1876 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 2.1 January 2.2 February 2.3 March 2.4 April 2.5 June 2.6 July 2.7 August 2.8 September 2.9 October 2.10 November 2.11 December 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 5.8 Tennis 6 References 7 Births 8 Deaths 9 See also

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - Queen Victoria
• Governor – The Marquess of Normanby

[edit] Government and law

The 1875 general election, which started on 29 December, concludes on 4 January. For the first time 4 Maori seats are contested. The 6th Parliament commences.

Premier Atkinson abolishes the New Zealand provincial system on 1 November.^[1]

• Speaker of the House - Sir William Fitzherbet replaces Sir Francis Dillon Bell who did not stand for election at the end of 1875
• Premier – Daniel Pollen dies in office on 15 February. Julius Vogel takes over until retiring on 1 September and is in turn replaced by Harry Atkinson.
• Minister of Finance – Julius Vogel takes over as Treasurer (Minister of Finance) from Harry Atkinson when he becomes Premier on 15 February. When Vogel retires on 1 September Atkinson resumes the position.
• Chief Justice - Hon Sir James Prendergast

[edit] Opposition Leaders

See: Category:New Zealand Parliament , New Zealand elections

[edit] Main centre leaders

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

[edit] Events

[edit] January

[edit] February

[edit] March

[edit] April

• 4 April - Speight's was first brewed in Dunedin

[edit] June

[edit] July

[edit] August

[edit] September

[edit] October

[edit] November

[edit] December

[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

The Otago Cricket Association is formed. ^[2]

[edit] Golf

[edit] Horse racing

• New Zealand Cup winner: Guy Fawkes
• New Zealand Derby winner: Songster
• Auckland Cup winner: Ariel
• Wellington Cup winner: Korari

see also Category:New Zealand horse races.

[edit] Rowing

[edit] Rugby Union

[edit] Shooting

Ballinger Belt: Private J. Willcocks (Clutha)

[edit] Tennis

[edit] References

1. ^ New Zealand Parliament - Parliament timeline
2. ^ 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

[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 1876 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1876