1877 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 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 6th Parliament continues.

• Speaker of the House - Sir William Fitzherbet
• Premier – Harry Atkinson is defeated as Premier on 13 October and is replaced by Sir George Grey
• Minister of Finance – When Harry Atkinson is defeated as Premier on 13 October he also loses the position of Treasurer (Minister of Finance). On 15 October William Larnach is chosen as his replacement.
• Chief Justice - Hon Sir James Prendergast

[edit] Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - William Hurst followed by Henry Brett
• Mayor of Christchurch - F. Hobbs followed by James Gapes
• Mayor of Dunedin - Charles Stephen Reeves followed by Richard Henry Leary
• Mayor of Wellington - William Hutchison

[edit] Events

[edit] Arts and literature

[edit] Music

[edit] Appointments and awards

Edward Craig Stuart is unanimously elected as Bishop of Waiapu during the Waiapu Synod of 24-28 September and consecrated at Napier on 9 December by Archbishop Harper.^[1]

• 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 - Edward Craig Stuart
• Bishop of Wellington - Octavius Hadfield

[edit] Sport

[edit] Athletics

The Auckland Amateur Athletic Club is formed.^[2]

[edit] Cricket

• The Canterbury Cricket Association is formed.^[3]
• An England XI under the leadership of James Lillywhite tours in January and February. None of the fixtures were first class, and all the home sides field teams of between 18 and 22 players. The team went on to Australia to play the first ever Test matches. Itinerary

[edit] Golf

[edit] Horse racing

• New Zealand Cup winner: Mata
• New Zealand Derby winner: Trump Card
• Auckland Cup winner: Lara
• Wellington Cup winner: Guy Fawkes

see also Category:New Zealand horse races.

[edit] Rowing

[edit] Rugby Union

• The following rugby clubs were formed: Athletic (Wellington), Waverley, Merivale, Leeston, Southbridge, Rakaia, and Otago University.^[4]

[edit] Shooting

Ballinger Belt: Lieutenant Paynter (Nelson)

[edit] Tennis

[edit] Births

• ca. October: Te Rangi Hīroa (Peter Buck), Māori leader.
• (in England): Thomas Otto Bishop, politician.
• Arthur Stallworthy, politician.

[edit] Deaths

• 5 January: Sir Donald McLean, politician.

[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 1877 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1877

[edit] References

General

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

Specific