1904 in New Zealand

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1904
in
New Zealand

Decades:
See also:

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

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

Government

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

Parliamentary opposition

Main centre leaders

Events

  • 13 January: Portobello Marine Laboratory opens, initially as a fish hatchery
  • 17 March: The New Zealand Horticultural Trades Association is founded in Normanby.
  • September: The Canterbury Steam Shipping Co is founded in Christchurch.
  • 15 November: The Waikato Independent begins publishing in Cambridge. The newspaper became the Cambridge Independent in 1966. It closed in 1995.

Arts and literature

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

Music

See: 1904 in music

Sport

Association football

  • 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.
    • 23 July, Dunedin: NZ loses 0–1
    • 30 July, Wellington: Draw 3–3

Boxing

National amateur champions

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

Chess

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

Golf

The 12th National Amateur Championships were held in Otago

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

Horse racing

Harness racing

Rugby union

  • 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

Provincial league champions:

Births

Category:1904 births

Deaths

Category:1904 deaths

See also


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