1874 in New Zealand

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

1874 in New Zealand

Decades:
  • 1850s
  • 1860s
  • 1870s
  • 1880s
  • 1890s
See also:

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

Government and law

The 5th New Zealand Parliament continues.

Main centre leaders

Events

  • 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

Horse racing

Major race winners

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

Rugby union

Shooting

Ballinger Belt: Captain Skinner (Waiuku Rifles)

Births

Deaths

See also

References

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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