Bay – Whakatu Nelson – Athletic Otago – HSOB South Canterbury – Colmoco Southland – Ohai Taranaki – Auroa Waikato – Huntly Thistle Wanganui – Woollen Mills Wellington – Hospital Golf The 16th New Zealand Open championship is won by Andrew Shaw after a playoff with Ernie Moss. The 8th National Amateur Championships are held at Miramar (men) and Balmacewan (women) Men – Arthur Duncan (Wellington) (his tenth title) Women – Louisa Kerr (Timaru) Horse racing Harness racing New Zealand Trotting Cup – Ahuriri (2nd win) Auckland Trotting Cup – Talaro Thoroughbred racing New Zealand Cup – Count Cavour Avondale Gold Cup – Beacon Light Auckland Cup – Tanadees Wellington Cup – Enthusiasm New Zealand Derby – Commendation Lawn bowls The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Dunedin. Men's singles champion – W. Foster (Caledonian Bowling Club) Men's pair champions – W. R. Todd, E. Tamlyn (skip) (St Kilda Bowling Club) Men's fours champions – J. D. Best, H. G. Siedeberg, F. McCullough, E. Harraway (skip) (Dunedin Bowling Club) Rugby league The New Zealand national rugby league team tours Britain, losing all three tests against Great Britain and one test against Wales The NZRFU takes legal action to prevent the NZRL from using the name "All Blacks" for the national rugby league team Rugby union 1926 New Zealand rugby union tour of New South Wales 1926–27 New Zealand Māori rugby union tour Ranfurly Shield – held by Hawkes Bay for the full season Births January 3 January Marie Clay, literacy researcher David Spence, mathematician 6 January – Pat Vincent, rugby union player, coach and administrator 10 January – Jim Eyles, archaeologist 11 January – Mary Rouse, cricketer 19 January – Peter Cape, musician 20 January – Tui Uru, broadcaster, singer 29 January – Dennis McEldowney, writer, publisher February 3 February – Guy Ngan, artist 7 February – Graham Latimer, Māori leader 13 February – Lloyd Berrell, actor 14 February – Sheila Natusch, naturalist, writer, illustrator 20 February – Ted Meuli, cricketer 26 February – Edwin Norton, weightlifter March 5 March – Joan Mattingley, clinical chemist 13 March – June Litman, journalist 19 March – Noel Bowden, rugby union player 22 March – Helen Young, radio manager, arts advocate 24 March Betty Clegg, watercolour artist Rowena Jackson, ballet dancer 27 March – Harry Tapping, cricketer April 2 April – Maurie Gordon, sport shooter 6 April – Don Bacon, microbiologist