1857 in New Zealand

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1857 in New Zealand:

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Contents 1 Population 2 Incumbents 2.1 Regal and Vice Regal 2.2 Government and law 2.3 Opposition Leaders 2.4 Main centre leaders 3 Events 4 Arts and literature 4.1 Music 5 Appointments and awards 6 Sport 6.1 Cricket 6.2 Horse racing 7 References 8 Births 9 Deaths 10 See also

[edit] Population

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

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

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

[edit] 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.

[edit] Opposition Leaders

See: Category:New Zealand Parliament , New Zealand elections

[edit] Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Wellington -

[edit] Events

• 14 May: The Taranaki News publishes its first issue. It became the Taranaki Daily News in 1885, and continues to publish today.^[2]
• 24 September: The Hawke's Bay Herald and Ahuriri Advocate published its first issue. It became the Hawke's Bay Herald in 1858. The paper published weekly at first, became bi-weekly in 1861, and then daily in 1871. In 1937 it merged with another paper to form the Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune.^[3]

[edit] Arts and literature

[edit] Music

[edit] Appointments and awards

See: Category:Civil awards and decorations of New Zealand

• Archbishop of New Zealand
• Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia , see appointments to Diocese

[edit] Sport

[edit] Cricket

[edit] Horse racing

Two existing clubs combine to form the Auckland Racing Club. The ARC holds its first meeting at Ellerslie Racecourse.^[4] (see also 1874)

[edit] References

1. ^ Statistics New Zealand has collated estimates from a number of sources (interpolating where necessary) at Long-term data series. Retrieved on 2008-03-14., in particular A1.1 Total population.xls (Excel). Retrieved on 2008-03-14.
2. ^ Bartle, Rhonda (8 February 2005). An Abbreviated History in Ink. Puke Ariki.
3. ^ Hawke's Bay Herald. National Library of New Zealand.
4. ^ Todd, S. (1976) Sporting Records of New Zealand. Auckland: Moa Publications

[edit] Births

• 20 August: James Carroll, politician.

[edit] Deaths

[edit] See 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 1857 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1857