1877 in New Zealand

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1877 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 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 6th Parliament continues.

• Speaker of the House - Sir William Fitzherbet
• Premier – Harry Atkinson is defeated as Premier on 13 October and is replaced by Sir George Grey
• Minister of Finance – When Harry Atkinson is defeated as Premier on 13 October he also loses the position of Treasurer (Minister of Finance). On 15 October William Larnach is chosen as his replacement.
• 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] 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

The Auckland Amateur Athletic Club is formed.^[1]

[edit] Cricket

The Canterbury Cricket Association is formed. ^[2]

[edit] Golf

[edit] Horse racing

• New Zealand Cup winner: Mata
• New Zealand Derby winner: Trump Card
• Auckland Cup winner: Lara
• Wellington Cup winner: Guy Fawkes

see also Category:New Zealand horse races.

[edit] Rowing

[edit] Rugby Union

[edit] Shooting

Ballinger Belt: Lieutenant Paynter (Nelson)

[edit] Tennis

[edit] References

1. ^ Heidenstrom, P. (1992) Athletes of the Century. Wellington: GP Publications
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

• ca. October: Te Rangi Hiroa (Peter Buck), Māori leader.
• (in England): Thomas Otto Bishop, politician.
• Arthur Stallworthy, politician.

[edit] Deaths

• 5 January: Sir Donald McLean, politician.

[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 1877 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1877