'1870 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 Archery 5.2 Athletics 5.3 Cricket 5.4 Golf 5.5 Horse racing 5.5.1 Major race winners 5.6 Rowing 5.7 Rugby Union 5.8 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 Ferguson Bowen

[edit] Government and law

The 4th Parliament continues.

• Speaker of the House – Sir David Monro stands down at the end of the year. He will be replaced after the 1871 election by Sir Francis Dillon Bell
• Premier – William Fox
• Minister of Finance – Julius Vogel
• Chief Justice – Hon Sir George Arney

Voting in New Zealand elections is changed to a secret ballot. ^[1]

[edit] Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Christchurch - John Anderson followed by Andrew Duncan
• Mayor of Dunedin - Thomas Birch followed by Henry Smith Fish
• Mayor of Wellington - Joseph Dransfield

[edit] Events

[edit] Arts and literature

[edit] Music

[edit] 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^[2]
• Bishop of Nelson - Andrew Burn Suter
• Bishop of Waiapu - William Williams
• Bishop of Wellington - Charles John Abraham followed by Octavius Hadfield

[edit] Sport

[edit] Archery

• The first club meets at One Tree Hill, Auckland.^[3]

[edit] Athletics

[edit] Cricket

[edit] Golf

• New Zealand's first golf course was opened in Dunedin. ^[4]

[edit] Horse racing

There are 2 races for both the New Zealand Cup and New Zealand Derby (presumably at the beginning and end of the calendar year).^{(Confirmation required)}

[edit] Major race winners

• New Zealand Cup: Knottingley
• New Zealand Cup: Knottingley
• New Zealand Derby: Malabar
• New Zealand Derby: Envy

[edit] Rowing

[edit] Rugby Union

Charles Monro, son of the Speaker of the House, Sir David Monro, introduces rugby to the Nelson Football club.^[3]

• 14 May – First rugby club match, Nelson College versus Nelson Football Club “The Town” at the Botanical reserve. This was the first interclub game of rugby union played in New Zealand. ^[5]
• 12 September – A Nelson team, the “Lunatics”, defeats Wellington at Petone.^[3]
• - The first “international” between Wellington and a team from HMS Rosario.^[3]

[edit] Shooting

Ballinger Belt: Lieutenant Goldie (Otago)

[edit] Births

• 14 April: James Cowan, writer.
• 20 October: C. F. Goldie, painter.

[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 1870 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1870

[edit] References

General

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

Specific