1873 in New Zealand

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

*Head of State - Queen Victoria
*Governor – Sir George Ferguson Bowen is transferred, on 19 March, to Australia to become Governor of Victoria. His replacement, The Rt. Hon Sir James Fergusson, takes up his appointment on 14 June.

Government and law

The 5th Parliament continues.

*Speaker of the House – Sir Francis Dillon Bell
*Premier – William Fox, “caretaker” Premier since the sudden resignation of George Waterhouse on 3 March, steps down in favour of Julius Vogel on the latter's return to New Zealand on 8 April.
*Minister of Finance – Julius Vogel
*Chief Justice – Hon Sir George Arney

Main centre leaders

*Mayor of Auckland - Philip Philips
*Mayor of Christchurch - Henry Sawtell followed by Edward B. Bishop
*Mayor of Dunedin - Henry Smith Fish
*Mayor of Wellington - Joseph Dransfield

Events

* 17 February: The "Daily Southern Cross" Newspaper prints a hoax report of a Russian invasion of Auckland. [ [http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/timeline&new_date=17/02 New Zealand History online: Today in history - 17 February] ]
* 3 May: "The New Zealand Tablet" begins publication in Dunedin. The newspaper was published weekly by the Catholic church until 1996. [cite web|url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=CL1.NZT|title=New Zealand Tablet|publisher=National Library of New Zealand]
* December: The railway line between Auckland and Onehunga (via Newmarket, Ellerslie, and Penrose) is opened. [ [http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/r-c/chrono2.html Onehunga Dateline] ]

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

Major race winners

*New Zealand Cup: Kakapo
*New Zealand Derby: Rapapa

Rowing

Rugby Union

hooting

Ballinger Belt: Lieutenant Hoskins (Thames)

Births

*17 February: Emily Hancock Siedeberg, New Zealand's first female medical graduate.

Unknown date

* (in Tasmania): Edith Joan Lyttleton, writer.
* (in England): Lionel Terry, white supremacist, murderer.

Deaths

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 1873 not specifically related to New Zealand see": 1873

References

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