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1857 in New Zealand

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Decades:

Population[edit]

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

Incumbents[edit]

Regal and viceregal[edit]

Head of State – Queen Victoria
Governor – Colonel Thomas Gore Browne

Government and law[edit]

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[edit]

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 today^[update].^[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]

Sport[edit]

Horse racing[edit]

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

Births[edit]

20 August: James Carroll, politician.
10 September: William Barber, Mayor of Wellington and politician.

Deaths[edit]

16 July: Gilbert Mair, sailor and merchant trader

Unknown date[edit]

Makea Te Vaerua Ariki, sovereign of the Cook Islands
John Guard, one of the first European settlers in the South Island

References[edit]

^ Statistics New Zealand has collated estimates from a number of sources (interpolating where necessary) at "Long-term data series". Archived from the original on 5 March 2008. Retrieved 14 March 2008., in particular "A1.1 Total population.xls". Archived from the original (Excel) on 5 March 2008. Retrieved 14 March 2008.

^ "Chapter 2: Early Statistical Sources – 19th Century" (PDF). Statistical Publications 1840–2000. Statistics New Zealand. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2007.

^ Bartle, Rhonda (8 February 2005). "An Abbreviated History in Ink". Puke Ariki. Archived from the original on 13 October 2008.

^ "Hawke's Bay Herald". National Library of New Zealand.

^ "Chapter 2: Early Statistical Sources – 19th Century" (PDF). Statistical Publications 1840–2000. Statistics New Zealand. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2007.

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

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