1859 in New Zealand

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1859 in New Zealand:

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Contents 1 Incumbents 1.1 Regal and Vice Regal 1.2 Government and law 2 Events 2.1 Undated 3 Arts and literature 3.1 Music 4 Appointments and awards 5 Sport 5.1 Cricket 5.2 Horse racing 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 – Colonel Thomas Gore Browne

[edit] Government and law

The 2nd Parliament continues.

• Speaker of the House – Sir Charles Clifford
• Premier – Edward Stafford.
• Minister of Finance – William Richmond is briefly replaced by Henry Sewell between 25 February and 26 April.
• Chief Justice – Hon George Arney

[edit] Events

• 13 April: The New Zealand Advertiser starts publishing in Wellington. In 1867 it is incorporated into the New Zealand Times, but it is restored for six months in 1868.^[1]
• 3 October: The Auckland Independent begins publishing. It barely survives into the following year.^[2]

[edit] Undated

The first wharf is built at Onehunga.^[3]

[edit] Arts and literature

[edit] Music

[edit] Appointments and awards

• Primate of New Zealand - George Augustus Selwyn (Bishop of Auckland)
• Bishop of Christchurch - Henry John Chitty Harper
• Bishop of Nelson - Edmund Hobhouse
• Bishop of Waiapu - William Williams
• Bishop of Wellington - Charles John Abraham

[edit] Sport

[edit] Cricket

[edit] Horse racing

[edit] Births

• 1 January (in England): John Dumbell, rugby union player.

[edit] Unknown date

• Thomas Field, 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 1859 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1859

[edit] References