1871 in New Zealand

1871 in New Zealand

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Contents 1 Incumbents 1.1 Regal and Vice Regal 1.2 Government and law 1.3 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 5.4.1 Major race winners 5.5 Rowing 5.6 Rugby Union 5.7 Shooting 6 Births 7 Deaths 8 See also 9 References 10 External links

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State — Queen Victoria
• Governor — Sir George Ferguson Bowen

Government and law

The 1871 election takes place between 14 January and 1 February. The 5th Parliament commences.

1 February — Māori elections are held for the first time in conjunction with a general election, although the first Māori MPs had been elected in 1868.

• Speaker of the House — After the election Sir Francis Dillon Bell becomes Speaker replacing Sir David Monro who stood down at the end of 1870.
• Premier — William Fox
• Minister of Finance — Julius Vogel
• Chief Justice — Hon Sir George Arney

Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland — Philip Philips
• Mayor of Christchurch — Andrew Duncan followed by James Jameson
• Mayor of Dunedin — Thomas Birch followed by Henry Smith Fish
• Mayor of Wellington — Joseph Dransfield

Events

• 1 February: The Daily Telegraph begins publishing in Napier. It continues until 1999, when it merges with The Hawke's Bay Herald Tribune to form Hawke's Bay Today.^[1]

• 5 July: New Zealand's first university, Otago opens its doors. It was absorbed into the University of New Zealand three years later.^[2]

• The Westport News begins publication. The newspaper continues to publish Monday-Friday today^[update].^[3]

Arts and literature

Music

Appointments and awards

• Primate of New Zealand — Henry John Chitty Harper (Bishop of Christchurch)
• Bishop of Auckland — William Garden Cowie
• Bishop of Dunedin — Henry Lascelles Jenner followed by the first official Bishop, Samuel Tarratt Nevill^[4]
• Bishop of Nelson — Andrew Burn Suter
• Bishop of Waiapu — William Williams
• Bishop of Wellington — Octavius Hadfield

Sport

Athletics

The first amateur club is formed, in South Canterbury. Professional athletics is already well established.^[5]

Cricket

Golf

Horse racing

Major race winners

• New Zealand Cup: Peeress
• New Zealand Derby: Defamation

Rowing

Rugby Union

• 12 May: Founding of the Wellington Rugby club, the second rugby union club in New Zealand.^[6]

Shooting

Ballinger Belt: Captain Wales (Otago)

Births

Deaths

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 1871 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1871

References

General

• Romanos, J. (2001) New Zealand Sporting Records and Lists. Auckland: Hodder Moa Beckett. ISBN 1-86958-879-7

Specific

External links

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