1864 in New Zealand
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Contents
Incumbents
Regal and viceregal
Government and law
The 3rd Parliament continues.
- Speaker of the House — David Monro
- Premier — Frederick Weld takes over from Frederick Whitaker on 24 November.
- Minister of Finance — William Fitzherbert replaces Reader Wood who resigned on 24 November.
- Chief Justice — Hon Sir George Arney
Events
- 11 February: Major Charles Heaphy is recommended for the Victoria Cross. It was not awarded until 1867.[1]
- 31 March — 2 April: Battle of Orakau [2]
- 11 June: The Timaru Herald publishes its first issue.[3] The paper was initially weekly, but increased its frequency of publication to bi-weekly and then tri-weekly, and became a daily on 1 January 1878.[4] It continues today[update].
- Australian magpie introduced to New Zealand [5]
- Up to 6000 miners come to the Wakamarina Valley in Marlborough after gold is discovered. Canvastown is founded at the river mouth. About 25,000 ounces (710,000 g) of gold is recovered in 1864, but the surface gold is quickly exhausted.[6]
- The Wairau Record starts publishing in Blenheim. The newspaper changed its name to The Marlborough News and General Advertiser in 1865 and then to just The Marlborough News. It folded in 1874.[7]
- The Marlborough Times starts publishing in Blenheim. It folds after about six months.[7]
Arts and literature
Music
- The Dunedin Choral Society is formed.[8]
- The Lyster Opera Company makes its first tour to New Zealand[8] (possibly the first by a full opera company).
Sport
Cricket
Gearge Parr's All-England Eleven plays at a cricket carnival in Dunedin against teams from Otago and Canterbury. They later play at Christchurch's Hagley Park. None of the matches qualified as first-class and the home sides were allowed to field up to 22 batsmen. Itinerary [9]
Horse racing
Major race winner
- New Zealand Derby winner: Opera
Shooting
Ballinger Belt: Lieutenant Morse (Nelson)
Births
- 27 April: David Kennedy, Marist brother, astronomer.
Deaths
- 27 May – Marmaduke Nixon, politician and soldier (born 1814)
- 13 September – Thomas McDonnell, Snr., Additional British Resident in New Zealand (born 1788)
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
- ↑ nzhistory.net.nz
- ↑ Taranaki Herald, 9 April 1864: Reprinted in An Eyewitness History of New Zealand (1985) ed. Robin Bromby. ISBN 0-85902-306-0
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- ↑ Tiritiri Matangi Island - Australian Magpie
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- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Te Ara: Encyclopedia of New Zealand 1966 - Music:General History
- ↑ Todd, S. (1976) Sporting Records of New Zealand. Auckland: Moa Publications. ISBN 0-908570-00-7
External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
