1863 in New Zealand

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1863 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 Births 7 Deaths 8 References 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 – Frederick Whitaker replaces Alfred Domett on 30 October after Domett loses a vote of no-confidence.
• Minister of Finance – Reader Wood
• Chief Justice – Hon Sir George Arney

[edit] Opposition Leaders

See: Category:New Zealand Parliament , New Zealand elections

[edit] Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Wellington -

[edit] Events

• The Government-sponsored Māori language magazine Te Manuhiri Tuarangi and Maori Intelligencer ceases publication. It started in 1861, but predecessors were published from 1842.^[1]
• The Government starts printing a Māori language newspaper, Te Pihoihoi Mokemoke, to combat the views expressed by the Māori King Movement's newspaper Te Hokioi o Nui-Tireni e Rere atu ra. After the fifth issue was published, the press was seized by Ngāti Maniapoto in one of several incidents which led to the Invasion of Waikato.^[2]. Later in the year Te Hokioi o Nui-Tireni e Rere atu ra, which started in 1861, also ceased publication.^[3]

• 7 February: HMS Orpheus is wrecked at the entrance to Manukau Harbour with the loss of 189 lives. ^[4]
• 1 May: The Evening Star, a Dunedin newspaper, publishes its first issue. The paper continued until 1979.^[5]
• November – Shortly after his government loses a vote of no-confidence, former Premier Alfred Domett moves a resolution in Parliament that the Capital of New Zealand be moved closer to Cook Strait. This leads to the movement of the Capital to Wellington in 1865.

[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

• New Zealand Derby winner: Azucena

see also Category:New Zealand horse races.

[edit] Rowing

[edit] Shooting

Ballinger Belt: Lieutenant Owen (Wanganui)

[edit] Births

• 27 April (in India): Henry Braddon, rugby union player.
• 3 November: Thomas William "Torpedo Billy" Murphy, boxing world title holder. ^[6]

[edit] Deaths

[edit] References

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

[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 1863 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1863