1881 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 Swimming 5.9 Tennis 6 Births 7 Deaths 7.1 Unknown date 8 See also 9 References

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - Queen Victoria
• Governor – The Hon. Sir Arthur Hamilton-Gordon

[edit] Government and law

The general election is held on 9 December. Afterwards the 8th Parliament begins.

• Speaker of the House - Maurice O'Rorke.
• Premier – John Hall (New Zealand)
• Minister of Finance – Harry Atkinson
• Chief Justice - Hon Sir James Prendergast

[edit] Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland - James Clark
• Mayor of Christchurch - Charles Thomas Ick followed by James Gapes
• Mayor of Dunedin - Archibald Hilson Ross followed by James Gore
• Mayor of Hamilton - John Knox
• Mayor of Wellington - William Hutchison

[edit] Events

The Hokitika Guardian newspaper is started by David Curle.^[1]

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

[edit] Sport

[edit] Athletics

[edit] Cricket

• The Auckland Association is formed.^[2]
• An Australian team tours the country playing twelve matches against provincial teams. None of the games have first-class status, with the home teams fielding between 12 and 22 players. Australia suffered one loss, but 10 wickets to the Wanganui XXII. Itinerary

[edit] Golf

[edit] Horse racing

• New Zealand Cup winner: Grip
• New Zealand Derby winner: The Dauphin
• Auckland Cup winner: King Quail
• Wellington Cup winner: Natator

see also Category:New Zealand horse races.

[edit] Rowing

[edit] Rugby Union

The Otago union is formed.^[2]

Provincial club rugby champions include:

see also Category:Rugby union in New Zealand

[edit] Shooting

Ballinger Belt: Lieutenant Paynter (Nelson)

[edit] Swimming

[edit] Tennis

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

[edit] Unknown date

• Paora Te Potangaroa, Māori prophet.

[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 1881 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1881

[edit] References

General

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

Specific