1875 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 5.5 Rowing 5.6 Rugby Union 5.7 Shooting 5.8 Tennis 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 – The Marquess of Normanby

[edit] Government and law

The 1875 general election begins on 29 December but does not finish until 4 January the following year. The election marks the end of the 5th Parliament.

• Speaker of the House – The sitting Speaker, Sir Francis Dillon Bell, does not stand in the 1875 election at the end of the year. He will be replaced by Sir William Fitzherbet in 1876.
• Premier – Daniel Pollen becomes Premier on 6 July replacing Julius Vogel.
• Minister of Finance – Harry Atkinson takes over from Julius Vogel on 6 July.
• Chief Justice – Hon Sir George Arney retires and is replaced on 1 April by Hon Sir James Prendergast

[edit] Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - Frederick Prime followed by Benjamin Tonks
• Mayor of Christchurch - Michael Brennan Hart followed by F. Hobbs
• Mayor of Dunedin - Andrew Mercer followed by Keith Ramsay
• Mayor of Wellington - William Sefton Moorhouse

[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 - Samuel Tarratt Nevill
• Bishop of Nelson - Andrew Burn Suter
• Bishop of Waiapu - William Williams
• Bishop of Wellington - Octavius Hadfield

[edit] Sport

[edit] Athletics

The first club in the country, the Wellington Amateur Athletic Club, holds its first meeting.^[1]

[edit] Cricket

The Wellington Cricket Association is formed.^[1]

[edit] Golf

[edit] Horse racing

• New Zealand Cup winner: Nectar
• New Zealand Derby winner: Daniel O’Rourke
• Auckland Cup winner: Kingfisher
• Wellington Cup winner: Tambourini

see also Category:New Zealand horse races.

[edit] Rowing

[edit] Rugby Union

• Rugby union begins in Timaru, Temuka, Blenheim, Picton, Greymouth (with the formation of new clubs) and Napier where the club formed in 1874 adopted rugby rules. ^[2]
• A combined Auckland clubs team toured Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Nelson and New Plymouth. They lost all matches, despite some of their opposition having only learned rugby rules for a few weeks in preparation for the tour - the Christchurch and Dunedin clubs had primarily been playing football (soccer). ^[2]

[edit] Shooting

Ballinger Belt: Lieutenant Skinner (Auckland)

[edit] Tennis

[edit] Births

• 19 January: Ethel Benjamin, first female lawyer in NZ.

[edit] Unknown date

• William Polson, politician.
• John Robertson, politician.
• James Alexander Young, 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 1875 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1875

[edit] References

General

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

Specific