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Championship Roll
| 1879 | H. Hookham |
| 1888–89 | A. M. Ollivier |
| 1889–90 | H. Hookham |
| 1890–91 | R. J. Barnes |
| 1891–92 | F. V. Siedeberg |
| 1892–93 | F. V. Siedeberg |
| 1893–94 | J. Edwards |
| 1894–95 | W. Mackay |
| 1895–96 | W. Meldrum |
| 1896–97 | R. J. Barnes |
| 1897–98 | R. J. Barnes |
| 1898–99 | R. A. Cleland |
| 1900 | W. E. Mason |
| 1901 | D. Forsyth |
| 1901–02 | R. J. Barnes |
| 1902–03 | J. C. Grierson |
| 1903–04 | W. E. Mason |
| 1904–05 | A. W. O. Davies |
| 1905–06 | R. J. Barnes |
| 1906–07 | W. S. Viner |
| 1908 | A. W. O. Davies |
| 1908–09 | F. K. Kelling |
| 1909–10 | J. Mason |
| 1910–11 | W. E. Mason |
| 1911–12 | W. E. Mason |
| 1912–13 | J. C. Grierson |
| 1913–14 | W. E. Mason |
| 1914–15 | F. K. Kelling |
| 1919–20 | W. E. Mason |
| 1920–21 | J. B. Dunlop |
| 1921–22 | J. B. Dunlop |
| 1922–23 | J. B. Dunlop |
| 1923–24 | S. Crakanthorp |
| 1924–25 | C. J. S. Purdy |
| 1925–26 | S. Crakanthorp |
| 1926–27 | A. W. O. Davies |
| 1927–28 | A. W. O. Davies |
| 1928–29 | J. A. Erskine |
| 1929–30 | G. Gundersen |
| 1930–31 | A. W. Gyles |
| 1931–32 | G. Gundersen |
| 1932–33 | M. E. Goldstein |
| 1933–34 | J. B. Dunlop |
| 1934–35 | J. A. Erskine |
| 1935–36 | A. W. Gyles |
| 1936–37 | H. R. Abbott |
| 1937–38 | S. Hindin |
| 1938–36 | J. B. Dunlop |
| 1939–40 | J. B. Dunlop |
| 1940–41 | P. Allerhand |
| 1943–44 | R. G. Wade |
| 1944–45 | R. G. Wade |
| 1945–46 | T. Lepviikmann |
| 1946–47 | T. Lepviikmann |
| 1947–48 | R. G. Wade |
| 1948–49 | A. E. Nield |
| 1949–50 | P. Allerhand |
| 1950–51 | D. I. Lynch |
| 1951–52 | O. Sarapu |
| 1952–53 | O. Sarapu |
| 1953–54 | O. Sarapu |
| 1954–55 | O. Sarapu |
| 1955–56 | F. A. Foulds |
| 1956–57 | J. R. Phillips A. Feneridis |
| 1957–58 | J. R. Phillips |
| 1958–59 | F. A. Foulds B. C. Menzies |
| 1959–60 | O. Sarapu |
| 1960–61 | O. Sarapu |
| 1961–62 | G. G. Haase |
| 1962–63 | O. Sarapu R. J. Sutton |
| 1963–64 | R. A. Court |
| 1964–65 | J. R. Phillips |
Thomas Bracken, the poet, started the first chess column in New Zealand in the Southern Weekly Mercury in 1875, but the person who probably did most for chess was the late F. K. Kelling, who voluntarily undertook the task of being the game's publicist, a function he carried out for over 60 years. He was practically the founder of the New Zealand Chess Association. In 1883 Auckland staged an exhibition of “living chess”, but a more practical step was taken in 1947 by the late F. G. McSherry, a publisher and chess enthusiast, who for seven years at considerable personal loss published the New Zealand Chess Player. Chess periodicals, in general, have had short lives in New Zealand, but in 1962 Z. Frankel, making use of a modern method of reproduction, founded the New Zealand Chess Magazine.
by Conrad Brice Newick, M.A., DIP.N.Z.L.S., Assistant Reference Officer, General Assembly Library, Wellington.
