The following lists events that happened during 1896 in New Zealand.

1896
in
New Zealand

Decades:
See also:

Incumbents

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Regal and viceregal

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Government and law

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The Liberal Party is re-elected and begins the 13th New Zealand Parliament.

Parliamentary opposition

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Leader of the OppositionWilliam Russell.[1]

Main centre leaders

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Events

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Undated
  • Census measures national population as 743,214.

Arts and literature

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Music

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Media

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  • The Waikato Argus starts publication. The newspaper runs until 1915.[5]
  • The Gisborne Times is founded.[6] It became a daily in 1901, and continued to publish until being bought out by The Poverty Bay Herald in 1938.[7]
  • July: The Waikato Times and Waikato Advocate merge, and the former moves to daily publication.[8]

Sport

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Athletics

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National Champions, Men[9]

  • 100 yards – E. Robinson (Canterbury)
  • 250 yards – W. Kingston (Otago)
  • 440 yards – W. Low (Otago)
  • 880 yards – W. Low (Otago)
  • 1 mile – W. Bennett (Otago)
  • 3 miles – W. Bennett (Otago)
  • 120 yards hurdles – W. Martin (Auckland)
  • 440 yards hurdles – J. Thomas Roberts (Auckland)
  • Long jump – Leonard Cuff (Canterbury)
  • High jump – P. Brown (Canterbury)
  • Pole vault – tie R. Hunter (Hawkes Bay) and H. Kingsley (Wanganui)
  • Shot put – W. Rhodes (Wellington)
  • Hammer throw – P. Brown (Canterbury)

Chess

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National Champion: W. Meldrum of Rangitikei.[10]

Cricket

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Golf

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  • Men's national amateur champion – M.S. Todd (Otago)[11]
  • Women's national amateur champion – L. Wilford (Hutt)

Horse racing

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Harness racing

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Thoroughbred racing

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Season leaders (1895/96)

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  • Top New Zealand stakes earner – Euroclydon
  • Leading flat jockey – C. Jenkins

Lawn Bowls

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National Champions[13] There are no national championships this year.

Polo

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  • Savile Cup winners – Manawatu

Rowing

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National Champions (Men)

  • Single sculls – C. Chapman (Wairewa)
  • Double sculls – Wairewa, Little River
  • Coxless pairs – Canterbury
  • Coxed fours – Queen's Dr, Port Chalmers

Rugby union

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Shooting

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Ballinger Belt – Sergeant Wakelyn (Honorary Reserve Corps, Christchurch)

Soccer

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Provincial league champions:[14]

  • Auckland: Auckland United
  • Otago: Roslyn Dunedin
  • Wellington: Wellington Swifts

Swimming

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Not held

Tennis

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National Championships

  • Men's singles – H. Parker
  • Women's singles – Kathleen Nunneley
  • Men's doubles – Richard Harman and D. Collins
  • Women's doubles – Kathleen Nunneley and T. Trimmell

Births

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Deaths

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See also

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References

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General
  • Romanos, J. (2001) New Zealand Sporting Records and Lists. Auckland: Hodder Moa Beckett. ISBN 1-86958-879-7
Specific
  1. ^ "Elections NZ – Leaders of the Opposition". Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
  2. ^ Brunner mine disaster
  3. ^ "NCWNZ History". Archived from the original on 14 October 2008. Retrieved 29 October 2008.
  4. ^ MIC - Film pioneers Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Waikato Times". National Library of New Zealand.
  6. ^ "Poverty Bay Herald". National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 21 September 2008.
  7. ^ Mackay, Joseph Angus (1949). "Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z.: Earliest Journals and Their Founders".
  8. ^ "Mayor's chair bonds present with past". Waikato Museum. Archived from the original on 15 October 2008. Retrieved 21 June 2008.
  9. ^ "New Zealand Championships - Senior Men". Archived from the original (MS Word) on 18 October 2008. Retrieved 8 October 2008.
  10. ^ List of New Zealand Chess Champions Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ^ As the New Zealand Bowling Association at this time consists entirely of South Island clubs, the first truly "national" championships are not deemed to have begun until 1914.
  14. ^ "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.
  15. ^ Blackley, Roger. "Fisher, Archibald Joseph Charles 1896–1959". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
  16. ^ Flight Lieutenant Harold Beamish
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