1859 in New Zealand

1859 in New Zealand

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

*Head of State - Queen Victoria
*Governor – Colonel Thomas Gore Browne

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

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. [cite web|url=http://www.stats.govt.nz/NR/rdonlyres/9E78F21A-EF20-4C82-934B-1587FC7489CC/0/StatPubschapter2.pdf|work=Statistical publications 1840-2000|title=Chapter 2: Early Statistical Sources – 19th Century|pages=p 13|format=PDF|publisher=Statistics New Zealand]
*3 October: "The Auckland Independent" begins publishing. It barely survives into the following year. [cite web|url=http://www.stats.govt.nz/NR/rdonlyres/9E78F21A-EF20-4C82-934B-1587FC7489CC/0/StatPubschapter2.pdf|title=Chapter 2: Early Statistical Sources – 19th Century|format=PDF|pages=p 11|work=Statistical Publications 1840–2000|publisher=Statistics New Zealand]

Undated

The first wharf is built at Onehunga. [ [http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/r-c/chrono2.html Onehunga Dateline] ]

Arts and literature

Music

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

port

Cricket

Horse racing

Births

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

Unknown date

* Thomas Field, politician.

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 1859 not specifically related to New Zealand see": 1859

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