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Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

Head of State – Edward VII
Governor – The Lord Plunket GCMG KCVO ^[1]

Government

Speaker of the House – Arthur Guinness (Liberal)
Prime Minister – Richard Seddon (until 10 June) then William Hall-Jones (until 6 August), then Joseph Ward (all Liberal)
Minister of Finance – Richard Seddon (until 10 June) then William Hall-Jones (until 6 August), then Joseph Ward
Attorney-General – Albert Pitt (until 18 Nov) then John Findlay (both Liberal)
Chief Justice – Sir Robert Stout

Parliamentary opposition

Leader of the Opposition – William Massey, (Independent).^[2]

Main centre leaders

Mayor of Auckland – Arthur Myers
Mayor of Wellington – Thomas Hislop
Mayor of Christchurch – Charles Gray then John Hall
Mayor of Dunedin – Joseph Braithwaite then George Lawrence

Events

January

February

March

April

25 April
- The 1906 Auckland City mayoral election is held.
- The 1906 Wellington City mayoral election is held.

May

June

10 June: Prime Minister Richard Seddon dies suddenly in office, ending a 13-year premiership.

The 1906 New Zealand Liberal Party leadership election is held.

July

13 July: The 1906 Westland by-election is held.

August

6 August: Joseph Ward is sworn in as prime minister, taking over from acting prime minister William Hall-Jones.

September

October

November

1 November: The International Exhibition begins in Hagley Park, Christchurch.

December

6 December: The 1906 Manukau by-election is held.

Arts and literature

See 1906 in art, 1906 in literature

Music

See: 1906 in music

Film

See: Category:1906 film awards, 1906 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1906 films

Sport

Boxing

National amateur champions

Heavyweight – E. Pearson (Wellington)
Middleweight – A. Nash (Christchurch)
Lightweight – R. Mayze (Christchurch)
Featherweight – J. Godfrey (Auckland)
Bantamweight – B. Tracy (Wellington)

Chess

The 19th National Championship was held in Auckland, and was won by R.J. Barnes of Wellington, his 5th title.^[3]

Golf

The 8th National Amateur Championships were held in Christchurch ^[4]

Men: S.H. Gollan (Napier) – 2nd title
Women: Mrs Bidwell – 2nd title

Horse racing

Harness racing

New Zealand Trotting Cup: Belmont M.^[5]
Auckland Trotting Cup: Typewriter^[6]

Rugby

Ranfurly Shield – Auckland successfully defend the shield all season, with wins against Canterbury (29–6), Taranaki (18–5), Southland (48–12) and Wellington (11–5).

Soccer

Provincial league champions:^[7]

Auckland: North Shore AFC
Canterbury: Christchurch Club
Otago: Northern
Southland: Nightcaps
Taranaki: Eltham
Wellington: Diamond Wellington

Tennis

Anthony Wilding wins both the singles and doubles (with Rodney Heath) titles at the Australian Open.

Births

19 January: Robin Hyde, poet and novelist
27 February: Mal Matheson, cricketer
5 April: Ted Morgan, Olympic boxer
4 July: Leo Lemuel White, photographer, photojournalist, aviator, publisher and writer^[8]
8 August: John Hutton, artist

Category:1906 births

Deaths

26 January: Fred Sutton, politician.
10 June: Richard Seddon, 15th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died in office)
28 June: Jacob William Heberley, carver.^[9]
6 August: George Waterhouse, 7th Premier of New Zealand (died in UK)
21 September: Joseph Dransfield, Mayor of Wellington and politician.
29 October; Henry Jackson, politician
18 November: Albert Pitt, politician.

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.
^ List of New Zealand Chess Champions Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
^ 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.
^ "List of NZ Trotting cup winners". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2009.
^ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
^ "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.
^ Watling, Amy (19 June 2019). "The view from above". natlib.govt.nz. Archived from the original on 19 June 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
^ Neich, Roger. "Jacob William Heberley". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 1 December 2011.

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