1871 in New Zealand

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)

References

General

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

Specific

^ "Local Newspapers". Hastings District Libraries. Archived from the original on 15 October 2008. Retrieved 21 June 2008.
^ Otago University opening date
^ "The News". Westport News. Archived from the original on 14 October 2008. Retrieved 21 September 2008.
^ Heidenstrom, P. (1992) Athletes of the Century. Wellington: GP Publications ISBN 1-86956-044-2
^ "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.
^ Bisman, Ron. "Freeman Wright Holmes". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.

External links

Media related to 1871 in New Zealand at Wikimedia Commons

[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.

[Heidenstrom-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.

[DNZB_Holmes-6] Bisman, Ron. "Freeman Wright Holmes". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.

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