1868 in New Zealand

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* Timeline of New Zealand history

The following lists events that happened during 1868 in New Zealand.

## Incumbents

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### Regal and viceregal

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* Head of State — Queen Victoria
* Governor — Sir George Grey is recalled by the British government and is replaced on 5 February by Sir George Ferguson Bowen.

### Government and law

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The 4th Parliament continues. The first four Māori MPs are elected in 1868.

* Speaker of the House — Sir David Monro
* Premier — Edward Stafford
* Minister of Finance — William Fitzherbert
* Chief Justice — Hon Sir George Arney

### Main centre leaders

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* Mayor of Christchurch — William Wilson
* Mayor of Dunedin — John Hyde Harris followed by Thomas Birch

## Events

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* 1–6 February: The Great storm of 1868 sweeps across the country causing major damage and loss of life.[1]
* 1 June: The New Zealand Advertiser, which had been absorbed into the New Zealand Times in 1867, is revived. It ceases publication for good in December.[2]
* 13 August: A tsunami caused by the 1868 Arica earthquake in South America causes the only fatalities recorded from tsunamis in New Zealand, with about twenty people swept away in the Chatham Islands.
* 24 August: Wanganui Horticultural Society established.[3]
* Nelson Football Club founded.[4]
* 2 November: New Zealand Mean Time adopted throughout the colony; New Zealand may be the first country to have adopted a standard time throughout the country.
* Coromandel Gold Rush (1867–68)

## Sport

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### Cricket

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The Basin Reserve is first used for cricket.[5]

### Horse racing

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#### Major race winners

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* New Zealand Cup: Flying Jib
* New Zealand Derby: Flying Jib

### Shooting

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Ballinger Belt: Sergeant Taylor (Otago)

## Births

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* 23 February Sir Andrew Hamilton Russell, soldier.
* 19 March: Alfred Ransom, politician and cabinet minister.

### Full date unknown

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* Asajiro Noda, seaman, cashier, gum-digger and farmer (d. 1942)[6]

## Deaths

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* 9 October: George Macfarlan, politician

## See also

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* History of New Zealand
* List of years in New Zealand
* Military history of New Zealand
* Timeline of New Zealand history
* Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica
* Timeline of the New Zealand environment

## References

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General

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

Specific

1. ^ "February 1868 New Zealand Storm – HWE". NIWA Historic Weather Events Catalog. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
2. ^ "Chapter 2: Early Statistical Sources – 19th Century" (PDF). Statistical publications 1840–2000. Statistics New Zealand. p. 13\. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2007.
3. ^ "Horticultural Society". Wanganui Herald. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
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.
5. ^ Todd, S. (1976) Sporting Records of New Zealand. Auckland: Moa Publications. ISBN 0-908570-00-7
6. ^ Oliver, Steven. "Noda Asajiro". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.

## External links

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Media related to 1868 in New Zealand at Wikimedia Commons

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