1871 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 Athletics 5.2 Cricket 5.3 Golf 5.4 Horse racing 5.4.1 Major race winners 5.5 Rowing 5.6 Rugby Union 5.7 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 1871 election takes place between 14 January and 1 February. The 5th Parliament commences.

1 February – Maori elections are held for the first time.

• 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

[edit] Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - Philip Philips
• Mayor of Christchurch - Andrew Duncan followed by J. P. Jameson
• Mayor of Dunedin - Thomas Birch followed by Henry Smith Fish
• Mayor of Wellington - Joseph Dransfield

[edit] Events

• 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 today^[update].^[3]

[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 followed by the first official Bishop, Samuel Tarratt Nevill^[4]
• Bishop of Nelson - Andrew Burn Suter
• Bishop of Waiapu - William Williams
• Bishop of Wellington - Octavius Hadfield

[edit] Sport

[edit] Athletics

The first amateur club is formed, in South Canterbury. Professional athletics is already well established.^[5]

[edit] Cricket

[edit] Golf

[edit] Horse racing

[edit] Major race winners

• New Zealand Cup: Peeress
• New Zealand Derby: Defamation

[edit] Rowing

[edit] Rugby Union

• 12 May: Founding of the Wellington Rugby club, the second rugby union club in New Zealand. ^[6]

[edit] Shooting

Ballinger Belt: Captain Wales (Otago)

[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 1871 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1871

[edit] References

General

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

Specific