1858 in New Zealand

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1858 in New Zealand:

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Contents 1 Incumbents 1.1 Regal and Vice Regal 1.2 Government and law 1.3 Opposition Leaders 1.4 Main centre leaders 2 Events 3 Arts and literature 3.1 Music 4 Appointments and awards 5 Sport 5.1 Cricket 5.2 Horse racing 6 References 7 Births 8 Deaths 9 See also

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - Queen Victoria
• Governor – Colonel Thomas Gore Browne

[edit] Government and law

The 2nd Parliament continues.

• Speaker of the House – Sir Charles Clifford
• Premier – Edward Stafford.
• Minister of Finance – William Richmond
• Chief Justice – Hon George Arney who had been appointed on 2 September 1857 arrives early in the year.

[edit] Opposition Leaders

See: Category:New Zealand Parliament , New Zealand elections

[edit] Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Wellington -

[edit] Events

Provincial Council Chambers are constructed in Wellington. These will eventually become the seat of Parliament. ^[1]

[edit] Arts and literature

[edit] Music

[edit] Appointments and awards

See: Category:Civil awards and decorations of New Zealand

• Archbishop of New Zealand
• Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia , see appointments to Diocese

[edit] Sport

[edit] Cricket

[edit] Horse racing

[edit] References

1. ^ New Zealand Parliament - Parliament timeline

[edit] Births

• 1 April: Frederic Truby King, health reformer, founder of Plunket Society.
• 1 November (in Australia): John Rigg, politician.

• John Luke, politician.

[edit] Deaths

[edit] See also

• List of years in New Zealand
• Timeline of New Zealand history
• History of New Zealand
• Military history of New Zealand
• Timeline of environmental history of New Zealand
• Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica

For world events and topics in 1858 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1858