1857 in New Zealand

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Decades:	1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s
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The following lists events that happened during 1857 in New Zealand.

Population

The estimated population of New Zealand at the end of 1857 is 57,150 Māori and 49,802 non-Māori. ^[1]

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

• 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
• Chief Justice – William Martin resigns on 12 June. Hon George Arney is appointed on 2 September but does not arrive until the next year.

Events

• 7 February: The Auckland Register begins publishing. It ends in 1862. ^[2]
• 14 May: The Taranaki News publishes its first issue. It becomes the Taranaki Daily News in 1885, and continues to publish today ^[update] . ^[3]
• 24 September: The Hawke's Bay Herald and Ahuriri Advocate publishes its first issue. It becomes the Hawke's Bay Herald in 1858. The paper publishes weekly at first, becomes bi-weekly in 1861, and then daily in 1871. In 1937 it will merge with another paper to form the Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune. ^[4]
• 23 October: The Colonist publishes its first issue, in Nelson. The newspaper is published until 1920, when it is incorporated into The Nelson Evening Mail. ^[5]

Sport

Horse racing

Two existing clubs combine to form the Auckland Racing Club. The ARC holds its first meeting at Ellerslie Racecourse. ^[6] (see also 1874)

Births

• 20 August: James Carroll , politician.
• 10 September: William Barber , Mayor of Wellington and politician.

Deaths

• 16 July: Gilbert Mair, sailor and merchant trader

Unknown date

• Makea Te Vaerua Ariki, sovereign of the Cook Islands
• John Guard, one of the first European settlers in the South Island

See also

• List of years in New Zealand
• Timeline of New Zealand history
• History of New Zealand
• Military history of New Zealand
• Timeline of the New Zealand environment
• Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica

References

1. Statistics New Zealand has collated estimates from a number of sources (interpolating where necessary) at "Long-term data series". Archived from the original on 5 March 2008. Retrieved 14 March 2008., in particular "A1.1 Total population.xls". Archived from the original (Excel) on 5 March 2008. Retrieved 14 March 2008.
2. "Chapter 2: Early Statistical Sources – 19th Century" (PDF). Statistical Publications 1840–2000. Statistics New Zealand. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2007.
3. Bartle, Rhonda (8 February 2005). "An Abbreviated History in Ink". Puke Ariki. Archived from the original on 13 October 2008.
4. "Hawke's Bay Herald". National Library of New Zealand.
5. "Chapter 2: Early Statistical Sources – 19th Century" (PDF). Statistical Publications 1840–2000. Statistics New Zealand. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2007.
6. Todd, S. (1976) Sporting Records of New Zealand. Auckland: Moa Publications. ISBN   0-908570-00-7

External links

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