1877 in New Zealand
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Regal and Vice Regal

  • Head of State
    Head of State
    A head of state is the individual that serves as the chief public representative of a monarchy, republic, federation, commonwealth or other kind of state. His or her role generally includes legitimizing the state and exercising the political powers, functions, and duties granted to the head of...

     — Queen Victoria
  • Governor
    Governor-General of New Zealand
    The Governor-General of New Zealand is the representative of the monarch of New Zealand . The Governor-General acts as the Queen's vice-regal representative in New Zealand and is often viewed as the de facto head of state....

     — The Marquess of Normanby
    George Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby
    George Augustus Constantine Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby, GCB, GCMG, PC , styled Viscount Normanby between 1831 and 1838 and Earl of Mulgrave between 1838 and 1863, was a British Liberal politician and colonial governor.-Background:Normanby was born in London, the son of Constantine Phipps, 1st...


Government and law

The 6th Parliament
Parliament of New Zealand
The Parliament of New Zealand consists of the Queen of New Zealand and the New Zealand House of Representatives and, until 1951, the New Zealand Legislative Council. The House of Representatives is often referred to as "Parliament".The House of Representatives usually consists of 120 Members of...

 continues.
  • Speaker of the House
    Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives
    In New Zealand the Speaker of the House of Representatives is the individual who chairs the country's legislative body, the New Zealand House of Representatives...

     — Sir William Fitzherbet
    William Fitzherbert (New Zealand)
    Sir William Fitzherbert KCMG MLC was a New Zealand politician. He served as Minister of Finance, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Speaker of the Legislative Council.-Early life:...

  • Premier
    Prime Minister of New Zealand
    The Prime Minister of New Zealand is New Zealand's head of government consequent on being the leader of the party or coalition with majority support in the Parliament of New Zealand...

     — Harry Atkinson
    Harry Atkinson
    Henry Albert "Harry" Atkinson served as the tenth Premier of New Zealand on four separate occasions in the late 19th century, and was Colonial Treasurer for a total of ten years...

     is defeated as Premier on 13 October and is replaced by Sir George Grey
    George Edward Grey
    Sir George Grey, KCB was a soldier, explorer, Governor of South Australia, twice Governor of New Zealand, Governor of Cape Colony , the 11th Premier of New Zealand and a writer.-Early life and exploration:...

  • Minister of Finance
    Minister of Finance (New Zealand)
    The Minister of Finance is a senior figure within the government of New Zealand. The position is often considered to be the most important Cabinet role after that of the Prime Minister....

     — When Harry Atkinson
    Harry Atkinson
    Henry Albert "Harry" Atkinson served as the tenth Premier of New Zealand on four separate occasions in the late 19th century, and was Colonial Treasurer for a total of ten years...

     is defeated as Premier on 13 October he also loses the position of Treasurer (Minister of Finance). On 15 October William Larnach
    William Larnach
    William James Mudie Larnach was a New Zealand businessman and politician. He is known for building Larnach Castle and for his suicide.- Early career :Larnach was born in the Hunter Valley, north of Sydney, Australia...

     is chosen as his replacement.
  • Chief Justice
    Chief Justice of New Zealand
    The Chief Justice of New Zealand is the head of the New Zealand judiciary, and presides over the Supreme Court of New Zealand. Before the establishment of the latter court in 2004 the Chief Justice was the presiding judge in the High Court of New Zealand and was also ex officio a member of the...

     — Hon
    The Honourable
    The prefix The Honourable or The Honorable is a style used before the names of certain classes of persons. It is considered an honorific styling.-International diplomacy:...

     Sir
    Sir
    Sir is an honorific used as a title , or as a courtesy title to address a man without using his given or family name in many English speaking cultures...

     James Prendergast
    James Prendergast (judge)
    Sir James Prendergast GCMG was the third Chief Justice of New Zealand. Prendergast was the first Chief Justice to be appointed on the advice of a responsible New Zealand government, but is chiefly noted for his far-reaching decision in Wi Parata v The Bishop of Wellington in which he described the...


Main centre leaders

  • Mayor of Auckland City
    Mayor of Auckland City
    The Mayor of Auckland City was the directly elected head of the Auckland City Council, the municipal government of Auckland City, New Zealand. The office existed from 1871 to 2010, when Auckland City Council was abolished and replaced with the Auckland Council....

     — William Hurst
    William John Hurst
    William John Hurst was a 19th century Member of Parliament in New Zealand and Mayor of Auckland.He represented the Auckland West electorate from the 1879 election to 1881, and then the Waitemata electorate from the 1881 election to 1886 when he died.-References:*New Zealand Parliamentary Record...

     followed by Henry Brett
  • Mayor of Christchurch
    Mayor of Christchurch
    The Mayor of Christchurch is the head of the municipal government of Christchurch, New Zealand, and presides over the Christchurch City Council. The mayor is directly elected using a First Past the Post electoral system...

     — Frederick Hobbs followed by James Gapes
  • Mayor of Dunedin
    Mayor of Dunedin
    The Mayor of Dunedin is the head of the municipal government of Dunedin, New Zealand, and presides over the Dunedin City Council. The Mayor is directly elected, using the Single Transferable Vote system in 2007....

     — Charles Stephen Reeves
    Charles Stephen Reeves
    Charles Stephen Reeves was a prominent New Zealand businessman and former Mayor of Dunedin.Born Wexford, Ireland in 1836, Reeves was educated at the Barrow and Tarvin Schools in Cheshire. Having spent some time in the Liverpool office his father's shipping business, Reeves emigrated to Victoria,...

     followed by Richard Henry Leary
  • Mayor of Wellington
    Mayor of Wellington
    The Mayor of Wellington is the head of the municipal government of Wellington, New Zealand, and presides over the Wellington City Council. The Mayor of Wellington administers only Wellington City itself — other municipalities in adjacent areas of the Wellington Region such as Lower Hutt, Upper...

     — William Hutchison

Events

  • The Treaty of Waitangi
    Treaty of Waitangi
    The Treaty of Waitangi is a treaty first signed on 6 February 1840 by representatives of the British Crown and various Māori chiefs from the North Island of New Zealand....

     ruled a "simply nullity" in "Wi Parata v the Bishop of Wellington
    Wi Parata v the Bishop of Wellington
    Wi Parata v the Bishop of Wellington was a New Zealand court case of 1877 which ruled that the Treaty of Waitangi was a "simple nullity" having been signed by "primitive barbarians"....

    "

Appointments and awards

Edward Craig Stuart
Edward Craig Stuart
The Rt Rev Edward Craig Stuart, DD was the 2nd Anglican Bishop of Waiapu whose Episcopate spanned a 16 year period during the second half of the 19th century. He was born in Edinburgh, educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1850...

 is unanimously elected as Bishop of Waiapu
Diocese of Waiapu
The Diocese of Waiapu is one of the thirteen dioceses and hui amorangi of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. The Diocese covers the area around the East Coast of the North Island of New Zealand, including Tauranga, Taupo, Gisborne, Hastings and Napier. It is named for the...

 during the Waiapu Synod of 24-28 September and consecrated at Napier
Napier, New Zealand
Napier is a New Zealand city with a seaport, located in Hawke's Bay on the eastern coast of the North Island. The population of Napier is about About 18 kilometres south of Napier is the inland city of Hastings. These two neighboring cities are often called "The Twin Cities" or "The Bay Cities"...

 on 9 December by Archbishop
Archbishop of New Zealand
The Archbishop of New Zealand is the primate, or head, of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. However, since Whakahuihui Vercoe stepped down at the end of his two-year term as archbishop in 2006, the church has decided that three bishops shall share the position and style of...

 Harper
Henry John Chitty Harper
The Rt Rev Henry John Chitty Harper, DD was an eminent Anglican Bishop in the second half of the 19th century. He was born on 9 January 1804, educated at The Queen's College, Oxford and ordained in 1832. He was Chaplain of Eton College until 1850 then Vicar of St Mary’s, Stratfield Mortimer...

.
  • Primate of New Zealand
    Archbishop of New Zealand
    The Archbishop of New Zealand is the primate, or head, of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. However, since Whakahuihui Vercoe stepped down at the end of his two-year term as archbishop in 2006, the church has decided that three bishops shall share the position and style of...

     — Henry John Chitty Harper
    Henry John Chitty Harper
    The Rt Rev Henry John Chitty Harper, DD was an eminent Anglican Bishop in the second half of the 19th century. He was born on 9 January 1804, educated at The Queen's College, Oxford and ordained in 1832. He was Chaplain of Eton College until 1850 then Vicar of St Mary’s, Stratfield Mortimer...

     (Bishop of Christchurch)
  • Bishop of Auckland — William Garden Cowie
    William Garden Cowie
    William Garden Cowie was bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Auckland, New Zealand, from 1870 to 1902. Although he succeeded George Augustus Selwyn in having jurisdiction in this portion of New Zealand, he was the first bishop to be known specifically as Bishop of Auckland...

  • Bishop of Dunedin — Samuel Tarratt Nevill
    Samuel Tarratt Nevill
    The Most Reverend Samuel Tarratt Nevill, DD was the first Anglican Bishop of the Diocese of Dunedin in Dunedin, New Zealand....

  • Bishop of Nelson
    Diocese of Nelson
    The Diocese of Nelson is one of the thirteen dioceses and hui amorangi of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. The Diocese covers the top part of the South Island of New Zealand, which is mostly the area north of a line drawn from Greymouth to Kaikoura.The diocese was...

     — Andrew Burn Suter
    Andrew Burn Suter
    The Rt Rev Andrew Burn Suter, DD was the second Anglican Bishop of Nelson whose Episcopate spanned a 26 year period during the second half of the 19th century....

  • Bishop of Waiapu
    Diocese of Waiapu
    The Diocese of Waiapu is one of the thirteen dioceses and hui amorangi of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. The Diocese covers the area around the East Coast of the North Island of New Zealand, including Tauranga, Taupo, Gisborne, Hastings and Napier. It is named for the...

     — Edward Craig Stuart
    Edward Craig Stuart
    The Rt Rev Edward Craig Stuart, DD was the 2nd Anglican Bishop of Waiapu whose Episcopate spanned a 16 year period during the second half of the 19th century. He was born in Edinburgh, educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1850...

  • Bishop of Wellington
    Diocese of Wellington
    The Diocese of Wellington is one of the thirteen dioceses and hui amorangi of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. The Diocese covers the area between the bottom of the North Island of New Zealand up to the area of Mount Ruapehu....

     — Octavius Hadfield
    Octavius Hadfield
    Octavius Hadfield was Archdeacon of Kapiti, Bishop of Wellington from 1870 to 1893 and Primate of New Zealand from 1890 to 1893. A missionary for thirty years, he was recognised as an authority on Maori customs and language...


Cricket

  • The Canterbury Cricket Association
    Canterbury Wizards
    The Canterbury Wizards are a New Zealand first class cricket team based in Canterbury, New Zealand. It is one of six teams that make up New Zealand Cricket and has been the most successful domestic team in New Zealand history...

     is formed.
  • An England XI under the leadership of James Lillywhite
    James Lillywhite
    James Lillywhite was a first-class and Test cricketer and umpire. He was the first ever captain of the English cricket team in a Test match, captaining 2 Tests against Australia in 1876-77, losing the first, but winning the second.Lillywhite was born in Westhampnett in Sussex, the son of a...

     tours in January and February. None of the fixtures were first class, and all the home sides field teams of between 18 and 22 players. The team went on to Australia to play the first ever Test matches. Itinerary

Horse racing

  • New Zealand Cup winner: Mata
  • New Zealand Derby winner: Trump Card
  • Auckland Cup winner: Lara
  • Wellington Cup winner: Guy Fawkes

see also :Category:New Zealand horse races.

Rugby Union

  • The following rugby clubs were formed: Athletic (Wellington), Waverley, Merivale
    Merivale
    Merivale is a suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, north of the city centre. Its boundaries are defined by Statistics New Zealand as being Heaton Street to the north, Papanui Road to the east, Harper and Bealey Avenues to the south and Rossall Sreet to the west, although Real Estate advertising...

    , Leeston
    Leeston
    Leeston is a small town on the Canterbury Plains in the South Island of New Zealand. It is located 40 kilometres southwest of Christchurch, between the shore of Lake Ellesmere and the mouth of the Rakaia River...

    , Southbridge
    Southbridge, New Zealand
    Southbridge is a small town with a population of 720 and approximately 260 houses, on the Canterbury Plains in the South Island of New Zealand. It is located southwest of Christchurch, between Leeston, Dunsandel and the Rakaia River...

    , Rakaia
    Rakaia
    The town of Rakaia is seated close to the southern banks of the Rakaia River on the Canterbury Plains in New Zealand's South Island, on State Highway 1 and the Main South Line. Immediately north of the township are the country's longest road bridge and longest rail bridge, both of which cross the...

    , and Otago University.

Shooting

Ballinger Belt: Lieutenant Paynter (Nelson)

Births

  • ca. October: Te Rangi Hīroa (Peter Buck), Māori leader.
  • (in England): Thomas Otto Bishop
    Thomas Otto Bishop
    Hon. Thomas Otto Bishop MLC was appointed to the New Zealand Legislative Council in 1943, and was Speaker from 1950 until it was abolished in 1951 by the First National Government....

    , politician.
  • Arthur Stallworthy
    Arthur Stallworthy
    Arthur John Stallworthy was a New Zealand politician of the Liberal Party and United Party, and a Cabinet minister.He represented the Eden electorate from 1928 to 1935 , when he was deselected by the United/Reform Coalition. He stood in the 1935 as a Democrat losing to the Labour candidate.He was...

    , politician.

Deaths

  • 5 January: Sir Donald McLean, politician.

See also

  • List of years in New Zealand
  • Timeline of New Zealand history
    Timeline of New Zealand history
    This is a timeline of the history of New Zealand and only includes events deemed to be of principal importance - for more detailed information click the year heading or refer to List of years in New Zealand.- Prehistory :...

  • History of New Zealand
    History of New Zealand
    The history of New Zealand dates back at least 700 years to when it was discovered and settled by Polynesians, who developed a distinct Māori culture centred on kinship links and land. The first European explorer to discover New Zealand was Abel Janszoon Tasman on 13 December 1642...

  • Military history of New Zealand
    Military history of New Zealand
    The military history of New Zealand is an aspect of the history of New Zealand that spans several hundred years. When first settled by Māori almost a millennium ago, there was much land and resources, but war began to break out as the country's carrying capacity was approached...

  • Timeline of environmental history of New Zealand
    Timeline of environmental history of New Zealand
    This is a timeline of environmental history of New Zealand. These events relate to the more notable events affecting the natural environment of New Zealand as a result of human activity.-Pre 1800s:...

  • Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica
    Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica
    This is a timeline of the history of New Zealand's involvement with Antarctica.-Eighteenth and nineteenth centuries:1773*17 January Captain James Cook and the crews of his expedition's ships, Resolution and Adventure, become the first explorers to cross the Antarctic Circle1770s – 1830s*Sealers and...



For world events and topics in 1877 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1877

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