1862 in New Zealand:

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Contents 1 Incumbents 1.1 Regal and Vice Regal 1.2 Government and law 2 Events 2.1 Undated 3 Arts and literature 3.1 Music 4 Appointments and awards 5 Sport 5.1 Cricket 5.2 Horse racing 5.2.1 Major race winner 5.3 Lawn Bowls 5.4 Rowing 5.5 Shooting 6 Births 6.1 Unknown date 7 Deaths 8 See also 9 References

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - Queen Victoria
• Governor – Sir George Grey

[edit] Government and law

The 3rd Parliament continues.

• Speaker of the House – David Monro
• Premier – Alfred Domett replaces William Fox on 6 August after Fox loses a vote of no-confidence.
• Minister of Finance – Reader Wood loses the post on 6 August with the fall of the Fox government, and is replaced by Dillon Bell, but is reappointed just 15 days later on 21 August.
• Chief Justice – Hon Sir George Arney (he is knighted during the year)

[edit] Events

• 27 January: The Auckland Register, which started in 1857, ceases publication.^[1]
• 1 July - The first telegraph transmission in New Zealand is made from Lyttelton Post Office to Christchurch.^[2][3][4]
• 7 July – Parliament meets in Wellington for the first time. (see also 1863; 1865)
• 15 August 1862 - Horatio Hartley & Christopher Reilly deposit at Dunedin over 1,000 ounces (87 pounds) of gold gained from the Cromwell Gorge during the winter of 1862. This was the start of the Dunstan Gold Rush.^{[citation needed]}
• 12 November: The Invercargill Times publishes its first issue. It changed its name to The Southland Times two years later, and became a daily in 1875. It continues to publish today^[update].^[5]

[edit] Undated

• The Nelson Intelligence is a short-lived newspaper in the Nelson, New Zealand area.^[6]

[edit] Arts and literature

[edit] Music

[edit] Appointments and awards

• Primate of New Zealand - George Augustus Selwyn (Bishop of Auckland)
• Bishop of Christchurch - Henry John Chitty Harper
• Bishop of Nelson - Edmund Hobhouse
• Bishop of Waiapu - William Williams
• Bishop of Wellington - Charles John Abraham

[edit] Sport

[edit] Cricket

The second inter-provincial game is played. Nelson defeat Wellington.^[7]

[edit] Horse racing

[edit] Major race winner

• New Zealand Derby - Emmeline

[edit] Lawn Bowls

The Auckland club is now playing on its own green.^[7]

[edit] Rowing

1 January – The first recorded rowing regatta takes place on Lyttelton Harbour.^[7]

Later in the year the Canterbury Rowing Club is formed to row on the Avon River in Christchurch.^[7]

[edit] Shooting

Ballinger Belt - Private Holt (Nelson)

[edit] Births

[edit] Unknown date

• John Findlay, politician.
• Albert Pitt, politician.

[edit] Deaths

• 5 June: Charles Kettle, surveyor of Dunedin.

[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 1862 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1862

[edit] References

General

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

Specific