1862 in New Zealand

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1862 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 5.3 Rowing 5.4 Shooting 6 References 7 Births 8 Deaths 9 See also

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - Queen Victoria
• Governor – Sir George Grey

[edit] Government and law

The 3rd Parliament continues.

• Speaker of the House – David Monro
• Premier – Alfred Domett replaces William Fox on 6 August after Fox loses a vote of no-confidence.
• Minister of Finance – Reader Wood loses the post on 6 August with the fall of the Fox government, and is replaced by Dillon Bell, but is reappointed just 15 days later on 21 August.
• Chief Justice – Hon Sir George Arney (he is knighted during the year)

[edit] Opposition Leaders

See: Category:New Zealand Parliament, New Zealand elections

[edit] Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Wellington -

[edit] Events

• 1 July - The first telegraph transmission in New Zealand is made from Lyttelton Post Office to Christchurch.^[1][2][3]
• 7 July – Parliament meets in Wellington for the first time. (see also 1863; 1865)
• 12 November: The Invercargill Times publishes its first issue. It changed its name to The Southland Times two years later, and became a daily in 1875. It continues to publish today.^[4]

[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

The second inter-provincial game is played. Nelson defeat Wellington.^[5]

[edit] Horse racing

• New Zealand Derby winner: Emmeline

see also Category:New Zealand horse races.

[edit] Rowing

1 January – The first recorded rowing regatta takes place on Lyttelton Harbour.^[5]

Later in the year the Canterbury Rowing Club is formed to row on the Avon River in Christchurch.^[5]

[edit] Shooting

Ballinger Belt: Private Holt (Nelson)

[edit] References

1. ^ New Zealand Historic Places Trust: Port to Plains Heritage Trail
2. ^ Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand 1966: Telecommunications
3. ^ NZPost: Telegraph Centenary
4. ^ Southland Times. National Library of New Zealand.
5. ^ ^{a b c} Todd, S. (1976) Sporting Records of New Zealand. Auckland: Moa Publications

• Romanos, J. (2001) New Zealand Sporting Records and Lists. Auckland: Hodder Moa Beckett.

[edit] Births

• John Findlay, politician.
• Albert Pitt, politician.

[edit] Deaths

• 5 June: Charles Kettle, surveyor of Dunedin.

[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 1862 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1862