1903 in New Zealand

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

• Head of State – Edward VII
• Governor – The Earl of Ranfurly GCMG

  Government

• Speaker of the House – Arthur Guinness
• Prime Minister – Richard Seddon
• Minister of Finance – Richard Seddon
• Chief Justice – Sir Robert Stout

  Parliamentary opposition

• Leader of the Opposition – Vacant until 11 September, then William Massey,.

  Main centre leaders

• 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

January

February

March

April

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Arts and literature

Music

Film

• A Message from Mars

  Sport

Boxing

• Heavyweight – H. Taylor
• Middleweight – J. Griffin
• Lightweight – A. Farquharson
• Featherweight – A. Parker
• Bantamweight – J. Pearce

  Chess

Golf

• Men: Kurepo Tareha
• Women: A. E Pearce

  Horse racing

Harness racing

• Auckland Trotting Cup: Plain G

  Rugby union

• 1903 New Zealand rugby union tour of Australia

  Soccer

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

  Births

• 30 January: Colin Scrimgeour, minister and broadcaster.
• 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

• 7 March: John Studholme, politician and farmer.
• 23 April: William Travers, politician.
• 11 June: Thomas Mason, horticulturist and politician.
• 30 August: Joe Warbrick, rugby player.