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1874 in New Zealand

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1874
in
New Zealand

Decades:
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The following lists events that happened during 1874 in New Zealand.

Incumbents

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Regal and viceregal

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Government and law

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The 5th New Zealand Parliament continues.

Main centre leaders

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Events

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  • 1 January: Wreck of the Surat, carrying 271 passengers and 37 crew, on the Catlins coast. All survived.[1]
  • 5 January: The Poverty Bay Herald begins publishing in Gisborne. It is initially bi-weekly. The paper changed its name to The Gisborne Herald in 1939, and continues to publish as a daily today.[2]
  • 15 January: The Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, first published in 1842, produces its last issue.[3]
  • 30 June: The Wellington Independent publishes its final issue, and is replaced by The New Zealand Times. The newspaper started in 1845.[4]
  • 18 November: Fire and sinking of the Cospatrick carrying emigrants to New Zealand near the Cape of Good Hope; one of New Zealand's worst disasters as only three of the 472 on board survived.[5]
  • The Marlborough Times begins publication bi-weekly, and absorbs The Marlborough News. It became a daily in 1882. The Marlborough Express bought it in 1895 and closed it in 1905.[6]
  • The Marine Department employs Capt. B.A. Edwin to provide weather maps and forecasts to ships, establishing New Zealand's first weather service.[7]

Sport

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Horse racing

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Major race winners

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  • New Zealand Cup: Tambourini
  • New Zealand Derby: Tadmor
  • Auckland Cup: Templeton
  • Wellington Cup: Castaway

Rugby union

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Shooting

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Ballinger Belt: Captain Skinner (Waiuku Rifles)

Births

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Deaths

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See also

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References

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General
  • Romanos, J. (2001) New Zealand Sporting Records and Lists. Auckland: Hodder Moa Beckett.
Specific
  1. ^ Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association. pp. 189–190.
  2. ^ "Poverty Bay Herald". National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 21 September 2008.
  3. ^ "Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle". National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 21 May 2008.
  4. ^ "Wellington Independent". National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 23 May 2008.
  5. ^ "NZ-bound emigrants died on burning ship". Stuff (Fairfax) New Zealand. 2 February 2019.
  6. ^ "History in the making". The Marlborough Express. 6 July 2004. Archived from the original on 1 August 2008. Retrieved 17 June 2008.
  7. ^ Dunmore, Patricia, ed. (1977). The Dunmore Book of New Zealand Records. p. 19.
  8. ^ "RUGBY UNION FOOTBALL". from An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock, originally published in 1966. Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Archived from the original on 8 January 2009. Retrieved 10 February 2009.
  9. ^ Dictionary of New Zealand Biography: Edmund Anscombe
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