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The following lists events that happened during 1926 in New Zealand.

Population

The 1926 New Zealand census is held on 20 April.

	Male	Female	Total
Usually resident population	716,310 (51%)	687,330 (49%)	1,403,640
Overseas visitors	3,333	1,167	4,500
Total	719,643	688,497	1,408,140

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

Head of State – George V
Governor-General – Sir Charles Fergusson^[1]

George V
Sir Charles Fergusson

Government

The 22nd New Zealand Parliament continues with the Reform Party governing.

Speaker of the House – Charles Statham
Prime Minister – Gordon Coates
Minister of Finance – William Nosworthy until 24 May, then William Downie Stewart
Minister of External Affairs – Francis Bell until 18 January, then from 24 May William Nosworthy

Charles Statham
Gordon Coates
William Nosworthy
William Downie Stewart
Francis Bell

Parliamentary opposition

Leader of the Opposition – vacant until 26 June, then Harry Holland (Labour Party)^[2]

Harry Holland

Judiciary

Chief Justice – Sir Robert Stout, then Charles Skerrett from 1 February^[3]

Robert Stout
Charles Skerrett

Main centre leaders

George Baildon
Charles Norwood
John Archer
Harold Tapley

Events

15 April – The Eden by-election is won by Rex Mason (Labour). As a result, Labour became the dominant party in opposition, with 12 seats compared to the Liberals' 11.
15 November – The Balfour Declaration asserts the right of New Zealand and other dominions to exist as independent countries
3 December – Nine miners die in an explosion in the Dobson coal mine near Brunner
Undated
- Writer and adventurer Zane Grey first visits New Zealand, helping to popularise big-game fishing
- Department of Scientific and Industrial Research is established
- Pavlova reportedly created by a Wellington hotel chef in honour of the visit of Anna Pavlova
- Ash eruption of Red Crater, Mount Tongariro
- Leonard Cockayne publishes the first part of Monograph on New Zealand beech forests, which argues that the forests could be managed with a rotation of 80–120 years, but warns about overgrazing by deer^[4]^[5]

Arts and literature

See 1926 in art, 1926 in literature, Category:1926 books

Sport

Chess

The 35th National Chess Championship is held in Dunedin, and is won by S. Crakanthorp of Sydney, his second title^[6]

Cricket

New Zealand, along with India and the West Indies, is admitted to the Imperial Cricket Conference, increasing the number of test playing nations to six

Football

The Chatham Cup is won by Sunnyside (Christchurch)
Provincial league champions:^[7]
- Auckland – Tramways
- Canterbury – Sunnyside
- Hawke's Bay – Whakatu
- Nelson – Athletic
- Otago – HSOB
- South Canterbury – Colmoco
- Southland – Ohai
- Taranaki – Auroa
- Waikato – Huntly Thistle
- Wanganui – Woollen Mills
- Wellington – Hospital

Golf

The 16th New Zealand Open championship is won by Andrew Shaw after a playoff with Ernie Moss.^[8]
The 8th National Amateur Championships are held at Miramar (men) and Balmacewan (women)^[9]^[10]
- Men – Arthur Duncan (Wellington) (his tenth title)
- Women – Louisa Kerr (Timaru)

Horse racing

Harness racing

New Zealand Trotting Cup – Ahuriri (2nd win)^[11]
Auckland Trotting Cup – Talaro^[12]

Thoroughbred racing

New Zealand Cup – Count Cavour^[13]
Avondale Gold Cup – Beacon Light^[13]
Auckland Cup – Tanadees^[13]
Wellington Cup – Enthusiasm^[13]
New Zealand Derby – Commendation^[13]

Lawn bowls

The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Dunedin.^[14]

Men's singles champion – W. Foster (Caledonian Bowling Club)
Men's pair champions – W. R. Todd, E. Tamlyn (skip) (St Kilda Bowling Club)
Men's fours champions – J. D. Best, H. G. Siedeberg, F. McCullough, E. Harraway (skip) (Dunedin Bowling Club)

Rugby league

The New Zealand national rugby league team tours Britain, losing all three tests against Great Britain and one test against Wales
The NZRFU takes legal action to prevent the NZRL from using the name "All Blacks" for the national rugby league team

Rugby union

1926 New Zealand rugby union tour of New South Wales
1926–27 New Zealand Māori rugby union tour
Ranfurly Shield – held by Hawkes Bay for the full season

Births

January

3 January
- Marie Clay, literacy researcher
- David Spence, mathematician
6 January – Pat Vincent, rugby union player, coach and administrator
10 January – Jim Eyles, archaeologist
11 January – Mary Rouse, cricketer
19 January – Peter Cape, musician
20 January – Tui Uru, broadcaster, singer
29 January – Dennis McEldowney, writer, publisher

February

3 February – Guy Ngan, artist
7 February – Graham Latimer, Māori leader
13 February – Lloyd Berrell, actor
14 February – Sheila Natusch, naturalist, writer, illustrator
20 February – Ted Meuli, cricketer
26 February – Edwin Norton, weightlifter

March

5 March – Joan Mattingley, clinical chemist
13 March – June Litman, journalist
19 March – Noel Bowden, rugby union player
22 March – Helen Young, radio manager, arts advocate
24 March
- Betty Clegg, watercolour artist
- Rowena Jackson, ballet dancer
27 March – Harry Tapping, cricketer

April

2 April – Maurie Gordon, sport shooter
6 April – Don Bacon, microbiologist
11 April – Vivienne Boyd, community leader
12 April – Hoani Waititi, Māori community leader
14 April – Barbara Anderson, writer
18 April – Peter Henderson, rugby union and rugby league player, sprinter
22 April – Arthur Eustace, track and field athlete, coach and administrator

May

6 May – Colin Webster-Watson, sculptor, poet
9 May – Robin Cooke, jurist
15 May – Lyall Barry, swimmer, schoolteacher, local historian
19 May – Nancy Adams, botanist, botanical artist, museum curator
23 May – John Hollywood, cricketer
27 May – Gordon Leggat, cricket player and administrator

June

7 June – John Kennedy, Roman Catholic journalist
11 June – Louise Sutherland, cyclist
17 June – Don Rowlands, rower, rowing administrator, businessman
18 June – Joe Walding, politician, diplomat
19 June
- Rod Coleman, motorcycle racer
- Barrie Hutchinson, water polo player, rugby union player and administrator, politician
23 June – Jim Barnden, boxer
24 June – Graham Liggins, medical scientist
25 June – June Schoch, athlete
29 June – James K. Baxter, poet

July

4 July – Arnold Heine, Antarctic scientist, tramper, conservationist
5 July – Trevor Davey, politician
14 July – Patricia Woodroffe, fencer
18 July – Bernard Diederich, writer, journalist, historian
22 July – Ron Russell, politician
23 July – Tom O'Donnell, medical practitioner and academic
31 July – Don Donnithorne, architect

August

10 August – Edwin Carr, composer
17 August – Solomon Faine, microbiologist

September

10 September – Jack Somerville, lawn bowls player
11 September – Joe Schneider, rower
17 September – Bert Lunn, rugby union player
22 September – Denzil Meuli, writer, newspaper editor, Roman Catholic priest
29 September – Vivienne Cassie Cooper, planktologist, botanist

October

4 October – Phar Lap, Thoroughbred racehorse
10 October – Noeleen Scott, lawn bowls player
13 October
- George Gair, politician, diplomat
- Bill James, rower
16 October – Peter Arnold, cricket player and administrator
26 October – John Myles, athlete
28 October
- Doug Anderson, rugby league player
- Merv Norrish, diplomat, public servant
30 October – Nan Kinross, nurse and nursing academic
31 October – Stanley Dallas, recording engineer, radio technician

November

3 November – Edward Gaines, Roman Catholic bishop
7 November – Graeme Allwright, singer-songwriter
14 November – Fritz Eisenhofer, architect
20 November – Tom Newnham, political activist

December

1 December – Barry Dallas, politician
5 December – Derek Turnbull, athlete
7 December – Jack Kelly, rugby union player, schoolteacher
12 December
- Maida Bryant, politician, community leader
- Laurie Davidson, yacht designer
13 December – Dave Batten, athlete
14 December – Alan Rowe, actor
15 December – Ron Bailey, politician
18 December – Jock Aird, association footballer
20 December – John Holland, athlete
21 December – Alan Hellaby, businessman
23 December – Peter Iles, cricketer
24 December – Jimmy Edwards, rugby league player
25 December – Colin Chambers, swimmer
30 December – Richard Farrell, pianist
31 December – Pauline Yearbury, artist

Exact date unknown

George Johnson, artist
Maurice K. Smith, architect, architectural academic

Deaths

January–March

19 January – Helen Stace, school matron (born 1850)
8 February – John Graham, politician (born 1843)
14 February – Ellen Hewett, writer (born 1843)
27 February – James Palmer Campbell, politician (born 1855)
1 March – John Barton Roy, politician (born 1854)
13 March – Mere Rikiriki, Māori prophet (born c.1855)
15 March – Charles Blomfield, artist (born 1848)
22 March – Louisa Baker, journalist, novelist (born 1856)

April–June

14 April – Hans Madsen Ries, Lutheran pastor, politician (born 1860)
17 April – Andrew Graham, politician (born 1843)
26 April – Bobby Leach, thrillseeker (born 1858)
1 May
- William Geddis, journalist, politician (born 1860)
- Isabella May, temperance worker, suffragist, dress reformer (born 1850)
24 May – William Morley, Methodist minister, historian (born 1842)
28 May – Frederick Liggins, cricketer (born 1873)
5 June – Elizabeth Gard'ner, home science teacher and administrator, writer (born 1858)
8 June – David Goldie, politician, mayor of Auckland (1898–1901) (born 1842)
13 June – Gottfried Lindauer, painter (born 1839)
15 June – William Belcher, trade union leader (born c.1860)
24 June – G. P. Nerli, painter (born 1860)

July–September

18 July – Archibald Cargill, cricketer (born 1853)
1 August – Sophia Anstice, dressmaker, draper, businesswoman (born 1849)
13 August – Te Mete Raukawa, Ngāti Ranginui leader, assessor (born c.1836)
18 August – Grace Neill, nurse, social reformer (born 1846)
3 September – John McCombie, gold prospector, mine manager (born 1849)
8 September – Hugh Lusk, politician (born 1837)

October–December

1 October – Suzanne Aubert (Sister Mary Joseph), missionary nun (born 1835)
9 October – Sir Arthur Myers, politician, mayor of Auckland (1905–09) (born 1868)
18 October – Sir James Carroll, politician (born 1857)
26 October – Frederick Pirani, politician (born 1858)
7 November – Henry Baker, cricketer (born 1904)
7 December – Charles Purnell, journalist, newspaper editor, writer (born 1843)
12 December – Jane Preshaw, nurse, midwife, hospital matron (born 1839)
22 December – Mina Arndt, painter (born 1885)
23 December – Joseph Frear, builder (born 1846)
28 December – Robert William Felkin, medical missionary, explorer, ceremonial magician (born 1853)

References

^ Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
^ "Elections NZ – Leaders of the Opposition". Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
^ "Personal". Stratford Evening Post. Vol. 58, no. 2. 1 February 1926. p. 4. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
^ Cockayne, Leonard (1926). "Monograph on New Zealand beech forests". N.Z. State Forest Serv. Bull (4).
^ "New Zealand plants – timeline – 1900 to 1949". University of Auckland, School of Biological Science. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
^ List of New Zealand Chess Champions Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
^ "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.
^ "PGA European – Holden New Zealand Open". The Sports Network. 2005. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
^ 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.
^ "Golf". Otago Witness. No. 3789. 26 October 1926. p. 51. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
^ "List of NZ Trotting cup winners". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2009.
^ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Lambert, Max; Palenski, Ron (1982). The New Zealand Almanac. Moa Almanac Press. pp. 448–454. ISBN 0-908570-55-4.
^ McLintock, A.H., ed. (1966). "Bowls, men's outdoor—tournament winners". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 6 June 2018.