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● H e l p ● L e a r n t o e d i t ● C o m m u n i t y p o r t a l ● R e c e n t c h a n g e s ● U p l o a d f i l e
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P a g e s f o r l o g g e d o u t e d i t o r s l e a r n m o r e ● C o n t r i b u t i o n s ● T a l k
( T o p )
1 I n c u m b e n t s
T o g g l e I n c u m b e n t s s u b s e c t i o n
1 . 1 R e g a l a n d v i c e r e g a l
1 . 2 G o v e r n m e n t a n d l a w
1 . 3 P a r l i a m e n t a r y o p p o s i t i o n
1 . 4 M a i n c e n t r e l e a d e r s
2 E v e n t s
3 A r t s a n d l i t e r a t u r e
T o g g l e A r t s a n d l i t e r a t u r e s u b s e c t i o n
3 . 1 M u s i c
4 M e d i a
5 S p o r t
T o g g l e S p o r t s u b s e c t i o n
5 . 1 A t h l e t i c s
5 . 2 C h e s s
5 . 3 C r i c k e t
5 . 4 G o l f
5 . 5 H o r s e r a c i n g
5 . 5 . 1 H a r n e s s r a c i n g
5 . 5 . 2 T h o r o u g h b r e d r a c i n g
5 . 5 . 3 S e a s o n l e a d e r s ( 1 8 9 5 / 9 6 )
5 . 6 L a w n B o w l s
5 . 7 P o l o
5 . 8 R o w i n g
5 . 9 R u g b y u n i o n
5 . 1 0 S h o o t i n g
5 . 1 1 S o c c e r
5 . 1 2 S w i m m i n g
5 . 1 3 T e n n i s
6 B i r t h s
7 D e a t h s
8 S e e a l s o
9 R e f e r e n c e s
10 E x t e r n a l l i n k s
T o g g l e t h e t a b l e o f c o n t e n t s
1 8 9 6 i n N e w Z e a l a n d
A d d l a n g u a g e s
A d d l i n k s
● A r t i c l e ● T a l k
E n g l i s h
● R e a d ● E d i t ● V i e w h i s t o r y
T o o l s
T o o l s
A c t i o n s
● R e a d ● E d i t ● V i e w h i s t o r y
G e n e r a l
● W h a t l i n k s h e r e ● R e l a t e d c h a n g e s ● U p l o a d f i l e ● S p e c i a l p a g e s ● P e r m a n e n t l i n k ● P a g e i n f o r m a t i o n ● C i t e t h i s p a g e ● G e t s h o r t e n e d U R L ● D o w n l o a d Q R c o d e ● W i k i d a t a i t e m
P r i n t / e x p o r t
● D o w n l o a d a s P D F ● P r i n t a b l e v e r s i o n
I n o t h e r p r o j e c t s
● W i k i m e d i a C o m m o n s
A p p e a r a n c e
F r o m W i k i p e d i a , t h e f r e e e n c y c l o p e d i a
The following lists events that happened during 1896 in New Zealand .
Incumbents
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Regal and viceregal
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Government and law
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The Liberal Party is re-elected and begins the 13th New Zealand Parliament .
Parliamentary opposition
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Leader of the Opposition – William Russell [1]
Main centre leaders
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Events
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Undated
Census measures national population as 743,214.
Arts and literature
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Music
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The Waikato Argus starts publication. The newspaper runs until 1915.[5]
The Gisborne Times is founded.[6] The Poverty Bay Herald in 1938.[7]
July: The Waikato Times Waikato Advocate merge, and the former moves to daily publication.[8]
Sport
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Athletics
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National Champions, Men [9]
100 yards – E. Robinson (Canterbury)
250 yards – W. Kingston (Otago)
440 yards – W. Low (Otago)
880 yards – W. Low (Otago)
1 mile – W. Bennett (Otago)
3 miles – W. Bennett (Otago)
120 yards hurdles – W. Martin (Auckland)
440 yards hurdles – J. Thomas Roberts (Auckland)
Long jump – Leonard Cuff (Canterbury)
High jump – P. Brown (Canterbury)
Pole vault – tie R. Hunter (Hawkes Bay) and H. Kingsley (Wanganui)
Shot put – W. Rhodes (Wellington)
Hammer throw – P. Brown (Canterbury)
Chess
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National Champion: W. Meldrum of Rangitikei.[10]
Cricket
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Golf
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Men's national amateur champion – M.S. Todd (Otago)[11]
Women's national amateur champion – L. Wilford (Hutt)
Horse racing
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Harness racing
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Thoroughbred racing
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(1895/96)
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Top New Zealand stakes earner – Euroclydon
Leading flat jockey – C. Jenkins
Lawn Bowls
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National Champions[13]
Polo
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Savile Cup winners – Manawatu
Rowing
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National Champions (Men)
Single sculls – C. Chapman (Wairewa)
Double sculls – Wairewa, Little River
Coxless pairs – Canterbury
Coxed fours – Queen's Dr, Port Chalmers
Rugby union
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Shooting
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Ballinger Belt – Sergeant Wakelyn (Honorary Reserve Corps, Christchurch)
Soccer
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Provincial league champions:[14]
Auckland: Auckland United
Otago: Roslyn Dunedin
Wellington: Wellington Swifts
Swimming
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Not held
Tennis
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National Championships
Men's singles – H. Parker
Women's singles – Kathleen Nunneley
Men's doubles – Richard Harman and D. Collins
Women's doubles – Kathleen Nunneley and T. Trimmell
Births
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Deaths
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See also
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References
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General
Romanos, J. (2001) New Zealand Sporting Records and Lists. Auckland: Hodder Moa Beckett. ISBN 1-86958-879-7
Specific
^ "NCWNZ History" . Archived from the original on 14 October 2008. Retrieved 29 October 2008 .
^ MIC - Film pioneers Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Waikato Times" . National Library of New Zealand .
^ "Poverty Bay Herald" . National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 21 September 2008 .
^ Mackay, Joseph Angus (1949). "Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z.: Earliest Journals and Their Founders" .
^ "Mayor's chair bonds present with past" . Waikato Museum . Archived from the original on 15 October 2008. Retrieved 21 June 2008 .
^ "New Zealand Championships - Senior Men" . Archived from the original (MS Word) on 18 October 2008. Retrieved 8 October 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 .
^ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz Archived 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
^ As the New Zealand Bowling Association at this time consists entirely of South Island clubs, the first truly "national" championships are not deemed to have begun until 1914 .
^ "New Zealand: List of champions" . Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.
^ Blackley, Roger. "Fisher, Archibald Joseph Charles 1896–1959" . Dictionary of New Zealand Biography Ministry for Culture and Heritage . Retrieved 5 April 2011 .
^ Flight Lieutenant Harold Beamish
External links
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