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- 1900 Wanganui Opera House opened
- 1901 Hardham wins Victoria Cross in South Africa
- 1901 Skippers Bridge opened
- 1901 Early motoring offence
- 1901 New Zealand turns down federation with Australia
- 1901 Cornwall Park gifted to Auckland
- 1902 World's first state-registered nurses
- 1902 Kelburn cable car opens
- 1902 Battle of Langverwacht Hill
- 1902 George von Zedlitz arrives in Wellington
- 1902 Railway accident in South Africa kills 16 New Zealand soldiers
- 1902 New Zealand flag confirmed
- 1902 New Zealand Boxing Association formed
- 1903 Four killed by Rotorua geyser
- 1903 Bob Fitzsimmons wins third world boxing title
- 1904 First step in creation of Fiordland National Park
- 1904 First use of kiwi as unofficial national symbol?
- 1904 Foundation stone for Victoria University’s first building laid
- 1905 Only surviving Maungatautari Bank cheque issued
- 1905 World’s first state-run maternity hospital opens
- 1905 New Zealand Truth hits the news stands
- 1905 'Originals' kick off All Black tradition
- 1905 Racist killing in Wellington's Haining St
- 1905 Special votes cast in general election
- 1905 All Blacks' non-try hands Wales historic win
- 1906 Death of Richard Seddon
- 1906 New Zealand's first fatal car accident
- 1906 Domestic workers call for 68-hour week
- 1907 First School Journal published
- 1907 Plunket Society formed
- 1907 Joseph Ward proclaims dominion status
- 1907 Parliamentary Library escapes fire
- 1908 First train runs length of main trunk line
- 1908 US 'Great White Fleet' arrives in Auckland
- 1908 Last spike completes North Island main trunk railway
- 1908 Rutherford wins Nobel Prize
- 1909 SS Penguin wrecked in Cook Strait
- 1909 Amy Bock sentenced in Dunedin Supreme Court
- 1909 Public Trust Office building opens
- 1909 New Zealand's heaviest gold nugget discovered