1914 in New Zealand

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1914 in New Zealand:

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New Zealand showed no hesitation in emulating Britain's declaration of war on Germany and entering World War I. New Zealand troops became the first to occupy German territory when they took over Samoa in November.

Contents 1 Incumbents 1.1 Regal and Vice Regal 1.2 Government 1.3 Parliamentary opposition 1.4 Main centre leaders 2 Events 3 Arts and literature 3.1 Music 3.2 Film 4 Appointments and awards 5 Sport 5.1 Rugby league 5.2 Rugby union 5.3 Tennis 6 Births 7 Deaths 8 See also

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - George V
• Governor - The Earl of Liverpool ^[1]

[edit] Government

The 18th New Zealand Parliament concluded, and the Reform Party was returned for its second term of office following the 1914 general election on December 10th.

• Speaker of the House - Frederic Lang (Reform Party)
• Prime Minister — William Massey
• Minister of Finance - James Allen

[edit] Parliamentary opposition

• Leader of the Opposition — Joseph Ward (Liberal Party). ^[2]

[edit] Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - TBD
• Mayor of Hamilton - Arthur Edward Manning
• Mayor of Wellington - TBD
• Mayor of Christchurch - TBD
• Mayor of Dunedin - TBD

[edit] Events

• 5 August: New Zealand declares war on Germany.
• 29 August: 1,400 New Zealand troops land in Samoa and are offered no resistance by German colonial forces

• October: New Zealand Expeditionary Force departs to Egypt.

• 10 December: General Election

[edit] Arts and literature

See 1914 in art, 1914 in literature, Category:1914 books

[edit] Music

See: 1914 in music

[edit] Film

• Hinemoa, the first feature film made in New Zealand, premieres at the Lyric Theatre, Auckland.

[edit] Appointments and awards

• Archbishop of New Zealand
• Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia , see appointments to Diocese

[edit] Sport

• See: 1914 in sports , Category:1914 in sports

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

[edit] Rugby league

• New Zealand lost to Great Britain 16 - 13 in Auckland

[edit] Rugby union

• Taranaki defended the Ranfurly Shield against Wangauni (17-3), Manawatu (11-3), Horowhenua (14-3), Wairarapa (22-3), Cantrbury (6-5) and Southland (6-0) before losing to Wellington (6-12)

[edit] Tennis

• Anthony Wilding, partnered with Norman Brookes won the men's doubles at the Wimbledon Championship
• The Davis Cup final was held in New York City. New Zealander Anthony Wilding and Australian Norman Brookes (playing as Australia rather than Australasia) beat the United States 3-2.

[edit] Births

• 12 January: Roy Jack, politician.
• 27 March: Cecil Burke, cricketer.
• 25 December: James Fletcher II, industrialist.
• 25 December: Don McRae, cricketer and soccer player.
• 25 December: Robert Howard White, politician.

• Alice Bush, doctor and medical activist.
• Norman King, politician.
• Dan Riddiford, politician.
• Leo Schultz, politician.
• Ruth Symons, cricketer.

Category:1914 births

[edit] Deaths

• 1 October: Richard Barcham Shalders, founder of New Zealand YMCA.

• John Blair, Mayor of Wellington.
• Thomas Fergus, politician.

Category:1914 deaths

[edit] See also

• List of years in New Zealand
• Timeline of New Zealand history
• History of New Zealand
• Military history of New Zealand
• Timeline of environmental history of New Zealand
• Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica

For world events and topics in 1914 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1914