Regal and viceregal
Head of State — Queen Victoria
Governor — Lieutenant-General Sir William Jervois.
Government and law
The 1884 general election is held on 22 July. Afterwards the 9th New Zealand Parliament is formed.
Speaker of the House — Maurice O'Rorke.
Premier — Harry Atkinson loses the Premiership to Robert Stout on 16 August, regains it on 28 August and loses it again to Stout on 3 September.
Minister of Finance — Harry Atkinson is replaced on 16 August by Julius Vogel. He is relieved of the position on 28 August and resumes it again on 3 September.
Chief Justice — Hon Sir James Prendergast
Main centre leaders
Mayor of Auckland — William Waddel
Mayor of Christchurch — George Ruddenklau followed by Charles Hulbert
Mayor of Dunedin — William Parker Street followed by Arthur Scoular
Mayor of Wellington — George Fisher
1883–84 New Zealand cricket season
1884–85 New Zealand cricket season
New Zealand Cup winner: Vanguard
New Zealand Derby winner: Black Rose
Auckland Cup winner: The Poet
Wellington Cup winner: The Poet
see also Category:Horse races in New Zealand.
1884 New Zealand rugby union tour of New South Wales: A New Zealand team makes an overseas tour for the first time. The team makes a return visit (see 1882) to the Southern Rugby Union in New South Wales and wins all eight matches with 167 points for and 17 against.
The Hawke’s Bay union is formed.
Provincial club rugby champions include:
see also Category:Rugby union in New Zealand
Ballinger Belt: Private Walter Churton (Wanganui)
26 February (in Australia): Frederick Doidge, politician.
28 February: Sir Robert Douglas, 3rd Baronet, soldier and politician
1 March: William Jarvis Willis, member of the House of Representatives
27 April: Henry Tancred, politician
1 June: Robert Heaton Rhodes, member of the House of Representatives
23 July: William Adams, member of the House of Representatives and provincial superintendent
30 August: William Wood, member of the House of Representatives and provincial superintendent
7 September: Alfred Nesbit Brown, missionary
1 December: William Swainson, first Speaker of the New Zealand Legislative Council
20 December: John George Miles, member of the House of Representatives
No date
Walter Brodie, member of the House of Representatives
Francis Hull, member of the House of Representatives
Thomas Luther Shepherd, member of the House of Representatives
Benjamin Tonks, member of the House of Representatives and Mayor of Auckland City
