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1869 in New Zealand

Regal and viceregal

  • Head of State — Queen Victoria
  • Governor — Sir George Ferguson Bowen

    • Government and law

    The 4th Parliament continues.

    Contents

  • Speaker of the House — Sir David Monro
  • Premier — Edward Stafford is replaced by William Fox on 28 June after Stafford’s government is defeated.
  • Minister of Finance — William Fitzherbert is replaced by Julius Vogel after the defeat of the Stafford government.
  • Chief Justice — Hon Sir George Arney

    • Main centre leaders

  • Mayor of Christchurch — William Wilson followed by John Anderson
  • Mayor of Dunedin — Thomas Birch

    • Events

  • 4–5 January: Te Kooti and his followers manage to escape the siege of Ngā Tapa pā.
  • 13 February: A war party of Ngāti Maniapoto led by Wetere Te Rerenga kills all three men, a woman and three children, and also the Wesleyan missionary John Whiteley who arrives shortly afterwards, at the isolated Pukearuhe Redoubt. This is the final act of the Taranaki wars.
  • August: The first bicycle built in Auckland is ridden for the first time. Bicycles are also built and ridden in Christchurch and Dunedin in this year.
  • The University of Otago is established, being New Zealand's first University.

    • Undated

  • The New Zealand Ensign is introduced for use on government ships. It does not become the official national flag until 1902. The flag of the United Tribes of New Zealand is also in common use.
  • Resignation and departure from New Zealand of Jean Baptiste Pompallier, First Catholic Bishop in New Zealand.
  • Closure of St Mary's Seminary, Auckland.

    • Major race winners

  • New Zealand Cup winner: Mainsail
  • New Zealand Derby winner: Manuka

    • Shooting

    Ballinger Belt: No competition

    Births

  • 28 April: Frances Hodgkins, painter.
  • 18 May: James Parr, politician.

    • Deaths

  • 16 March: Johnny Jones, whaler, early settler.
  • Āpihai Te Kawau, Māori leader.

    • References

    1869 in New Zealand Wikipedia
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