The
19th New Zealand Parliament concludes. The
election held in November sees the
Reform Party returned with an increased majority (47 of the 80 seats). Women are eligible to stand for Parliament for the first time.[2]
January –
George Bolt ascends to a record height of 6,500 feet (2,000 m).[4][5]
1 February – Cecil McKenzie Hill, chief instructor for the Canterbury Aviation Company, is killed in an air accident while flying over
Riccarton Racecourse.[6][7] This is the first aircraft fatality in New Zealand.[8]
16 December – George Bolt makes the first experimental
airmail flight in New Zealand. He flies from Auckland to
Dargaville and back again on the same day, a total distance of approximately 320 kilometres (200 mi).[4][6]
The National Chess championship was not held (the influenza epidemic was still subsiding at its traditional new year dates).
Cricket
Plunket Shield: 25–29 December, Hagley Oval, Christchurch: Canterbury defeated Wellington by 7 wickets.[10] See
1920 in New Zealand#Cricket for remaining matches in this Plunket Shield competition.
^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.
The
19th New Zealand Parliament concludes. The
election held in November sees the
Reform Party returned with an increased majority (47 of the 80 seats). Women are eligible to stand for Parliament for the first time.[2]
January –
George Bolt ascends to a record height of 6,500 feet (2,000 m).[4][5]
1 February – Cecil McKenzie Hill, chief instructor for the Canterbury Aviation Company, is killed in an air accident while flying over
Riccarton Racecourse.[6][7] This is the first aircraft fatality in New Zealand.[8]
16 December – George Bolt makes the first experimental
airmail flight in New Zealand. He flies from Auckland to
Dargaville and back again on the same day, a total distance of approximately 320 kilometres (200 mi).[4][6]
The National Chess championship was not held (the influenza epidemic was still subsiding at its traditional new year dates).
Cricket
Plunket Shield: 25–29 December, Hagley Oval, Christchurch: Canterbury defeated Wellington by 7 wickets.[10] See
1920 in New Zealand#Cricket for remaining matches in this Plunket Shield competition.
^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.