugby Union

Category:Rugby union in New Zealand

• Auckland defended the Ranfurly Shield against South Auckland (21-5) and Poverty Bay (29-10)

Tennis

• The Davis Cup final was held at Hagley Park, Christchurch. The Australasian team of Norman Brookes (Aus), Roger Heath (Aus) and Alfred Dunlop (NZ, doubles) beat the United States 4-0, the second reverse singles match not being played.
• Anthony Wilding won the men's singles at the Wimbledon Championship for a second year in succession.

Horse racing

See Category:New Zealand horse races, list winners.

Rugby league

• New Zealand national rugby league team

Births

• January 13: Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Premier of Queensland (Australia).
• January 24: Alfred Hulme, Victoria Cross winner.
• 30 March: David Russell, George Cross winner.
• 2 May: Ina Pickering, cricketer.

• J. A. W. Bennett, literary scholar.
• (in England): Joe Bootham, painter.
• Allen Curnow, poet and journalist.
• Harry Lake, politician.

Category:1911 births

Deaths

• 6 March: Mary Anne Barker (Lady Barker), author.
• 4 May: Rose Whitty, nun and founder of several convents. ^[5]
• 27 July: T. E. Taylor, politician, prohibitionist.

Category:1911 deaths

See also

• List of years in New Zealand
• Timeline of New Zealand history
• History of New Zealand
• Military history of New Zealand
• Timeline of environmental history of New Zealand
• Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica

For world events and topics in 1911 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1911

References

1. ^ Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
2. ^ "Elections NZ - Leaders of the Opposition". Retrieved on 2008-04-06.
3. ^ "History in the making". The Marlborough Express (6 July 2004).
4. ^ NZhistory.net
5. ^ Catholic Encyclopedia