Events
- 15 January: The New Zealand Mounted Rifles rout a Boer assault at Slingersfontein, South Africa.
- 9 February: Opening of the Wanganui Opera House by premier Richard Seddon.
- 15 February: New Zealand troops are part of the relief of Kimberley, South Africa.
- 3 May: Holy Cross College, Mosgiel (Roman Catholic seminary) established.
- May: Phosphate discovered on Nauru — mining begins later in the year.
- May–June: Tour of Pacific islands by Prime Minister Richard Seddon. Tonga, Niue, Fiji and the Cook Islands are visited.
- 28 September: The New Zealand Government votes to incorporate the Cook Islands into New Zealand.
- October: The number of European electorates in the New Zealand Parliament is increased to 76.
- 23 October: The country's first electric tram service begins, between Roslyn and Maori Hill in Dunedin.
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- Māori Lands Administration Act passed.
- George Hemmings brings the first motor car into the South Island.
- The General Assembly Library (part of the New Zealand Parliament Buildings) is built.
- 18 people die in a boating tragedy on the Motu River.
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“As I look at the human story I see two stories. They run parallel and never meet. One is of people who live, as they can or must, the events that arrive; the other is of people who live, as they intend, the events they create.”
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