1869 in New Zealand

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1869 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 Athletics 5.2 Cricket 5.3 Golf 5.4 Horse racing 5.5 Rowing 5.6 Rugby Union 5.7 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 Ferguson Bowen

[edit] Government and law

The 4th Parliament continues.

• Speaker of the House – Sir David Monro
• Premier – Edward Stafford is replaced by William Fox on 28 June after Stafford’s government is defeated.
• Minister of Finance – William Fitzherbert is replaced by Julius Vogel after the defeat of the Stafford government.
• Chief Justice – Hon Sir George Arney

[edit] Opposition Leaders

See: Category:New Zealand Parliament , New Zealand elections

[edit] Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Wellington -
• Mayor of Christchurch -
• Mayor of Dunedin -

[edit] Events

• 4-5 January: Te Kooti and his followers manage to escape the siege of Nga Tapa pa. ^[1][2]
• 13 February: A war party of Ngati Maniapoto led by Honi Wetere te Rerenga, kill all three men, a woman and three children at the isolated Pukearuhe Redoubt, plus the Wesleyan missionary John Whiteley who arrived there shortly afterward. This was the final act of the Taranaki wars. ^[3]

[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] Athletics

[edit] Cricket

[edit] Golf

[edit] Horse racing

• New Zealand Cup winner: Mainsail
• New Zealand Derby winner: Manuka

see also Category:New Zealand horse races.

[edit] Rowing

[edit] Rugby Union

[edit] Shooting

Ballinger Belt: No competition

[edit] References

1. ^ Today in History | NZHistory
2. ^ Dictionary Of New Zealand Biography
3. ^ Puke Ariki

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

[edit] Births

• 28 April: Frances Hodgkins, painter.

• Christopher James Parr, politician.

[edit] Deaths

• 16 March: Johnny Jones, whaler, early settler.

[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 1869 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1869