← → The following lists events that happened during 1901 in New Zealand.

The population was given as 815,862, consisting of 43,112 Māori, 31 Moriori, and 772,719 others.

[1] – an increase in the non-Māori population of 9.86% over the previous census in 1896.

See 1901 in art, 1901 in literature See: 1901 in music National Champion: D. Forsyth of Dunedin.

[7] The 9th National Amateur Championships were held in Auckland[8] Provincial league champions:[10] Media related to 1901 in New Zealand at Wikimedia Commons