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See also: 1915 in New Zealand, other events of 1916, 1917 in New Zealand, and the Timeline of New Zealand history.

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Contents 1 Summary 2 Incumbents 2.1 Regal and Vice Regal 2.2 Government 2.3 Opposition Leaders 2.4 Main centre leaders 3 Events 3.1 January 3.2 February 3.3 March 3.4 April 3.5 June 3.6 July 3.7 August 3.8 September 3.9 October 3.10 November 3.11 December 4 Arts and literature 4.1 Music 4.2 Film 5 Appointments and awards 6 Sport 7 Births 8 Deaths 9 See also

[edit] Summary

The section should contain a paragraph or two about the year.

See: 1916 and Timeline of New Zealand history plus data below.

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - George V
• Governor-General - Earl of Liverpool

[edit] Government

The 19th New Zealand Parliament continued as a grand coalition led by the Reform Party

• Speaker of the House - Frederic Lang (Reform Party)
• Prime Minister - William Massey (Reform Party)
• Minister of Finance - Joseph Ward

[edit] Opposition Leaders

• Leader of the Opposition - Joseph Ward (Liberal Party) Ward retained that title even though he was part of the coalition government.

[edit] Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - TBD
• Mayor of Hamilton - John Edwin Hammond then John Robert Fow
• Mayor of Wellington - TBD
• Mayor of Christchurch - TBD
• Mayor of Dunedin - TBD

[edit] Events

See 1916 , 1916 in politics , 1916 in science , 1916 in Australia , 1916 in music , History of New Zealand , Category:History of New Zealand , Military history of New Zealand , Timeline of environmental history of New Zealand , Timeline of New Zealand history

• Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica , Category:1916

[edit] January

[edit] February

[edit] March

[edit] April

[edit] June

[edit] July

[edit] August

[edit] September

[edit] October

[edit] November

[edit] December

[edit] Arts and literature

See 1916 in art, 1916 in literature, Category:1916 books

[edit] Music

See: 1916 in music

[edit] Film

• The Mutiny of the Bounty

See: Category:1916 film awards , 1916 in film , List of New Zealand feature films , Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1916 films

[edit] Appointments and awards

• William Jolliffe is appointed New Zealand's first censor
• Archbishop of New Zealand

[edit] Sport

• See: 1916 in sports , Category:1916 in sports ,
• Rugby: Category:Rugby union in New Zealand, Category:All Blacks , Ranfurly Shield

• Horse racing: See Category:New Zealand horse races, list winners.

• Soccer: Chatham Cup : no competition due to war.

[edit] Births

• 15 December: Maurice Wilkins, physicist
• Selwyn Toogood, radio and television personality

Category:1916 births

[edit] Deaths

• Thomas King (New Zealand), astronomer and politician

Category:1916 deaths

[edit] See also