1857 in New Zealand:

Other years in New Zealand

1854 | 1855 | 1856 | 1857 | 1858 | 1859 | 1860

Population

The estimated population of New Zealand at the end of 1857 is 57,150 M?ori and 49,802 non-M?ori.^[1]

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - Queen Victoria
• Governor ? Colonel Thomas Gore Browne

Government and law

The 2nd Parliament continues.

• Speaker of the House ? Sir Charles Clifford
• Premier ? Edward Stafford.
• Minister of Finance ? William Richmond
• Chief Justice ? William Martin resigns on 12 June. Hon George Arney is appointed on 2 September but does not arrive until the next year.

Events

• 7 February: The Auckland Register begins publishing. It ends in 1862.^[2]
• 14 May: The Taranaki News publishes its first issue. It becomes the Taranaki Daily News in 1885, and continues to publish .^[3]
• 24 September: The Hawke's Bay Herald and Ahuriri Advocate publishes its first issue. It becomes the Hawke's Bay Herald in 1858. The paper publishes weekly at first, becomes bi-weekly in 1861, and then daily in 1871. In 1937 it will merge with another paper to form the Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune.^[4]
• 23 October: The Colonist publishes its first issue, in Nelson. The newspaper is published until 1920, when it is incorporated into The Nelson Evening Mail.^[5]

Arts and literature

Music

Appointments and awards

• Primate of New Zealand - George Augustus Selwyn (Bishop of Auckland)
• Bishop of Christchurch - Henry John Chitty Harper

Sport

Cricket

Horse racing

Two existing clubs combine to form the Auckland Racing Club. The ARC holds its first meeting at Ellerslie Racecourse.^[6] (see also 1874)

Births

• 20 August: James Carroll, politician.

Deaths

See also

• List of years in New Zealand
• Timeline of New Zealand history
• History of New Zealand
• Military history of New Zealand
• Timeline of environmental history of New Zealand
• Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica

For world events and topics in 1857 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1857

References

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