1886 in New Zealand

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The following lists events that happened during 1886 in New Zealand .

Incumbents [ edit ]

Regal and viceregal [ edit ]

Government and law [ edit ]

The 9th New Zealand Parliament continues.

Speaker of the House ? Maurice O'Rorke .
Premier ? Robert Stout
Minister of Finance ? Julius Vogel
Chief Justice ? Hon Sir James Prendergast

Main centre leaders [ edit ]

Mayor of Auckland ? William Waddel followed by Albert Devore
Mayor of Christchurch ? Charles Hulbert followed by Aaron Ayers
Mayor of Dunedin ? John Barnes followed by Richard Henry Leary
Mayor of Wellington ? Arthur Winton Brown

Events [ edit ]

11 April: Sinking of the steamer Taiaroa near the mouth of the Waiau Toa / Clarence River with the loss of 34 lives. ^[1]
10 June: Eruption of Mount Tarawera volcano results in the deaths of ~150 people and the (wrongly assumed) destruction of the famous Pink and White Terraces , an error corrected by 2017 research disclosing the locations of the Pink and White Terraces around today's lake. ^[2]^[3]
1 September: Police Force Act comes into effect, splitting the New Zealand Police Force from the standing army (and militia). ^[4]

Sport [ edit ]

Cricket [ edit ]

The first recorded game of Women's cricket in New Zealand takes place in the Nelson district. ^[5]

Horse Racing [ edit ]

Major race winners [ edit ]

New Zealand Cup ? Spade Guinea
New Zealand Derby ? Disowned
Auckland Cup ? Nelson ( Australian owned)
Wellington Cup ? Nelson ( Australian owned)

Lawn bowls [ edit ]

The New Zealand Bowling Association is formed with twelve clubs. Only two clubs (from New Plymouth and Auckland ) are from the North Island which will eventually lead to the events of 1891 . ^[5] A national championships is held but the winners are not recorded. ^[6]

Rugby union [ edit ]

The Wairarapa and Manawatu unions are formed. ^[5]

Provincial club rugby champions include:

see also Category:Rugby union in New Zealand

Shooting [ edit ]

Ballinger Belt ? Sergeant Remington (Wanganui)

Tennis [ edit ]

A national tennis association is convened in Hastings . ^[5] The first national championships take place later in the 1886?87 season. (see 1887 )

Births [ edit ]

4 January: Vincent Ward , politician.
8 June (in Devonshire ): John Weeks , painter.
5 August: Charles Boswell , politician.
6 August Alice May Palmer , public servant and union official (d. 1977)
13 December Charles Moore Bowden , politician

Deaths [ edit ]

15 June: Robert Gillies , politician
29 July: James Paterson , politician
21 September: John Bathgate , politician
27 December: William Crompton , politician.

References [ edit ]

General

Romanos, J. (2001) New Zealand Sporting Records and Lists. Auckland: Hodder Moa Beckett. ISBN 1-86958-879-7

Specific

^ "New Zealand disasters timeline" . Ministry for Culture and Heritage . Retrieved 20 February 2015 .
^ Bunn, Rex; Nolden, Sascha (7 June 2017). "Forensic cartography with Hochstetter's 1859 Pink and White Terraces survey: Te Otukapuarangi and Te Tarata". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand . 48 : 39?56. doi : 10.1080/03036758.2017.1329748 . ISSN 0303-6758 . S2CID 134907436 .
^ Bunn and Nolden, Rex and Sascha (December 2016). "Te Tarata and Te Otukapuarangi: Reverse engineering Hochstetter's Lake Rotomahana Survey to map the Pink and White Terrace locations" . Journal of New Studies . NS23 : 37?53.
^ Hill, Richard Synyer (1995). The Iron Hand in the Velvet Glove . Dunmore Press. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-86469-244-3 .
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Todd, S. (1976) Sporting Records of New Zealand. Auckland: Moa Publications. ISBN 0-908570-00-7
^ The Todd book states that a fours championship (with 28 teams) was held the year that the association was formed (1886) but the list of champions begins in 1888.

External links [ edit ]

Media related to 1886 in New Zealand at Wikimedia Commons

[1] "New Zealand disasters timeline" . Ministry for Culture and Heritage . Retrieved 20 February 2015 .

[2] Bunn, Rex; Nolden, Sascha (7 June 2017). "Forensic cartography with Hochstetter's 1859 Pink and White Terraces survey: Te Otukapuarangi and Te Tarata". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand . 48 : 39?56. doi : 10.1080/03036758.2017.1329748 . ISSN 0303-6758 . S2CID 134907436 .

[3] Bunn and Nolden, Rex and Sascha (December 2016). "Te Tarata and Te Otukapuarangi: Reverse engineering Hochstetter's Lake Rotomahana Survey to map the Pink and White Terrace locations" . Journal of New Studies . NS23 : 37?53.

[4] Hill, Richard Synyer (1995). The Iron Hand in the Velvet Glove . Dunmore Press. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-86469-244-3 .

[Moa-5] Todd, S. (1976) Sporting Records of New Zealand. Auckland: Moa Publications. ISBN 0-908570-00-7

[6] The Todd book states that a fours championship (with 28 teams) was held the year that the association was formed (1886) but the list of champions begins in 1888.

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