1883 in New Zealand

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See also:	History of New Zealand List of years in New Zealand Timeline of New Zealand history

The following lists events that happened during 1883 in New Zealand.

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

• Head of State – Queen Victoria
• Governor – Lieutenant-General Sir William Jervois begins his term on 20 January.

Government and law

The 8th New Zealand Parliament continues.

• Speaker of the House – Maurice O'Rorke.
• Premier – Frederick Whitaker is replaced by Harry Atkinson on 25 September
• Minister of Finance – Harry Atkinson
• Chief Justice – Hon Sir James Prendergast

Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland – James Clark followed by William Waddel
• Mayor of Christchurch – George Ruddenklau
• Mayor of Dunedin – James Bryce Thomson followed by William Parker Street
• Mayor of Wellington – George Fisher

Events

• 1 March – A telephone exchange is opened in Wellington (the fourth in New Zealand).
• The Hokitika Guardian and Hokitika Evening Star merge to form the Hokitika Guardian and Star.[1]
• September: The Waikato Mail ceases publication. The Cambridge newspaper started in 1880.[2]
• 19 February: Pacifist leaders Te Whiti o Rongomai and To hu are released from prison, where they had been held without trial since November 1881.[3]
• July: The Waikato Gazette & Thames Valley Recorder begins publishing.[4] It was absorbed by the Cambridge News in 1889.
• the New Zealand Shipping Company was formed in Christchurch.[5]

Sport

Cricket

• 1882–83 New Zealand cricket season
• 1883–84 New Zealand cricket season

Horse racing

The New Zealand Cup is so-named, the race having been run under another name since 1865.[6]

• New Zealand Cup winner: Tasman
• New Zealand Derby winner: Oudeis
• Auckland Cup winner: Salvage
• Wellington Cup winner: Mischief

see also Category:Horse races in New Zealand.

Rugby

The Auckland Rugby Union is formed.[6]

Provincial club rugby champions include:

see also Category:Rugby union in New Zealand

Shooting

Ballinger Belt: Sergeant Kennedy (Dunedin)

Births

• 14 May – Charlie Seeling (died 1956), rugby (league and union) footballer
• 4 August – Sydney Smith (died 1969), forensic pathologist
• 31 October – Anthony Wilding (died 1915), tennis player

Full date unknown

• Ngapipi Reweti, land negotiator (died 1957)[7]

Deaths

• 30 March – Edward Graham McMinn (born 1843), politician
• 30 June – William Cutten (born 1822), politician
• 30 December – David Hay (born 1815), nurseryman[8]

See also

• List of years in New Zealand
• Timeline of New Zealand history
• History of New Zealand
• Military history of New Zealand
• Timeline of the New Zealand environment
• Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica

References

General

• Romanos, J. (2001) New Zealand Sporting Records and Lists. Auckland: Hodder Moa Beckett. ISBN 1-86958-879-7

Specific

1. Scholefield, Guy Hardy (1938). A Union Catalogue of New Zealand Newspapers Preserved in Public Libraries.
2. "Newspapers". Cambridge Museum. Archived from the original on 5 July 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2008.
3. nzhistory.net.nz
4. "Local and General Intelligence". Tuapeka Times. 7 July 1883. p. 2.
5. McLean, Gavin (editor): Ships of the New Zealand Shipping Company GP Books, Wellington, 1989. ISBN 0-477-00015-0
6. Todd, S. (1976) Sporting Records of New Zealand. Auckland: Moa Publications ISBN 0-908570-00-7
7. Ballara, Angela. "Ngapipi Reweti". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
8. Shepherd, R. Winsome. "David Hay". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.

External links

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