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1880 in New Zealand

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Incumbents
Regal and viceregal Government and law Main centre leaders
Events
Undated
Sport
Horse racing Rugby union Provincial club rugby champions Shooting Swimming Tennis
Births
Deaths
See also
References
External links

The following lists events that happened during 1880 in New Zealand.

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

Head of State — Queen Victoria
Governor — Sir Hercules Robinson leaves on 9 September to take up the position of High Commissioner in South Africa. The Hon. Sir Arthur Hamilton-Gordon becomes Governor on 29 November.

Government and law

The 7th New Zealand Parliament continues.

Speaker of the House — Maurice O'Rorke.
Premier — John Hall (New Zealand)
Minister of Finance — Harry Atkinson
Chief Justice — Hon Sir James Prendergast

Main centre leaders

Mayor of Auckland — Thomas Peacock followed by James Clark
Mayor of Christchurch — Charles Thomas Ick
Mayor of Dunedin — Archibald Hilson Ross
Mayor of Wellington — William Hutchison

Events

September: The Waikato Mail begins publishing in Cambridge. The newspaper is produced three times a week. It ceases to publish in 1883.^[1]

Undated

Wellington Teachers College is opened.

Sport

Horse racing

New Zealand Cup winner: Le Loup
New Zealand Derby winner: Sir Mordred
Auckland Cup winner: Foul Play
Wellington Cup winner: Foul Play

see also Category:Horse races in New Zealand.

Rugby union

The Wellington Union is the first to hold a club championships.^[2]

Provincial club rugby champions

Wellington: Athletic

Shooting

Ballinger Belt: Sergeant Okey (Taranaki)

Swimming

The first swimming club in New Zealand, Christchurch Amateur Swimming Club, is formed on 11 October.^[3] It is soon followed by others throughout New Zealand.^[2]

Tennis

Prior to this year there are tennis clubs in Auckland, Christchurch and Dunedin. As well as tennis club members also play croquet, bowls and archery.^[2]

Births

3 August: Arthur Hall, politician.

Deaths

9 March: Edward Hargreaves, Member of Parliament.
12 March: Thomas Birch, Member of Parliament
27 July: David Forsyth Main, Member of Parliament.

References

General

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

Specific

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://cambridgemuseum.org.nz/Npapers/npfront.htm|title=Newspapers|publisher=Cambridge Museum}}
2. ^¹²Todd, S. (1976) Sporting Records of New Zealand. Auckland: Moa Publications. {{ISBN|0-908570-00-7}}
3. ^Beresford, P. (1976) Encyclopedia of Swimming London: Robert Hale and Company

External links

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