1900 in New Zealand 1900 in New Zealand The following lists events that happened during 1900 in New Zealand. The 14th New Zealand Parliament continued. Government was See 1900 in art, 1900 in literature, See: 1900 in music National champions (Men): The first club is formed, in Auckland, but soon goes into recess. (see also 1927) National Champion: W.E. Mason of Wellington. The 8th National Amateur Championships were held in Otago Provincial club rugby champions include: City (Auckland); Westport (Buller); Christchurch (Canterbury); Pirates (Hawke's Bay); Levin (Horowhenua); Awarua (Marlborough); Alhambra (Otago); Gisborne (Poverty Bay); Hawera (Taranaki); Kaierau (Wanganui); Melrose (Wellington); winners of Bush, Nelson,
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki second public art gallery in New Zealand opened three years after the Dunedin Public Art Gallery in 1884. Wellington’s New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts opened in 1892 and a Wellington Public Library in 1893. In 2009, it was announced that the museum received a donation from American businessman Julian Robertson, valued at over $100 million, the largest ever of its kind in the region. The works will be received from the owner's estate. Throughout the 1870s many people in Auckland felt the city needed a municipal art collection but the newly established Auckland City Council was unwilling to commit