1867 in New Zealand

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1867 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 4th Parliament continues.

• Speaker of the House – Sir David Monro
• Premier – Edward Stafford
• Minister of Finance – William Fitzherbert
• Chief Justice – Hon Sir George Arney

The number of seats in the House of Representatives is increased to 74 with the creation of four Māori seats, and male Māori are given the right to vote. The Legislative Council now has 36 seats. ^[1]

[edit] Opposition Leaders

See: Category:New Zealand Parliament , New Zealand elections

[edit] Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Wellington -
• Mayor of Dunedin -

[edit] Events

• 5 February: Opening of New Zealand's third railway line: 27km connecting Invercargill and Bluff. ^[2]

[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

A Wellington Cup is held in Wellington. This is no relation to the annual race held from 1874. Racing had only recently been moved from the beaches to Hutt Park in Lower Hutt and Burnham Water in Miramar.^[3]

• New Zealand Cup winner: Magenta
• New Zealand Derby winner: Scandal

see also Category:New Zealand horse races.

[edit] Rowing

The Star Boating Club is formed in Wellington.^[4](other sources state 1867^[3])

[edit] Shooting

Ballinger Belt: Sergeant Chisholm (Otago)

[edit] References

1. ^ New Zealand Parliament - Parliament timeline
2. ^ nzhistory.net.nz
3. ^ ^{a b} Todd, S. (1976) Sporting Records of New Zealand. Auckland: Moa Publications
4. ^ Encyclopedia of New Zealand 1966

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

[edit] Births

• Douglas Lynsar, 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 1867 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1867