1854 in New Zealand:

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Contents 1 Population 2 Incumbents 2.1 Regal and Vice Regal 2.2 Government and law 3 Events 4 Arts and literature 4.1 Music 5 Appointments and awards 6 Sport 6.1 Cricket 6.2 Horse racing 7 Births 7.1 Unknown date 8 Deaths 9 See also 10 References

[edit] Population

The estimated population of New Zealand at the end of 1854 is 60,650 Māori and 32,554 non-Māori.^[1]

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - Queen Victoria
• Governor – Sir George Grey resigns on 6 January. Colonel Thomas Gore Browne is appointed later in the year, but does not arrive to take up his position until 6 September 1855.

[edit] Government and law

After New Zealand’s first general election, held on 1 October 1853 the 1st Parliament opens on 24 May.^[2]

There is neither an official Prime Minister/Premier/Colonial Secretary or Finance Minister/Colonial Secretary in the government at this point in time. (see 1st New Zealand Parliament)

• Speaker of the House – When the 1st Parliament opens on 24 May Sir Charles Clifford is unanimously elected as New Zealand’s first Speaker of the House.
• Chief Justice – William Martin

[edit] Events

• 4 May: The Māori language magazine, The Maori Messenger or Ko te Karere Maori, which started in 1849, stops publishing. In 1855 it will be revived with a different Māori title.^[3]
• June: The Canterbury Standard begins publication. The Christchurch newspaper continues until 1866.^[4]

[edit] Arts and literature

[edit] Music

[edit] Appointments and awards

• Bishop of New Zealand - George Augustus Selwyn

[edit] Sport

[edit] Cricket

[edit] Horse racing

• 2 December - The Canterbury Jockey Club is formed, the first club of its kind in New Zealand.^[5][6] It holds its first meeting, at Riccarton Racecourse, in 1855.

[edit] Births

[edit] Unknown date

• Alfred Brandon, mayor of Wellington.
• Westby Brook Perceval, politician.

[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 1854 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1854

[edit] References