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1858 in New Zealand

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1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s

See also:
  
Other events of 1858 Timeline of New Zealand history

Regal and viceregal

  • Head of State — Queen Victoria
  • Governor — Colonel Thomas Gore Browne

    • Government and law

    The 2nd Parliament continues.

    Contents

  • Speaker of the House — Sir Charles Clifford
  • Premier — Edward Stafford.
  • Minister of Finance — William Richmond
  • Chief Justice — Hon George Arney who had been appointed on 2 September 1857 arrives early in the year.

    • Events

    Provincial Council Chambers are constructed in Wellington. These will eventually become the seat of Parliament.

    Births

  • 1 April: Frederic Truby King, health reformer, founder of Plunket Society.
  • 10 June: William Millton, rugby union player
  • 1 November (in Australia): John Rigg, politician.

    • Unknown date

  • John Luke, politician.

    • Deaths

  • 8 January: Daniel Wakefield, judge

    • References

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