1877 in New Zealand
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1877 in New Zealand:

Other years in New Zealand

1874 | 1875 | 1876 | 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - Queen Victoria
• Governor – The Marquess of Normanby

Government and law

The 6th Parliament continues.

• Speaker of the House - Sir William Fitzherbet
• Premier – Harry Atkinson is defeated as Premier on 13 October and is replaced by Sir George Grey
• Minister of Finance – When Harry Atkinson is defeated as Premier on 13 October he also loses the position of Treasurer (Minister of Finance). On 15 October William Larnach is chosen as his replacement.
• Chief Justice - Hon Sir James Prendergast

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

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 Auckland Amateur Athletic Club is formed.^[1]

Cricket

The Canterbury Cricket Association is formed. ^[2]

Golf

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.

Rowing

Rugby Union

Shooting

Ballinger Belt: Lieutenant Paynter (Nelson)

Tennis

References

1. ^ Heidenstrom, P. (1992) Athletes of the Century. Wellington: GP Publications
2. ^ 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

• ca. October: Te Rangi Hiroa (Peter Buck), Māori leader.
• (in England): Thomas Otto Bishop, politician.
• Arthur Stallworthy, politician.

Deaths

• 5 January: Sir Donald McLean, politician.

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 1877 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1877