The following lists events that happened during 1885 in New Zealand.

1885
in
New Zealand

Decades:
See also:

Incumbents

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Regal and viceregal

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Government and law

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The 9th New Zealand Parliament continues.

Main centre leaders

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Events

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Sport

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Horse racing

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  • New Zealand Cup winner: Fusilade
  • New Zealand Derby winner: Stonyhurst
  • Auckland Cup winner: Nelson (Australian owned)
  • Wellington Cup winner: Mahaki
see also Category:Horse racing in New Zealand.

Rowing

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The Wellington Rowing Club is formed in Wellington.[4]

Rugby union

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The Nelson union is formed.[5] It is now part of the Tasman Rugby Union.

Provincial club rugby champions include:

see also Category:Rugby union in New Zealand

Shooting

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Ballinger Belt: Lieutenant Lucas (Thames)

Births

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Deaths

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See also

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References

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General
  • Romanos, J. (2001) New Zealand Sporting Records and Lists. Auckland: Hodder Moa Beckett. ISBN 1-86958-879-7
Specific
  1. ^ "SATURDAY, MAY 30, 1885". Te Aroha News. 30 May 1885.
  2. ^ "Newspapers". Cambridge Museum. Archived from the original on 5 July 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2008.
  3. ^ "The 1885 New Zealand Industrial Exhibition - Collections Online - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa". Retrieved 26 April 2012.
  4. ^ "History of Wellington Rowing Club". Archived from the original on 4 September 2007. Retrieved 4 October 2007.
  5. ^ Todd, S. (1976) Sporting Records of New Zealand. Auckland: Moa Publications. ISBN 0-908570-00-7
  6. ^ Vaney, Neil. "William John Larkin". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
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