1862 in New Zealand explained

The following lists events that happened during 1862 in New Zealand.

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

• Head of State – Queen Victoria
• Governor – Sir George Grey

Government and law

The 3rd Parliament continues.

• Speaker of the House – David Monro
• Premier – Alfred Domett replaces William Fox on 6 August after Fox loses a vote of no-confidence.
• Minister of Finance – Reader Wood loses the post on 6 August with the fall of the Fox government, and is replaced by Dillon Bell, but is reappointed just 15 days later on 21 August.
• Chief Justice – Hon Sir George Arney (he is knighted during the year)

Events

• 27 January  - The Auckland Register, which started in 1857, ceases publication.^[1]
• 1 July  - The first telegraph transmission in New Zealand is made from Lyttelton Post Office to Christchurch.^{[2] [3] [4]}
• 7 July  - Parliament meets in Wellington for the first time. (see also 1863; 1865)
• 15 August  - Horatio Hartley and Christopher Reilly arrive in Dunedin with 87 pounds of gold from the banks of the Clutha river in Cromwell George leading to the Dunstan Gold Rush.^[5]
• 12 November  - The Invercargill Times publishes its first issue. It changed its name to The Southland Times two years later, and became a daily in 1875. It continues to publish .^[6]
• Otago gold rush (1861–63)

Undated

• The Nelson Intelligence is a short-lived newspaper in the Nelson, New Zealand area.^[7]

Sport

Cricket

The second inter-provincial game is played. Nelson defeat Wellington.^[8]

Horse racing

Major race winner

• New Zealand Derby – Emmeline

Lawn bowls

The Auckland club is now playing on its own green.^[8]

Rowing

1 January – The first recorded rowing regatta takes place on Lyttelton Harbour.^[8]

Later in the year the Canterbury Rowing Club is formed to row on the Avon River in Christchurch.^[8]

Shooting

Ballinger Belt – Private Holt (Nelson)

Births

• 15 June: George Helmore, rugby union player
• 21 October: John Findlay, politician

Unknown date

• Albert Pitt, politician
• (in Australia) Charles Kendall Wilson, politician.

Deaths

• 16 May: Edward Gibbon Wakefield, a driving force behind New Zealand's colonisation
• 5 June: Charles Kettle, surveyor of Dunedin
• October: Iwikau Te Heuheu Tukino III, tribal leader

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.

Specific

Notes and References

1. Web site: Chapter 2: Early Statistical Sources – 19th Century. PDF. 11. Statistical Publications 1840–2000. Statistics New Zealand. https://web.archive.org/web/20071125112530/http://www.stats.govt.nz/NR/rdonlyres/9E78F21A-EF20-4C82-934B-1587FC7489CC/0/StatPubschapter2.pdf. 25 November 2007.
2. http://www.historic.org.nz/aboutus/CantyBranch/canty-west_trails_Port-to-Plains.html New Zealand Historic Places Trust: Port to Plains Heritage Trail
3. http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/P/PostOffice/InlandTelecommunications/en Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand 1966: Telecommunications
4. Web site: NZPost: Telegraph Centenary . 4 June 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100522045917/http://stamps.nzpost.co.nz/Cultures/en-NZ/Stamps/StampsHistoricalIssues/1964+-+1960/Telegraph+Centenary.htm . 22 May 2010 . dead .
5. Web site: Walrond. Carl. First gold discovery at Dunstan. Crown Copyright. 5 June 2013.
6. Web site: Southland Times. National Library of New Zealand.
7. Web site: Nelson Evening Mail. National Library of New Zealand.
8. Todd, S. (1976) Sporting Records of New Zealand. Auckland: Moa Publications.