1865 in New Zealand

List of events

←

1864
1863
1862

1865
in
New Zealand

→

1866
1867
1868

Decades:

1840s
1850s
1860s
1870s
1880s

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 — Edward Stafford becomes Premier on 16 October when Frederick Weld retires due to ill-health and stress.
Minister of Finance — Edward Stafford takes up the post on 31 October after William Fitzherbert loses the post when the Weld government ends on 16 October.
Chief Justice — Hon Sir George Arney

Main centre leaders

Mayor of Dunedin — William Mason

Events

The New Zealand Exhibition in Dunedin runs from 12 January until 6 May 1865.^[1]
The Capital of New Zealand is moved from Auckland to Wellington.^[2]
The Marlborough Times ceases publication. It was founded in 1864.^[3]
February – The start of the West Coast Gold Rush with rumours of gold being found.
18 February: The Press in Christchurch starts publishing a magazine, The Weekly Press. The magazine ran until 1928.^[4]
May – The West Coast Times is founded. It began as a weekly newspaper and became a daily in January 1866. It ceased publishing in 1917.^[5]
26 July: Parliament officially sits in Wellington for the first time, in the former Provincial Council chambers. (see also 1862)
30 August: The New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian publishes its last issue. It began in 1844.^[6]
November: The Grey River Argus begins publication in Greymouth. It published three times a week until becoming daily in 1871. The paper folded in 1966.^[7]

Sport

Horse racing

The race which becomes the New Zealand Cup in 1883, is run for the first time at Riccarton Racecourse.^[8]

Major race winners

New Zealand Cup: Rob Roy
New Zealand Derby: Egremont

Rowing

The Star Boating Club is formed in Wellington.^[8] (other sources state 1867^[9])

Shooting

Ballinger Belt: No competition

Births

13 May: Lindsay Buick, historian, journalist and politician (d. 1938)
10 July: James Randall Corrigan, member of NZ Parliament

Deaths

January–June

28 January: John Perry Robinson, Superintendent of Nelson Province
25 February: Hoani Wiremu Hīpango, tribal leader, teacher and assessor
12 April: Thomas Halbert, whaler, trader and founding father
30 April (at Upper Norwood, England): Robert FitzRoy, second Governor of New Zealand (born 1805)
5 May (at sea off Blackwall, London): Samuel Brees, artist, surveyor and engineer
11 May: Thomas Antill, Australian cricketer and New Zealand bank manager (born 1830)
8 June: John Morgan, missionary (born 1806)

July–December

14 July: Nathaniel Burslem, recipient of the Victoria Cross (born 1837)
21 July: Frederick Merriman, politician (born 1818)
22 July: James Francis Fulloon, interpreter and public servant (born 1840)
9 November: George Kissling, Archdeacon of Waitemata (born 1805)

References

General

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

Specific

^ "Attendance at major New Zealand exhibitions, 1865–1940 – Exhibitions and world's fairs – Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand". Retrieved 30 August 2017.
^ New Zealand Parliament - Parliament timeline
^ "Marlborough Express". National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 17 June 2008.
^ "Historical outline of the main Christchurch newspapers". Christchurch City Libraries. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 13 June 2008.
^ "West Coast Times". National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 19 May 2008.
^ "New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian". National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 22 May 2008.
^ "About Us". The Greymouth Star. Retrieved 12 June 2008.
^ ^a ^b Todd, S. (1976) Sporting Records of New Zealand. Auckland: Moa Publications
^ Encyclopedia of New Zealand 1966

External links

Media related to 1865 in New Zealand at Wikimedia Commons

Years in New Zealand

17th and 18th century
Prior to 1800 1800

19th century
1801 1802 1803 1804 1805 1806 1807 1808 1809 1810 1811 1812 1813 1814 1815 1816 1817 1818 1819 1820 1821 1822 1823 1824 1825 1826 1827 1828 1829 1830 1831 1832 1833 1834 1835 1836 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900

19th century

20th century
1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000

20th century

21st century
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

Timeline of New Zealand history

v t e 1865 in Oceania
Sovereign states	Australia Federated States of Micronesia Fiji Kiribati Marshall Islands Nauru New Zealand Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu
Associated states of New Zealand	Cook Islands Niue