1870 in New Zealand
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1870 in New Zealand:

Other years in New Zealand

1867 | 1868 | 1869 | 1870 | 1871 | 1872 | 1873

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

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

Government and law

The 4th Parliament continues.

• Speaker of the House – Sir David Monro stands down at the end of the year. He will be replaced after the 1871 election by Sir Francis Dillon Bell
• Premier – William Fox
• Minister of Finance – Julius Vogel
• Chief Justice – Hon Sir George Arney

Voting in New Zealand elections is changed to a secret ballot. ^[1]

Opposition Leaders

See: Category:New Zealand Parliament, New Zealand elections

Main centre leaders

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

Events

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

There are 2 races for both the New Zealand Cup and New Zealand Derby (presumably at the beginning and end of the calendar year).^{(Confirmation required)}

• New Zealand Cup winner: Knottingley
• New Zealand Cup winner: Knottingley
• New Zealand Derby winner: Malabar
• New Zealand Derby winner: Envy

see also Category:New Zealand horse races.

Rowing

Rugby Union

Charles Monro, son of the Speaker of the House, Sir David Monro, introduces rugby to the Nelson Football club.^[2]

• 14 May – First rugby club match, Nelson College versus “The Town”.^[2]
• 12 September – A Nelson team, the “Lunatics”, defeats Wellington at Petone.^[2]
• - The first “international” between Wellington and a team from HMS Rosario.^[2]

Shooting

Ballinger Belt: Lieutenant Goldie (Otago)

References

1. ^ New Zealand Parliament - Parliament timeline
2. ^ ^{a b c d} 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

• 14 April: James Cowan, writer.
• 20 October: C. F. Goldie, painter.

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 1870 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1870