1883 in New Zealand:

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Contents 1 Incumbents 1.1 Regal and Vice Regal 1.2 Government and law 1.3 Opposition Leaders 1.4 Main centre leaders 2 Events 3 Arts and literature 3.1 Music 4 Appointments and awards 5 Sport 5.1 Athletics 5.2 Cricket 5.3 Golf 5.4 Horse racing 5.5 Polo 5.6 Rowing 5.7 Rugby Union 5.8 Shooting 5.9 Swimming 5.10 Tennis 6 References 7 Births 8 Deaths 9 See also

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

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

Government and law

The 8th 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

Opposition Leaders

See: Category:New Zealand Parliament , New Zealand elections

Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland -
• Mayor of Hamilton -
• Mayor of Wellington -
• Mayor of Christchurch -
• Mayor of Dunedin -

Events

• 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 Tohu 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.

Arts and literature

Music

Appointments and awards

See: Category:Civil awards and decorations of New Zealand

• Archbishop of New Zealand
• Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia , see appointments to Diocese

Sport

Athletics

Cricket

Golf

Horse racing

The New Zealand Cup is so-named, the race having been run under another name since 1865.^[5]

• 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.

Polo

Rowing

Rugby Union

The Auckland union is formed.^[5]

Provincial club rugby champions include:

see also Category:Rugby union in New Zealand

Shooting

Ballinger Belt: Sergeant Kennedy (Dunedin)

Swimming

Tennis

References

1. ^ Scholefield, Guy Hardy (1938). A Union Catalogue of New Zealand Newspapers Preserved in Public Libraries. 
2. ^ "Newspapers". Cambridge Museum.
3. ^ nzhistory.net.nz
4. ^ "Local and General Intelligence", Tuapeka Times (7 July 1883), pp. 2. 
5. ^ ^{a b} Todd, S. (1976) Sporting Records of New Zealand. Auckland: Moa Publications

• Romanos, J. (2001) New Zealand Sporting Records and Lists. Auckland: Hodder Moa Beckett.

Births

Deaths

See also

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

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