1883 in New Zealand

← 1882 1881 1880 1883 in New Zealand → 1884 1885 1886
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See also:	History of New Zealand List of years in New Zealand Timeline of New Zealand history

The following lists events that happened during 1883 in New Zealand.

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

• Head of State – Queen Victoria
• Governor – Lieutenant-General Sir William Jervois begins his term on 20 January.

Government and law

The 8th New Zealand Parliament continues.

• Speaker of the House – Maurice O'Rorke.
• Premier – Frederick Whitaker is replaced by Harry Atkinson on 25 September
• Minister of Finance – Harry Atkinson
• Chief Justice – Hon Sir James Prendergast

Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland – James Clark followed by William Waddel
• Mayor of Christchurch – George Ruddenklau
• Mayor of Dunedin – James Bryce Thomson followed by William Parker Street
• Mayor of Wellington – George Fisher

Events

• 1 March – A telephone exchange is opened in Wellington (the fourth in New Zealand).
• The Hokitika Guardian and Hokitika Evening Star merge to form the Hokitika Guardian and Star. ^[1]
• September: The Waikato Mail ceases publication. The Cambridge newspaper started in 1880. ^[2]
• 19 February: Pacifist leaders Te Whiti o Rongomai and To hu are released from prison, where they had been held without trial since November 1881. ^[3]
• July: The Waikato Gazette & Thames Valley Recorder begins publishing. ^[4] It was absorbed by the Cambridge News in 1889.
• the New Zealand Shipping Company was formed in Christchurch. ^[5]

Sport

Cricket

• 1882–83 New Zealand cricket season
• 1883–84 New Zealand cricket season

Horse racing

The New Zealand Cup is so-named, the race having been run under another name since 1865. ^[6]

• New Zealand Cup winner: Tasman
• New Zealand Derby winner: Oudeis
• Auckland Cup winner: Salvage
• Wellington Cup winner: Mischief

see also Category:Horse races in New Zealand.

Rugby

The Auckland Rugby Union is formed. ^[6]

Provincial club rugby champions include:

see also Category:Rugby union in New Zealand

Shooting

Ballinger Belt: Sergeant Kennedy (Dunedin)

Births

• 14 May – Charlie Seeling (died 1956), rugby (league and union) footballer
• 4 August – Sydney Smith (died 1969), forensic pathologist
• 31 October – Anthony Wilding (died 1915), tennis player

Full date unknown

• Ngapipi Reweti, land negotiator (died 1957) ^[7]

Deaths

• 30 March – Edward Graham McMinn (born 1843), politician
• 30 June – William Cutten (born 1822), politician
• 30 December – David Hay (born 1815), nurseryman ^[8]

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

General

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

Specific

1. Scholefield, Guy Hardy (1938). A Union Catalogue of New Zealand Newspapers Preserved in Public Libraries.
2. "Newspapers". Cambridge Museum. Archived from the original on 5 July 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2008.
3. nzhistory.net.nz
4. "Local and General Intelligence". Tuapeka Times. 7 July 1883. p. 2.
5. McLean, Gavin (editor): Ships of the New Zealand Shipping Company GP Books, Wellington, 1989. ISBN   0-477-00015-0
6. Todd, S. (1976) Sporting Records of New Zealand. Auckland: Moa Publications ISBN   0-908570-00-7
7. Ballara, Angela. "Ngapipi Reweti". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography . Ministry for Culture and Heritage . Retrieved 23 April 2017.
8. Shepherd, R. Winsome. "David Hay". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography . Ministry for Culture and Heritage . Retrieved 23 April 2017.

External links

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