1872 in New Zealand:

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Contents 1 Incumbents 1.1 Regal and Vice Regal 1.2 Government and law 1.3 Opposition Leaders 1.4 Main centre leaders 2 Events 3 Arts and literature 3.1 Music 4 Appointments and awards 5 Sport 5.1 Athletics 5.2 Cricket 5.3 Golf 5.4 Horse racing 5.5 Rowing 5.6 Rugby Union 5.7 Shooting 6 References 7 Births 8 Deaths 9 See also

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - Queen Victoria
• Governor – Sir George Ferguson Bowen

Government and law

The 5th Parliament continues.

• Speaker of the House – Sir Francis Dillon Bell
• Premier – On 11 October George Waterhouse replaces Edward Stafford after the latter loses a vote of confidence. Stafford had only been in office for 1 month having taken over when William Fox was forced to resign on 10 September.
• Minister of Finance – Julius Vogel loses his position on 10 September when the Fox ministry is forced to resign and is replaced by Thomas Gillies. Vogel regains the post on 11 October after he moves a vote of no confidence in the new ministry.
• Chief Justice – Hon Sir George Arney

Opposition Leaders

See: Category:New Zealand Parliament , New Zealand elections

Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland -
• Mayor of Wellington -
• Mayor of Christchurch -
• Mayor of Dunedin -

Events

• 2 May: The Waikato Times and Thames Valley Gazette begins publishing in Ngaruawahia. Initially it was produced three times a week. It moved to Hamilton in 1875 and became the Waikato Times. The paper, a daily since the late 19th century, continues to publish today.^[1]
• 4 September: The Bay of Plenty Times publishes its first issue. The Tauranga-based newspaper continues to publish today.^[2]

Arts and literature

Music

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

Sport

Athletics

The first recorded amateur athletic meeting takes place in Christchurch.^[3]

Cricket

Golf

The first golf club in New Zealand is formed in Otago to play on a 9 hole course at Mornington, Dunedin.^[4]

Horse racing

• New Zealand Cup winner: Detractor
• New Zealand Derby winner: Culumny

see also Category:New Zealand horse races.

Rowing

Rugby Union

Shooting

Ballinger Belt: Captain Wales (Otago)

References

1. ^ "Waikato Times". National Library of New Zealand.
2. ^ "Bay of Plenty Times". National Library of New Zealand.
3. ^ Heidenstrom, P. (1992) Athletes of the Century. Wellington: GP Publications
4. ^ Todd, S. (1976) Sporting Records of New Zealand. Auckland: Moa Publications

• Romanos, J. (2001) New Zealand Sporting Records and Lists. Auckland: Hodder Moa Beckett.

Births

• 22 February: Frank Worsley, sea captain and explorer.
• 21 June: Winter Hall, silent movie actor.

Deaths

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 1872 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1872