1878 in New Zealand
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1878 in New Zealand:

Other years in New Zealand

1875 | 1876 | 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881

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 – Sir George Grey
• Minister of Finance – William Larnach resigns on 5 March. He is succeeded by John Ballance on 12 July.
• 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

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: Maritana
• New Zealand Derby winner: Natator
• Auckland Cup winner: Ariel
• Wellington Cup winner: Lara

see also Category:New Zealand horse races.

Rowing

Rugby Union

Shooting

Ballinger Belt: No competition

Tennis

References

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

Births

Deaths

• Sir John Richardson, 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 1878 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1878