1862 in New Zealand
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The following lists events that happened during 1862 in New Zealand.
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Incumbents
Regal and viceregal
Government and law
The 3rd Parliament continues.
- Speaker of the House â David Monro
- Premier â Alfred Domett replaces William Fox on 6 August after Fox loses a vote of no-confidence.
- Minister of Finance â 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 â Hon Sir George Arney (he is knighted during the year)
Events
- 27 January â The Auckland Register, which started in 1857, ceases publication.[1]
- 1 July â The first telegraph transmission in New Zealand is made from Lyttelton Post Office to Christchurch.[2][3][4]
- 7 July â Parliament meets in Wellington for the first time. (see also 1863; 1865)
- 15 August â 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 â 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 today[update].[6]
- Otago gold rush (1861â63)
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 â Emmeline
Lawn bowls
The Auckland club is now playing on its own green.[8]
Rowing
1 January â 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 â 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
