1886 in New Zealand

none November 2019 1886 The following lists events that happened during 1886 in New Zealand. Incumbents Regal and viceregal Head of State – Queen Victoria Governor – Lieutenant-General Sir William Jervois. Government and law The 9th New Zealand Parliament continues. Speaker of the House – Maurice O'Rorke. Premier – Robert Stout Minister of Finance – Julius Vogel Chief Justice – Hon Sir James Prendergast Main centre leaders Mayor of Auckland – William Waddel followed by Albert Devore Mayor of Christchurch – Charles Hulbert followed by Aaron Ayers Mayor of Dunedin – John Barnes followed by Richard Henry Leary Mayor of Wellington – Arthur Winton Brown Events 11 April: Sinking of the steamer Taiaroa near the mouth of the Waiau Toa / Clarence River with the loss of 34 lives.New Zealand disasters timeline https://nzhistory.govt.nz/culture/new-zealand-disasters/timeline Ministry for Culture and Heritage 20 February 2015 10 June: Eruption of Mount Tarawera volcano results in the deaths of ~150 people and the (wrongly assumed) destruction of the famous Pink and White Terraces, an error corrected by 2017 research disclosing the locations of the Pink and White Terraces around today's lake.Bunn Rex Nolden Sascha 7 June 2017 Forensic cartography with Hochstetter's 1859 Pink and White Terraces survey: Te Otukapuarangi and Te Tarata Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 48 39–56 10.1080/03036758.2017.1329748 134907436 0303-6758Bunn and Nolden Rex and Sascha December 2016 Te Tarata and Te Otukapuarangi: Reverse engineering Hochstetter's Lake Rotomahana Survey to map the Pink and White Terrace locations https://ojs.victoria.ac.nz/jnzs/article/view/3988/3555 Journal of New Studies NS23 37–53 1 September: Police Force Act comes into effect, splitting the New Zealand Police Force from the standing army (and militia).Hill Richard Synyer The Iron Hand in the Velvet Glove Dunmore Press 1995 978-0-86469-244-3 7 Sport Cricket The first recorded game of Women's cricket in New Zealand takes place in the Nelson district.Todd, S. (1976) Sporting Records of New Zealand. Auckland: Moa Publications. 0-908570-00-7 Horse Racing Major race winners New Zealand Cup – Spade Guinea New Zealand Derby – Disowned Auckland Cup – Nelson (Australian owned) Wellington Cup – Nelson (Australian owned) Lawn bowls The New Zealand Bowling Association is formed with twelve clubs. Only two clubs (from New Plymouth and Auckland) are from the North Island which will eventually lead to the events of 1891. A national championships is held but the winners are not recorded.The Todd book states that a fours championship (with 28 teams) was held the year that the association was formed (1886) but the list of champions begins in 1888. Rugby union The Wairarapa and Manawatu unions are formed. Provincial club rugby champions include: see also :Category:Rugby union in New Zealand Shooting Ballinger Belt – Sergeant Remington (Wanganui) Tennis A national tennis association is convened in Hastings . The first national championships take place later in the 1886–87 season. (see 1887) Births 4 January: Vincent Ward, politician. 8 June (in Devonshire): John Weeks, painter. 5 August:Charles Boswell, politician. 6 August Alice May Palmer, public servant and union official (d. 1977) 13 December Charles Moore Bowden, politician Deaths 15 June: Robert Gillies, politician 29 July: James Paterson, politician 21 September: John Bathgate, politician 27 December: William Crompton, politician. See also List of years in New Zealand Timeline of New Zealand history History of New Zealand Military history of New Zealand Timeline of the New Zealand environment Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica References General Romanos, J. (2001) New Zealand Sporting Records and Lists. Auckland: Hodder Moa Beckett. 1-86958-879-7 Specific External links 1886 in yes