1883 in New Zealand
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Regal and Vice Regal

  • Head of State
    Head of State
    A head of state is the individual that serves as the chief public representative of a monarchy, republic, federation, commonwealth or other kind of state. His or her role generally includes legitimizing the state and exercising the political powers, functions, and duties granted to the head of...

     — Queen Victoria
  • Governor
    Governor-General of New Zealand
    The Governor-General of New Zealand is the representative of the monarch of New Zealand . The Governor-General acts as the Queen's vice-regal representative in New Zealand and is often viewed as the de facto head of state....

     — Lieutenant-General Sir William Jervois
    William Jervois
    Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois, GCMG, CB was a British military engineer who saw service, as Second Captain, in South Africa...

     begins his term on 20 January.

Government and law

The 8th Parliament
Parliament of New Zealand
The Parliament of New Zealand consists of the Queen of New Zealand and the New Zealand House of Representatives and, until 1951, the New Zealand Legislative Council. The House of Representatives is often referred to as "Parliament".The House of Representatives usually consists of 120 Members of...

 continues.
  • Speaker of the House
    Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives
    In New Zealand the Speaker of the House of Representatives is the individual who chairs the country's legislative body, the New Zealand House of Representatives...

     — Maurice O'Rorke
    Maurice O'Rorke
    Sir George Maurice O’Rorke was a New Zealand politician, representing the Auckland seat of Onehunga, and later Manukau, and was Speaker of the House of Representatives. He was a committed provincialist and was the eighth Superintendent of the Auckland Province...

    .
  • Premier
    Prime Minister of New Zealand
    The Prime Minister of New Zealand is New Zealand's head of government consequent on being the leader of the party or coalition with majority support in the Parliament of New Zealand...

     — Frederick Whitaker
    Frederick Whitaker
    Sir Frederick Whitaker, KCMG was an English-born New Zealand politician who served twice as the fifth Premier of New Zealand and six times as Attorney-General.-Early life:...

     is replaced by Harry Atkinson
    Harry Atkinson
    Henry Albert "Harry" Atkinson served as the tenth Premier of New Zealand on four separate occasions in the late 19th century, and was Colonial Treasurer for a total of ten years...

     on 25 September
  • Minister of Finance
    Minister of Finance (New Zealand)
    The Minister of Finance is a senior figure within the government of New Zealand. The position is often considered to be the most important Cabinet role after that of the Prime Minister....

     — Harry Atkinson
    Harry Atkinson
    Henry Albert "Harry" Atkinson served as the tenth Premier of New Zealand on four separate occasions in the late 19th century, and was Colonial Treasurer for a total of ten years...

  • Chief Justice
    Chief Justice of New Zealand
    The Chief Justice of New Zealand is the head of the New Zealand judiciary, and presides over the Supreme Court of New Zealand. Before the establishment of the latter court in 2004 the Chief Justice was the presiding judge in the High Court of New Zealand and was also ex officio a member of the...

     — Hon
    The Honourable
    The prefix The Honourable or The Honorable is a style used before the names of certain classes of persons. It is considered an honorific styling.-International diplomacy:...

     Sir
    Sir
    Sir is an honorific used as a title , or as a courtesy title to address a man without using his given or family name in many English speaking cultures...

     James Prendergast
    James Prendergast (judge)
    Sir James Prendergast GCMG was the third Chief Justice of New Zealand. Prendergast was the first Chief Justice to be appointed on the advice of a responsible New Zealand government, but is chiefly noted for his far-reaching decision in Wi Parata v The Bishop of Wellington in which he described the...


Main centre leaders

  • Mayor of Auckland
    Mayor of Auckland
    The Mayor of Auckland is the directly elected head of the Auckland Council, the local government authority for the Auckland region in New Zealand...

     — James Clark
    James Clark (New Zealand)
    James McCosh Clark was Mayor of Auckland in the 1880s. He was a successful businessman until many of his ventures failed during the depression of the 1880s, which caused him to return to England for the last decade of his life...

     followed by William Waddel
  • Mayor of Christchurch
    Mayor of Christchurch
    The Mayor of Christchurch is the head of the municipal government of Christchurch, New Zealand, and presides over the Christchurch City Council. The mayor is directly elected using a First Past the Post electoral system...

     — George Ruddenklau
  • Mayor of Dunedin
    Mayor of Dunedin
    The Mayor of Dunedin is the head of the municipal government of Dunedin, New Zealand, and presides over the Dunedin City Council. The Mayor is directly elected, using the Single Transferable Vote system in 2007....

     — James Bryce Thomson followed by William Parker Street
  • Mayor of Wellington
    Mayor of Wellington
    The Mayor of Wellington is the head of the municipal government of Wellington, New Zealand, and presides over the Wellington City Council. The Mayor of Wellington administers only Wellington City itself — other municipalities in adjacent areas of the Wellington Region such as Lower Hutt, Upper...

     — George Fisher
    George Fisher (New Zealand)
    George Fisher was a four-time Mayor of Wellington, New Zealand from 1882 to 1885, and in 1896. He represented various Wellington electorates in Parliament for a total of 18 years...


Events

  • The Hokitika Guardian and Hokitika Evening Star merge to form the Hokitika Guardian and Star.
  • September: The Waikato Mail ceases publication. The Cambridge
    Cambridge, New Zealand
    Cambridge is a town in the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand. Situated 24 kilometres southeast of Hamilton, on the banks of the Waikato River, Cambridge is known as "The Town of Trees & Champions".In the 1840s Cambridge had a Maori population but in the 1850's missionaries and...

     newspaper started in 1880.

  • 19 February: Pacifist leaders Te Whiti o Rongomai
    Te Whiti o Rongomai
    Te Whiti o Rongomai III was a Māori spiritual leader and founder of the village of Parihaka, in New Zealand's Taranaki region.-Biography:...

     and To hu
    Tohu Kakahi
    Tohu Kakahi was a Māori leader and prophet at Parihaka, who along with Te Whiti o Rongomai organised passive resistance against the occupation of Taranaki in the 1870s in New Zealand....

     are released from prison, where they had been held without trial since November 1881.
  • July: The Waikato Gazette & Thames Valley Recorder begins publishing. It was absorbed by the Cambridge News in 1889.

  • the New Zealand Shipping Company
    New Zealand Shipping Company
    The New Zealand Shipping Company was a shipping company whose ships ran passenger and cargo services between Great Britain and New Zealand between 1873 and 1973.-New Zealand Shipping Company:...

     was formed in Christchurch.

Appointments and awards

  • Primate of New Zealand
    Archbishop of New Zealand
    The Archbishop of New Zealand is the primate, or head, of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. However, since Whakahuihui Vercoe stepped down at the end of his two-year term as archbishop in 2006, the church has decided that three bishops shall share the position and style of...

     — Henry John Chitty Harper
    Henry John Chitty Harper
    The Rt Rev Henry John Chitty Harper, DD was an eminent Anglican Bishop in the second half of the 19th century. He was born on 9 January 1804, educated at The Queen's College, Oxford and ordained in 1832. He was Chaplain of Eton College until 1850 then Vicar of St Mary’s, Stratfield Mortimer...

     (Bishop of Christchurch)
  • Bishop of Auckland — William Garden Cowie
    William Garden Cowie
    William Garden Cowie was bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Auckland, New Zealand, from 1870 to 1902. Although he succeeded George Augustus Selwyn in having jurisdiction in this portion of New Zealand, he was the first bishop to be known specifically as Bishop of Auckland...

  • Bishop of Dunedin — Samuel Tarratt Nevill
    Samuel Tarratt Nevill
    The Most Reverend Samuel Tarratt Nevill, DD was the first Anglican Bishop of the Diocese of Dunedin in Dunedin, New Zealand....

  • Bishop of Nelson
    Diocese of Nelson
    The Diocese of Nelson is one of the thirteen dioceses and hui amorangi of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. The Diocese covers the top part of the South Island of New Zealand, which is mostly the area north of a line drawn from Greymouth to Kaikoura.The diocese was...

     — Andrew Burn Suter
    Andrew Burn Suter
    The Rt Rev Andrew Burn Suter, DD was the second Anglican Bishop of Nelson whose Episcopate spanned a 26 year period during the second half of the 19th century....

  • Bishop of Waiapu
    Diocese of Waiapu
    The Diocese of Waiapu is one of the thirteen dioceses and hui amorangi of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. The Diocese covers the area around the East Coast of the North Island of New Zealand, including Tauranga, Taupo, Gisborne, Hastings and Napier. It is named for the...

     — Edward Craig Stuart
    Edward Craig Stuart
    The Rt Rev Edward Craig Stuart, DD was the 2nd Anglican Bishop of Waiapu whose Episcopate spanned a 16 year period during the second half of the 19th century. He was born in Edinburgh, educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1850...

  • Bishop of Wellington
    Diocese of Wellington
    The Diocese of Wellington is one of the thirteen dioceses and hui amorangi of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. The Diocese covers the area between the bottom of the North Island of New Zealand up to the area of Mount Ruapehu....

     — Octavius Hadfield
    Octavius Hadfield
    Octavius Hadfield was Archdeacon of Kapiti, Bishop of Wellington from 1870 to 1893 and Primate of New Zealand from 1890 to 1893. A missionary for thirty years, he was recognised as an authority on Maori customs and language...


Horse racing

The New Zealand Cup is so-named, the race having been run under another name since 1865.
  • New Zealand Cup winner: Tasman
  • New Zealand Derby winner: Oudeis
  • Auckland Cup winner: Salvage
  • Wellington Cup winner: Mischief

see also :Category:New Zealand horse races.

Rugby

The Auckland Rugby Union is formed.

Provincial club rugby champions include:
see also :Category:Rugby union in New Zealand

See also

  • List of years in New Zealand
  • Timeline of New Zealand history
    Timeline of New Zealand history
    This is a timeline of the history of New Zealand and only includes events deemed to be of principal importance - for more detailed information click the year heading or refer to List of years in New Zealand.- Prehistory :...

  • History of New Zealand
    History of New Zealand
    The history of New Zealand dates back at least 700 years to when it was discovered and settled by Polynesians, who developed a distinct Māori culture centred on kinship links and land. The first European explorer to discover New Zealand was Abel Janszoon Tasman on 13 December 1642...

  • Military history of New Zealand
    Military history of New Zealand
    The military history of New Zealand is an aspect of the history of New Zealand that spans several hundred years. When first settled by Māori almost a millennium ago, there was much land and resources, but war began to break out as the country's carrying capacity was approached...

  • Timeline of environmental history of New Zealand
    Timeline of environmental history of New Zealand
    This is a timeline of environmental history of New Zealand. These events relate to the more notable events affecting the natural environment of New Zealand as a result of human activity.-Pre 1800s:...

  • Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica
    Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica
    This is a timeline of the history of New Zealand's involvement with Antarctica.-Eighteenth and nineteenth centuries:1773*17 January Captain James Cook and the crews of his expedition's ships, Resolution and Adventure, become the first explorers to cross the Antarctic Circle1770s – 1830s*Sealers and...



For world events and topics in 1883 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1883

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