1874 in New Zealand

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New Zealand |

* 1875
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* 1850s
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* 1890s

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* History of New Zealand
* List of years in New Zealand
* Timeline of New Zealand history

The following lists events that happened during 1874 in New Zealand.

## Incumbents

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### Regal and viceregal

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* Head of State — Queen Victoria
* Governor — The Rt. Hon Sir James Fergusson resigns and is replaced by The Marquess of Normanby

### Government and law

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The 5th New Zealand Parliament continues.

* Speaker of the House — Sir Francis Dillon Bell
* Premier — Julius Vogel.
* Minister of Finance — Julius Vogel
* Chief Justice — Hon Sir George Arney

### Main centre leaders

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* Mayor of Auckland — Philip Philips followed by Henry Isaacs followed by Frederick Prime
* Mayor of Christchurch — Michael Brennan Hart followed by Fred Hobbs
* Mayor of Dunedin — Henry Fish followed by Andrew Mercer
* Mayor of Wellington — Charles Borlase

## Events

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* 1 January: Wreck of the Surat, carrying 271 passengers and 37 crew, on the Catlins coast. All survived.[1]
* 5 January: The Poverty Bay Herald begins publishing in Gisborne. It is initially bi-weekly. The paper changed its name to The Gisborne Herald in 1939, and continues to publish as a daily today[update].[2]
* 15 January: The Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, first published in 1842, produces its last issue.[3]
* 30 June: The Wellington Independent publishes its final issue, and is replaced by The New Zealand Times. The newspaper started in 1845.[4]
* 18 November: Fire and sinking of the Cospatrick carrying emigrants to New Zealand near the Cape of Good Hope; one of New Zealand's worst disasters as only three of the 472 on board survived.[5]
* The Marlborough Times begins publication bi-weekly, and absorbs The Marlborough News. It became a daily in 1882. The Marlborough Express bought it in 1895 and closed it in 1905.[6]
* The Marine Department employs Capt. B.A. Edwin to provide weather maps and forecasts to ships, establishing New Zealand's first weather service.[7]

## Sport

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### Horse racing

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* 25 May — Recorded by some sources as the date of first race meeting at Ellerslie.(see also 1857)
* The Auckland Cup is established at Ellerslie Racecourse.
* The Wellington Cup becomes an annual race. The first winner of which evidence survives is recorded.

#### Major race winners

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* New Zealand Cup: Tambourini
* New Zealand Derby: Tadmor
* Auckland Cup: Templeton
* Wellington Cup: Castaway

### Rugby union

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* Rugby union spreads quickly, with many new clubs being formed: Ngāruawāhia, Hamilton, Cambridge, New Plymouth (Taranaki club) Hawera (Egmont club), Parnell, Grafton, Ponsonby, and Mount Hobson. Rugby was also taken up at Auckland College and Auckland Grammar School.[8]

### Shooting

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Ballinger Belt: Captain Skinner (Waiuku Rifles)

## Births

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* 8 February: Edmund Anscombe, architect.[9]
* 20 September: George Smith, athlete and rugby player.

## Deaths

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* 22 April: Thomas Brunner, surveyor and explorer.

## See also

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* 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

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General

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

Specific

1. ^ Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association. pp. 189–190.
2. ^ "Poverty Bay Herald". National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 21 September 2008.
3. ^ "Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle". National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 21 May 2008.
4. ^ "Wellington Independent". National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 23 May 2008.
5. ^ "NZ-bound emigrants died on burning ship". Stuff (Fairfax) New Zealand. 2 February 2019.
6. ^ "History in the making". The Marlborough Express. 6 July 2004. Archived from the original on 1 August 2008. Retrieved 17 June 2008.
7. ^ Dunmore, Patricia, ed. (1977). The Dunmore Book of New Zealand Records. p. 19.
8. ^ "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 8 January 2009. Retrieved 10 February 2009.
9. ^ Dictionary of New Zealand Biography: Edmund Anscombe

## External links

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