Events
- 24 February: The TSS Earnslaw launched at Kingston on Lake Wakatipu.
- 28 March: Prime Minister Joseph Ward resigns and is replaced by Thomas Mackenzie.
- April: Pelorus Jack is seen for the last time.
- May: Waihi miners' strike commences.
- 10 July: William Massey sworn in as Prime Minister after the Reform Party loses a vote of no confidence.
- October: Waihi Goldmining Company reopens the mine with scab labour.
- 18 October: The TSS Earnslaw makes her maiden voyage on Lake Wakatipu, from Kingston to Queenstown.
- 12 November: 'Black Tuesday', the peak of confrontation during the Waihi miners' strike. One trade unionist is killed.
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