1871 in New Zealand

← 1870 1869 1868 1871 in New Zealand → 1872 1873 1874
Decades:	1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s
See also:	History of New Zealand List of years in New Zealand Timeline of New Zealand history

The following lists events that happened during 1871 in New Zealand.

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

• Head of State – Queen Victoria
• Governor – Sir George Ferguson Bowen

Government and law

The 1871 election takes place between 14 January and 1 February. The 5th New Zealand Parliament commences.

1 February – Māori elections are held for the first time in conjunction with a general election, although the first Māori MPs had been elected in 1868.

• Speaker of the House – After the election Sir Francis Dillon Bell becomes Speaker replacing Sir David Monro who stood down at the end of 1870.
• Premier – William Fox
• Minister of Finance – Julius Vogel
• Chief Justice – Hon Sir George Arney

Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland – Philip Philips
• Mayor of Christchurch – Andrew Duncan followed by James Jameson
• Mayor of Dunedin – Thomas Birch followed by Henry Fish
• Mayor of Wellington – Joseph Dransfield

Events

• 1 February: The Daily Telegraph begins publishing in Napier. It continues until 1999, when it merges with The Hawke's Bay Herald Tribune to form Hawke's Bay Today . ^[1]
• 5 July: New Zealand's first university, Otago opens its doors. It was absorbed into the University of New Zealand three years later. ^[2]
• The Westport News begins publication. The newspaper continues to publish Monday-Friday. ^[3]

Sport

Athletics

The first amateur club is formed, in South Canterbury. Professional athletics is already well established. ^[4]

Horse racing

Major race winners

• New Zealand Cup: Peeress
• New Zealand Derby: Defamation

Rugby union

• 12 May: Founding of the Wellington Rugby club, the second rugby union club in New Zealand. ^[5]

Shooting

Ballinger Belt: Captain Wales (Otago)

Births

• 10 January: Hoeroa Tiopira , rugby union player
• 10 March (in Europe): George William von Zedlitz , professor of languages
• 6 June: Freeman Wright Holmes , jockey, horse driver, trainer and breeder ^[6]

Deaths

Date unknown

• Helen Ann Wilson, nurse and community leader (b. 1793)

See also

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

References

General

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

Specific

1. "Local Newspapers". Hastings District Libraries. Archived from the original on 15 October 2008. Retrieved 21 June 2008.
2. Otago University opening date
3. "The News". Westport News. Archived from the original on 14 October 2008. Retrieved 21 September 2008.
4. Heidenstrom, P. (1992) Athletes of the Century. Wellington: GP Publications ISBN   1-86956-044-2
5. "RUGBY UNION FOOTBALL". from An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock, originally published in 1966. Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Archived from the original on 20 February 2009. Retrieved 9 February 2009.
6. Bisman, Ron. "Freeman Wright Holmes". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography . Ministry for Culture and Heritage . Retrieved 23 April 2017.

External links

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