1910 in New Zealand

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

• Head of State – Edward VII, succeeded by George V
• Governor – The Lord Plunket GCMG KCVO, succeeded the same year by The Lord Islington GCMG GBE DSO PC

Government

• Speaker of the House – TBD
• Prime Minister – TBD
• Minister of Finance – TBD
• Chief Justice – Sir Robert Stout

Parliamentary opposition

Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland – Charles Grey then Lemuel Bagnall
• Mayor of Wellington – Thomas Wilford
• Mayor of Christchurch – Charles Allison
• Mayor of Dunedin – James Walker, then Thomas Cole

Events

• February – March: Field Marshal Kitchener tours New Zealand and makes a report to the Government on the defence of New Zealand.
• 5 July: Herbert Pither reportedly makes a flight of "nearly a mile" at Riverton Beach.

• Aero Club of New Zealand is formed in Auckland.
• Foundation of Eastwoodhill Arboretum at Ngatapa, Gisborne by William Douglas Cook

Arts and literature

Music

Film

Sport

Chess

Golf

• The fourth New Zealand Open championship was held at Christchurch golf club and was won by amateur Arthur Duncan, his second win.
• The 18th National Amateur Championships were held in Christchurch
• * Men: H.B. Lusk
• * Women: Miss ? Collins.

Horse racing

Harness racing

• New Zealand Trotting Cup: Wildwood Junior – 2nd win
• Auckland Trotting Cup: Floranz

Rugby league

• Great Britain tour of New Zealand – beat New Zealand 52–20 in Auckland

Rugby union

• Auckland defend the Ranfurly Shield against Hawkes Bay, Wellington, Taranaki and Canterbury

Soccer

• Auckland: Caledonian Auckland
• Canterbury: Burnham IS
• Otago: Northern Dunedin
• Southland: Nightcaps
• Taranaki: New Plymouth
• Wellington: Ramblers Wellington

Tennis

• Anthony Wilding won the men's singles at the Wimbledon Championship

Births

• 5 January: Jack Lovelock, athlete
• 10 February: Paul Whitelaw, cricketer
• 15 March: Norman Douglas, politician.
• 27 March: Freda Stark, dancer
• 11 April: Mountford T. "Toss" Woollaston, painter and writer
• 4 July: Peter McIntyre, painter
• 11 August: James Munro Bertram, writer and Rhodes scholar.
• 11 August: Denis 'Sonny' Moloney, cricketer
• 8 October: Gordon Innes, rugby union and rugby league player
• 18 December: Eric Tindill, cricket and rugby union player
• 24 December, William Hayward Pickering, space scientist
• 28 December: Jack Kerr, cricketer
• Full date unknown:
• * Harold Wilfred Youren, lawyer, farmer, farmers’ advocate and peace campaigner

Deaths

• 14 May: Frederick Baume, politician.
• 28 April: Arthur Beauchamp, politician.
• 17 May: Thomas Hocken, collector and bibliographer.
• 1 June: Richard Reeves, politician.
• 16 July: Richard Hobbs, politician.
• 27 November: Richard Oliver, politician