1860 in New Zealand

1860 in New Zealand:

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[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - Queen Victoria
• Governor – Colonel Thomas Gore Browne leaves office on 3 October to take up the post of Governor of Tasmania. His successor is Sir George Grey who takes up the position in December.

[edit] Government and law

The general election of 1860-1861 begins on 12 December but does not conclude until 28 March the following year. The 2nd Parliament continues until the completion of the election.

• Speaker of the House – The sitting Speaker, Sir Charles Clifford, does not stand for re-election. He will be replaced in 1861 by Sir David Monro.
• Premier – Edward Stafford.
• Minister of Finance – William Richmond.
• Chief Justice – Hon George Arney

[edit] Opposition Leaders

See: Category:New Zealand Parliament , New Zealand elections

[edit] Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Wellington -

[edit] Events

• 8 January: Julius von Haast begins his journey of exploration of the West Coast. ^[1]

[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

The first inter-provincial cricket game is played between Auckland and Wellington. Auckland win.^[2]

[edit] Horse racing

The New Zealand Derby is held for the first time, at Riccarton Racecourse.^[2] This is the first race in New Zealand to have a continous annual history.

• New Zealand Derby winner: Ada

see also Category:New Zealand horse races.

[edit] Rowing

[edit] Shooting

The Government recommends that prizes be given for rifle shooting. This leads to the first National Rifle Shooting Championships in 1861.^[2]

[edit] References

1. ^ Today in History | NZHistory
2. ^ ^{a b c} Todd, S. (1976) Sporting Records of New Zealand. Auckland: Moa Publications

[edit] Births

[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 1860 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1860