1874 in New Zealand

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

*Head of State - Queen Victoria
*Governor – The Rt. Hon Sir James Fergusson resigns and is replaced by The Marquess of Normanby

Government and law

The 5th Parliament continues.

*Speaker of the House – Sir Francis Dillon Bell
*Premier – Julius Vogel.
*Minister of Finance – Julius Vogel
*Chief Justice – Hon Sir George Arney

Main centre leaders

*Mayor of Auckland - Philip Philips followed by Henry Isaacs followed by Frederick Prime
*Mayor of Christchurch - Edward B. Bishop followed by Michael Brennan Hart
*Mayor of Dunedin - Henry Smith Fish followed by Andrew Mercer
*Mayor of Wellington - Charles Borlase

Events

* 5 January: "The Poverty Bay Herald" begins publishing in Gisborne. It is initially bi-weekly. The paper changed its name to "The Gisborne Herald" in 1939, and continues to publish as a daily today. [cite web|url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=CL1.PBH&sp=PBH&essay=1|title=Poverty Bay Herald|publisher=National Library of New Zealand|accessdate=2008-09-21]
* 15 January: The "Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle", first published in 1842, produces its last issue. [cite web|url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=CL1.NENZC|title=Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle|publisher=National Library of New Zealand]
* 30 June: "The Wellington Independent" publishes its final issue, and is replaced by "The New Zealand Times". The newspaper started in 1845. [cite web|url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=CL1.WI|title=Wellington Independent|publisher=National Library of New Zealand]

*"The Marlborough Times" begins publication bi-weekly, and absorbs "The Marlborough News". It became a daily in 1882. "The Marlborough Express" bought it in 1895 and closed it in 1905. [cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlboroughexpress/1001335a4603.html|title=History in the making|publisher=The Marlborough Express|date=6 July 2004]

Arts and literature

Music

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

port

Athletics

Cricket

Golf

Horse racing

*25 May - Recorded by some sources as the date of first race meeting at Ellerslie.(see also 1857)
*The Auckland Cup is established at Ellerslie Racecourse.
*The Wellington Cup becomes an annual race. The first winner of which evidence survives is recorded.

Major race winners

*New Zealand Cup: Tambourini
*New Zealand Derby: Tadmor
*Auckland Cup: Templeton
*Wellington Cup: Castaway

Rowing

Rugby Union

hooting

Ballinger Belt: Captain Skinner (Waiuku Rifles)

Births

* 8 February: Edmund Anscombe, architect. [ [http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb/default.asp?Find_Quick.asp?PersonEssay=4A17 Dictionary of New Zealand Biography: Edmund Anscombe] ]
* 20 September: George Smith, athlete and rugby player.

Deaths

* 22 April: Thomas Brunner, surveyor and explorer.

ee 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 1874 not specifically related to New Zealand see": 1874

References

;General
* Romanos, J. (2001) "New Zealand Sporting Records and Lists." Auckland: Hodder Moa Beckett.;Specific