1880 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 2.1 Undated 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 5.8 Swimming 5.9 Tennis 6 References 7 Births 8 Deaths 9 See also

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - Queen Victoria
• Governor – Sir Hercules Robinson leaves on 9 September to take up the position of High Commissioner in South Africa. The Hon. Sir Arthur Hamilton-Gordon becomes Governor on 29 November.

Government and law

The 7th Parliament continues.

• Speaker of the House - Maurice O'Rorke.
• Premier – John Hall (New Zealand)
• Minister of Finance – Harry Atkinson
• Chief Justice - Hon Sir James Prendergast

Opposition Leaders

See: Category:New Zealand Parliament , New Zealand elections

Main centre leaders

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

Events

• September: The Waikato Mail begins publishing in Cambridge. The newspaper is produced three times a week. It ceases to publish in 1883.^[1]

Undated

Wellington Teachers College is opened.

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

Cricket

Golf

Horse racing

• New Zealand Cup winner: Le Loup
• New Zealand Derby winner: Sir Mordred
• Auckland Cup winner: Foul Play
• Wellington Cup winner: Foul Play

see also Category:New Zealand horse races.

Rowing

Rugby Union

Provincial club rugby champions include:

see also Category:Rugby union in New Zealand

Shooting

Ballinger Belt: Sergeant Okey (Taranaki)

Swimming

The Christchurch Amateur Swimming Club is formed on 11 October. ^[2]. This is the first swimming club in New Zealand and is soon followed by others throughout New Zealand. ^[3]

Tennis

Prior to this year there are tennis clubs in Auckland, Christchurch and Dunedin. As well as tennis club members also play croquet, bowls and archery.^[3]

References

1. ^ "Newspapers". Cambridge Museum.
2. ^ Beresford, P. (1976) Encyclopedia of Swimming London: Robert Hale and Company
3. ^ ^{a b} 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

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 1880 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1880