1869 in New Zealand

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

*Head of State - Queen Victoria
*Governor – Sir George Ferguson Bowen

Government and law

The 4th Parliament continues.

*Speaker of the House – Sir David Monro
*Premier – Edward Stafford is replaced by William Fox on 28 June after Stafford’s government is defeated.
*Minister of Finance – William Fitzherbert is replaced by Julius Vogel after the defeat of the Stafford government.
*Chief Justice – Hon Sir George Arney

Main centre leaders

*Mayor of Christchurch - William Wilson followed by John Anderson
*Mayor of Dunedin - Thomas Birch

Events

* 4-5 January: Te Kooti and his followers manage to escape the siege of Ngā Tapa pā. [ [http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/timeline&new_date=04/01 Today in History | NZHistory] ] [ [http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb/default.asp?Find_Quick.asp?PersonEssay=1T45 Dictionary Of New Zealand Biography: Te Kooti] ]
* 13 February: A war party of Ngāti Maniapoto led by Honi Wetere te Rerenga, kills all three men, a woman and three children, and also the Wesleyan missionary John Whiteley who arrives shortly afterwards, at the isolated Pukearuhe Redoubt. This is the final act of the Taranaki wars. [ [http://www.pukeariki.com/en/stories/conflict/pukearuhe.htm Puke Ariki] ]

Undated

*The New Zealand Ensign is introduced for use on government ships. It does not become the official national flag until 1902. The flag of the United Tribes of New Zealand is also in common use.

Arts and literature

Music

Appointments and awards

William Garden Cowie is consecrated at Westminster Abbey on 29 June [http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb/alt_essayBody.asp?essayID=2C36 Dictionary of New Zealand Biography: William Garden Cowie] ] but does not arrive to take up his position as Bishop of Auckland until the following year. The first session of the Dunedin diocesan synod rejects Henry Lascelles Jenner's claims to the see but he does not resign until 1871.

*Primate of New Zealand - Henry John Chitty Harper (Bishop of Christchurch)
*Bishop of Auckland - William Garden Cowie
*Bishop of Dunedin - "Henry Lascelles Jenner" [Although consecrated Jenner was never enthroned and is not considered to be the first Bishop of Dunedin.]
*Bishop of Nelson - Andrew Burn Suter
*Bishop of Waiapu - William Williams
*Bishop of Wellington - Charles John Abraham

port

Athletics

Cricket

Golf

Horse racing

Major race winners

*New Zealand Cup winner: Mainsail
*New Zealand Derby winner: Manuka

Rowing

Rugby Union

hooting

Ballinger Belt: "No competition"

Births

* 28 April: Frances Hodgkins, painter.

Unknown date

* Christopher James Parr, politician.

Deaths

* 16 March: Johnny Jones, whaler, early settler.

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 1869 not specifically related to New Zealand see": 1869

References

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