Rugby Ranfurly Shield – Wellington successfully defend the shield against Wairarapa (3–3) and Hawkes Bay (11–3) before losing to Auckland (6–10). Soccer Provincial league champions: Auckland: Auckland Corinthians Canterbury: Christchurch Celtic Otago: Kaitangata FC Southland: Nightcaps Taranaki: Waitara Wellington: Diamond Wellington Births 10 January: R. A. K. Mason, poet. 25 February: Iriaka Rātana, politician. 29 March: Dan Bryant, schoolteacher and mountaineer 5 April: Guy Powles, diplomat and ombudsman. 25 June: Ian Cromb, cricketer. 28 June: Norman Shelton, politician. 9 July: John Guthrie, journalist and novelist 3 September: John Mills, cricketer. 29 October: John (Jack) Lamason, cricketer. 10 December: Neil Watson, politician. :Category:1905 births Deaths 6 January: Bendix Hallenstein, merchant. 14 March: George Fisher, politician. 22 April: Mary Gabriel Gill, Catholic prioress 6 June: Marion Hatton, suffragist 27 June: Te Keepa Te Rangi-pūawhe, Māori tribal leader, soldier and entrepreneur 20 October: John Thomas Peacock, businessman and politician 18 November: Te Whiti o Rongomai, Māori leader, pacifist. See also History of New Zealand List of years in New Zealand Military history of New Zealand Timeline of New Zealand history Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica Timeline of the New Zealand environment References External links