1871 in New Zealand
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The following lists events that happened during 1871 in New Zealand.
Incumbents
[edit]Regal and viceregal
[edit]Government and law
[edit]The 1871 election takes place between 14 January and 1 February. The 5th New Zealand 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
[edit]- Mayor of Auckland – Philip Philips
- Mayor of Christchurch – Andrew Duncan followed by James Jameson
- Mayor of Dunedin – Thomas Birch followed by Henry Fish
- Mayor of Wellington – Joseph Dransfield
Events
[edit]- 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.[3]
Sport
[edit]Athletics
[edit]The first amateur club is formed, in South Canterbury. Professional athletics is already well established.[4]
Horse racing
[edit]Major race winners
[edit]- New Zealand Cup: Peeress
- New Zealand Derby: Defamation
Rugby union
[edit]- 12 May: Founding of the Wellington Rugby club, the second rugby union club in New Zealand.[5]
Shooting
[edit]Ballinger Belt: Captain Wales (Otago)
Births
[edit]- 10 January: Hoeroa Tiopira, rugby union player
- 10 March (in Europe): George William von Zedlitz, professor of languages
- 6 June: Freeman Wright Holmes, jockey, horse driver, trainer and breeder[6]
Deaths
[edit]Date unknown
[edit]- Helen Ann Wilson, nurse and community leader (b. 1793)
See also
[edit]- History of New Zealand
- List of years in New Zealand
- Military history of New Zealand
- Timeline of New Zealand history
- Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica
- Timeline of the New Zealand environment
References
[edit]- General
- Romanos, J. (2001) New Zealand Sporting Records and Lists. Auckland: Hodder Moa Beckett. ISBN 1-86958-879-7
- Specific
- ^ "Local Newspapers". Hastings District Libraries. Archived from the original on 15 October 2008. Retrieved 21 June 2008.
- ^ Otago University opening date
- ^ "The News". Westport News. Archived from the original on 14 October 2008. Retrieved 21 September 2008.
- ^ Heidenstrom, P. (1992) Athletes of the Century. Wellington: GP Publications ISBN 1-86956-044-2
- ^ "RUGBY UNION FOOTBALL". from An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock, originally published in 1966. Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Archived from the original on 20 February 2009. Retrieved 9 February 2009.
- ^ Bisman, Ron. "Freeman Wright Holmes". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
External links
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