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1854 in New Zealand

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The following lists events that happened during 1854 in New Zealand.

Population

The estimated population of New Zealand at the end of 1854 is 60,650 Māori and 32,554 non-Māori.

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

  • Head of State – Queen Victoria
  • Governor – Sir George Grey resigns on 6 January. Colonel Thomas Gore Browne is appointed later in the year, but does not arrive to take up his position until 6 September 1855.

Government and law

After New Zealand's first general election, held on 1 October 1853 the 1st Parliament opens on 24 May.

There is neither an official Prime Minister/Premier/Colonial Secretary or Finance Minister/Colonial Secretary in the government at this point in time. (see 1st New Zealand Parliament)

  • Speaker of the House – When the 1st Parliament opens on 24 May Sir Charles Clifford is unanimously elected as New Zealand's first Speaker of the House.
  • Chief Justice – William Martin

Events

  • 4 May: The Māori language magazine, The Maori Messenger or Ko te Karere Maori, which started in 1849, stops publishing. In 1855 it will be revived with a different Māori title.
  • June: The Canterbury Standard begins publication. The Christchurch newspaper continues until 1866.

Sport

Horse racing

  • 2 December – The Canterbury Jockey Club is formed, the first club of its kind in New Zealand. It holds its first meeting, at Riccarton Racecourse, in 1855.

Births

  • 15 February: Peter Webb, rugby union player
  • 8 April: George Carter, rugby union player
  • 11 May: Westby Perceval, politician (in Tasmania)
  • 11 December: James Edward Fulton, civil engineer
  • 12 December: Alfred Brandon, Mayor of Wellington.
  • (unknown date): William Thomas Wood, politician

Deaths

  • April: Robert Fyffe, whaler and runholder
  • 5 May: Te Ruki Kawiti, tribal leader
  • 23 June: John Deans, Christchurch pioneer
  • 19 October: Joseph Zillwood, policeman, farmer and innkeeper

Unknown date

  • Te Aitu-o-te-rangi Jury, tribal founding mother, landowner and farmer
  • Ngātata-i-te-rangi, tribal leader

References

References

  1. "Long-term data series".
  2. [http://www.parliament.nz/en-NZ/HstBldgs/History/Resources/3/6/e/36e40376aa2842e6bcce0a4557ebf2bc.htm New Zealand Parliament - Parliament timeline]
  3. Todd, S. (1976) ''Sporting Records of New Zealand.'' Auckland: Moa Publications. {{ISBN. 0-908570-00-7
  4. [http://christchurchcitylibraries.com/Heritage/Chronology/Year/1854.asp Christchurch: a chronology - 1854]
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