1894 in New Zealand

Decades:	1870s; 1880s; 1890s; 1900s; 1910s;
See also:	History of New Zealand; List of years in New Zealand; Timeline of New Zealand history;

The following lists events that happened during 1894 in New Zealand.

Incumbents

Events

30 October: Luxury steamer SS Wairarapa, carrying 230 passengers from Sydney bound for Auckland, is wrecked on Great Barrier Island with the loss of 135 lives.^[2]

Undated

American balloonist Leila Adair tours New Zealand.^[3] She is possibly the first woman to fly in New Zealand.

New Zealand enacts the world's first national minimum wage law, by the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act.

Arts and literature

Music

Sport

Leonard Cuff is appointed a Founding Member of the International Olympic Committee. He remains the member for both New Zealand and Australia until 1905.

Athletics

National Champions, Men

100 yards – Jack Hempton (Wellington)
250 yards – H. Reeves (Canterbury)
440 yards – W. Low (Otago)
880 yards – W. Low (Otago)
1 mile – C. Morpeth (Otago)
3 miles – C. Morpeth (Otago)
120 yards hurdles – Harold Batger (Wellington)
440 yards hurdles – Harold Batger (Wellington)
Long jump – Wallingford Mendelson (South Canterbury)
High jump – H. Bailey (Wellington)
Pole vault –H. Kingsley (Wanganui)
Shot put – O. McCormack (Wellington)
Hammer throw – O. McCormack (Wellington)

Chess

National Champion: J. Edwards, of Wellington.^[4]

Cricket

Golf

The 2nd National Amateur Championships were held in Christchurch^[5]
- Men: H. Macneil (Otago)
- Women : Mrs C. Wilder

Horse racing

Harness racing

Auckland Trotting Cup (over 3 miles) is won by Tom Hicks^[6]

Thoroughbred racing

New Zealand Cup – Impulse
New Zealand Derby – Blue Fire
Auckland Cup – Lottie
Wellington Cup – Vogengang

Season leaders (1893/94)

Top New Zealand stakes earner – Blue Fire
Leading flat jockey – J. Connop

Lawn Bowls

The pairs championship is held for the first time. National Champions^[7]

Singles – T. Sneddon (Kaituna)
Pairs – T. Sneddon and H. Reid (skip) (Kaituna)
Fours – J. Davidson, A. Owen, J. Wedderspoon and J. Evans (skip) (Caledonian)

Polo

Savile Cup winners – Rangitikei

Rowing

National Champions (Men)

Single sculls – M. Keefe (Auckland)
Double sculls – Union, Christchurch
Coxless pairs – Union, Christchurch
Coxed fours – Lyttelton

Rugby union

Provincial club rugby champions include:

Shooting

Ballinger Belt – Captain E. Smith (Dunedin City Guards)

Soccer

Provincial Champions:^[8]

Auckland: Alliance United
Wellington: Wellington Rovers
Otago: Roslyn Dunedin

Swimming

National Champions (Men)

100 yards freestyle – T. Needham (New South Wales, Australia)
220 yards freestyle – W. Gormley (New South Wales, Australia)
440 yards freestyle – W. Gormley (New South Wales, Australia)
880 yards freestyle – W. Gormley (New South Wales, Australia)

Tennis

National championships

Men's singles – M. Fenwicke
Women's singles – M. Spiers
Men's doubles – J. Marshall and P. Marshall
Women's doubles – P. Chapman and M. Nicholson

Births

2 February – Rongowhakaata Pere Halbert, Māori leader, historian, interpreter, genealogist
24 February – Victor Spencer, soldier executed in World War I, pardoned in 2000
1 June – Paraire Karaka Paikea, politician
14 July: – Paddy Kearins, politician.
21 July – Toko Rātana, Rātana church leader and politician
13 August: – Fintan Patrick Walsh, trade unionist.
10 November: – Andrew Davidson, educationalist

Deaths

5 June: Vincent Pyke, politician
16 September: Robert Hart, politician.

References

General

Romanos, J. (2001) New Zealand Sporting Records and Lists. Auckland: Hodder Moa Beckett. ISBN 1-86958-879-7

Specific

^ "Elections NZ – Leaders of the Opposition". Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
^ "SS Wairarapa". Archived from the original on 29 October 2002. Retrieved 13 November 2008.
^ Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand: Ballooning
^ 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

External links

Media related to 1894 in New Zealand at Wikimedia Commons

[1] "Elections NZ – Leaders of the Opposition". Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.

[2] "SS Wairarapa". Archived from the original on 29 October 2002. Retrieved 13 November 2008.

[TeAraBallooning-3] Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand: Ballooning

[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] 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.

[8] New Zealand – List of Champions

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