1865 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 Cricket 5.2 Horse racing 5.2.1 Major race winners 5.3 Rowing 5.4 Shooting 6 Births 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 – Edward Stafford becomes Premier on 16 October when Frederick Weld retires due to ill-health and stress.
• Minister of Finance – Edward Stafford takes up the post on 31 October after William Fitzherbert loses the post when the Weld government ends on 16 October.
• Chief Justice – Hon Sir George Arney

[edit] Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Dunedin - William Mason

[edit] Events

• The Capital of New Zealand is moved from Auckland to Wellington. ^[1]
• The Marlborough Times ceases publication. It was founded in 1864.^[2]
• 18 February: The Press in Christchurch starts publishing a magazine, The Weekly Press. The magazine ran until 1928.^[3]
• May - The West Coast Times is founded. It began as a weekly newspaper and became a daily in January 1866. It ceased publishing in 1917.^[4]
• 4 June: The Evening Herald is founded in Wanganui. Around the turn of the century, it changed its name to The Wanganui Herald, and continued to publish until 1986.^[5]
• 26 July: Parliament officially sits in Wellington for the first time, in the former Provincial Council chambers. (see also 1862)
• 30 August: The New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian publishes its last issue. It began in 1844.^[6]
• November: The Grey River Argus begins publication in Greymouth. It published three times a week until becoming daily in 1871. The paper folded in 1966.^[7]

[edit] Arts and literature

[edit] Music

[edit] Appointments and awards

Bishop Selwyn proposes that a Diocese of Dunedin be established. Henry Lascelles Jenner is nominated to be Bishop.(see 1866).

• Primate of New Zealand - George Augustus Selwyn (Bishop of Auckland)
• Bishop of Christchurch - Henry John Chitty Harper
• Bishop of Nelson - Edmund Hobhouse resigns. His successor, Andrew Burn Suter, formally takes up the position the following year.
• Bishop of Waiapu - William Williams
• Bishop of Wellington - Charles John Abraham

[edit] Sport

[edit] Cricket

[edit] Horse racing

The race which becomes the New Zealand Cup in 1883, is run for the first time at Riccarton Racecourse.^[8]

[edit] Major race winners

• New Zealand Cup: Rob Roy
• New Zealand Derby: Egremont

[edit] Rowing

The Star Boating Club is formed in Wellington.^[8] (other sources state 1867 ^[9])

[edit] Shooting

Ballinger Belt: No competition

[edit] Births

[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 1865 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1865

[edit] References

General

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

Specific