1870 in New Zealand

Decades:	1850s; 1860s; 1870s; 1880s; 1890s;
See also:	History of New Zealand; List of years in New Zealand; Timeline of New Zealand history;

The following lists events that happened during 1870 in New Zealand.

Incumbents edit

Regal and viceregal edit

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

Government and law edit

The 4th New Zealand 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]

Main centre leaders edit

Mayor of Christchurch – John Anderson followed by Andrew Duncan
Mayor of Dunedin – Thomas Birch followed by Henry Fish
Mayor of Wellington – Joseph Dransfield

Events edit

27 August – 3 September: Second visit by Prince Alfred, returning briefly to Wellington before departing for Sydney.^{[citation needed]}
Torrens system of registered land titles adopted.^{[citation needed]}

Sport edit

Archery edit

The first club meets at One Tree Hill, Auckland.^[2]

Golf edit

New Zealand's first golf course was opened in Dunedin.^[3]

Horse racing edit

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)}

Major race winners edit

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

Rugby union edit

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 Nelson Football Club "The Town" at the Botanical reserve. This was the first interclub game of rugby union played in New Zealand.^[4]
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 edit

Ballinger Belt: Lieutenant Goldie (Otago)^{[citation needed]}

Births edit

February (no date): Arthur Withy, journalist and politician.
14 April: James Cowan, writer.
20 October: C. F. Goldie, painter.

Deaths edit

5 July: Henry Powning Stark, politician and sharebroker.^{[citation needed]}
16 July: Elizabeth Guard, of pioneering whaling family.^{[citation needed]}
27 November (in England): James Stuart-Wortley, politician^{[citation needed]}
30 November: Francis Jollie, politician^{[citation needed]}

References edit

General

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

Specific

^ New Zealand Parliament – Parliament timeline
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Todd, S. (1976) Sporting Records of New Zealand. Auckland: Moa Publications. ISBN 0-908570-00-7
^ McLintock, A. H., ed. (1966). "GOLF, MEN'S". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 27 March 2009.
^ "RUGBY UNION FOOTBALL". from An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock, originally published in 1966. Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Archived from the original on 20 February 2009. Retrieved 9 February 2009.

External links edit

Media related to 1870 in New Zealand at Wikimedia Commons

[1] New Zealand Parliament – Parliament timeline

[Moa-2] Todd, S. (1976) Sporting Records of New Zealand. Auckland: Moa Publications. ISBN 0-908570-00-7

[golf-3] McLintock, A. H., ed. (1966). "GOLF, MEN'S". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 27 March 2009.

[4] "RUGBY UNION FOOTBALL". from An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock, originally published in 1966. Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Archived from the original on 20 February 2009. Retrieved 9 February 2009.

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