1903 in New Zealand

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New Zealand |

* 1904
* 1905
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* 1880s
* 1890s
* 1900s
* 1910s
* 1920s

See also:|

* History of New Zealand
* List of years in New Zealand
* Timeline of New Zealand history

The following lists events that happened during 1903 in New Zealand.

## Incumbents

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### Regal and viceregal

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* Head of State – Edward VII
* Governor – The Earl of Ranfurly GCMG[1]

### Government

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

* Speaker of the House – Arthur Guinness (Liberal)
* Prime Minister – Richard Seddon
* Minister of Finance – Richard Seddon
* Chief Justice – Sir Robert Stout

### Parliamentary opposition

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* Leader of the Opposition – Vacant until 11 September, then William Massey, (Independent).[2]

### Main centre leaders

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* Mayor of Auckland – Alfred Kidd then Edwin Mitchelson
* Mayor of Wellington – John Aitken
* Mayor of Christchurch – Henry Wigram
* Mayor of Dunedin – James Park then Thomas Scott

## Events

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### January

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### February

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### March

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### April

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### June

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### July

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### August

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### September

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26 September – New Zealand is the first country in the world to pass a Wireless Telegraphy Act.[3]

### October

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### November

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### December

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## Arts and literature

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See 1903 in art, 1903 in literature

### Music

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See: 1903 in music

### Film

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* A Message from Mars

## Sport

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### Boxing

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The Bantamweight division is included in the national championships for the first time.

National amateur champions

* Heavyweight – H. Taylor (Greymouth)
* Middleweight – J. Griffin (Invercargill)
* Lightweight – A. Farquharson (Dunedin)
* Featherweight – A. Parker (Christchurch)
* Bantamweight – J. Pearce (Christchurch)

### Chess

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National Champion: J.C. Grierson of Auckland.[4]

### Golf

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The 11th National Amateur Championships were held in Napier [5]

* Men: Kurepo Tareha (Napier)
* Women: A. E Pearce

### Horse racing

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#### Harness racing

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* Auckland Trotting Cup: Plain G [6]

### Rugby union

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* 1903 New Zealand rugby union tour of Australia

### Soccer

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Provincial league champions:[7]

* Auckland: YMCA Auckland
* Otago: Northern
* Wellington: Wellington St. John's

## Births

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* 30 January: Colin Scrimgeour, minister and broadcaster.[8]
* 6 February: Jack Dunning, cricketer
* 21 February: P. H. Matthews, politician
* 11 March: George Dickinson, cricketer
* 11 March: Ronald Syme, historian
* 21 March: Frank Sargeson, writer
* 28 March: Merton Hodge, west-end playwright
* 23 April: John Stewart, politician.
* 10 June: Count Geoffrey Potocki de Montalk, poet.
* 6 July: Edward Musgrave Blaiklock, academic.
* 4 August: Charles Bateson, historian and writer
* 2 November: Anna Lois White, painter
* 15 November: Stewie Dempster, cricketer

## Deaths

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* 7 March: John Studholme, politician and farmer (born 1829).
* 23 April: William Travers, politician (born 1819).
* 11 June: Thomas Mason, horticulturist and politician.
* 7 July: Agnes Harrold, hotel manager, foster parent, nurse and midwife[9]
* 30 August: Joe Warbrick, rugby player (born 1862).

## See also

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* History of New Zealand
* List of years in New Zealand
* Military history of New Zealand
* Timeline of New Zealand history
* Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica
* Timeline of the New Zealand environment

## References

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1. ^ Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
2. ^ "Elections NZ – Leaders of the Opposition". Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
3. ^ Ministry of EconomicDevelopment: Celebrating 100 Years of Wireless
4. ^ List of New Zealand Chess Champions Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
5. ^ 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.
6. ^ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
7. ^ "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.
8. ^ Davidson, Allan K. "Scrimgeour, Colin Graham". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
9. ^ Barlow, Maida. "Agnes Harrold". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 8 November 2016.

## External links

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Media related to 1903 in New Zealand at Wikimedia Commons

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1903 in Oceania

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