1857 in New Zealand

none November 2019August 2023 1857 The following lists events that happened during 1857 in New Zealand. Population The estimated population of New Zealand at the end of 1857 is 57,150 Māori and 49,802 non-Māori.Statistics New Zealand has collated estimates from a number of sources (interpolating where necessary) at http://www.stats.govt.nz/tables/ltds/ltds-population.htm Long-term data series 14 March 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080305185447/http://www.stats.govt.nz/tables/ltds/ltds-population.htm 5 March 2008 dead , in particular http://www.stats.govt.nz/tables/ltds/ltds-population.htm A1.1 Total population.xls 14 March 2008 Excel https://web.archive.org/web/20080305185447/http://www.stats.govt.nz/tables/ltds/ltds-population.htm 5 March 2008 dead Incumbents Regal and viceregal Head of State – Queen Victoria Governor – Colonel Thomas Gore Browne Government and law The 2nd Parliament continues. Speaker of the House – Sir Charles Clifford Premier – Edward Stafford. Minister of Finance – William Richmond Chief Justice – William Martin resigns on 12 June. Hon George Arney is appointed on 2 September but does not arrive until the next year. Events 7 February: The Auckland Register begins publishing. It ends in 1862.http://www.stats.govt.nz/NR/rdonlyres/9E78F21A-EF20-4C82-934B-1587FC7489CC/0/StatPubschapter2.pdf Chapter 2: Early Statistical Sources – 19th Century PDF 11 Statistical Publications 1840–2000 Statistics New Zealand https://web.archive.org/web/20071125112530/http://www.stats.govt.nz/NR/rdonlyres/9E78F21A-EF20-4C82-934B-1587FC7489CC/0/StatPubschapter2.pdf 25 November 2007 14 May: The Taranaki News publishes its first issue. It becomes the Taranaki Daily News in 1885, and continues to publish 2026 today.http://www.pukeariki.com/en/stories/media/presshist.htm An Abbreviated History in Ink 8 February 2005 Rhonda Bartle Puke Ariki dead https://web.archive.org/web/20081013050612/http://www.pukeariki.com/en/stories/media/presshist.htm 13 October 2008 24 September: The Hawke's Bay Herald and Ahuriri Advocate publishes its first issue. It becomes the Hawke's Bay Herald in 1858. The paper publishes weekly at first, becomes bi-weekly in 1861, and then daily in 1871. In 1937 it will merge with another paper to form the Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune.http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=CL1.HBH&sp=HBH&essay=1 Hawke's Bay Herald National Library of New Zealand 23 October: The Colonist publishes its first issue, in Nelson. The newspaper is published until 1920, when it is incorporated into The Nelson Evening Mail.http://www.stats.govt.nz/NR/rdonlyres/9E78F21A-EF20-4C82-934B-1587FC7489CC/0/StatPubschapter2.pdf PDF 12 Statistical Publications 1840–2000 Chapter 2: Early Statistical Sources – 19th Century Statistics New Zealand https://web.archive.org/web/20071125112530/http://www.stats.govt.nz/NR/rdonlyres/9E78F21A-EF20-4C82-934B-1587FC7489CC/0/StatPubschapter2.pdf 25 November 2007 Sport Horse racing Two existing clubs combine to form the Auckland Racing Club. The ARC holds its first meeting at Ellerslie Racecourse.Todd, S. (1976) Sporting Records of New Zealand. Auckland: Moa Publications. 0-908570-00-7 (see also 1874) Births 20 August: James Carroll, politician. 10 September: William Barber, Mayor of Wellington and politician. Deaths 16 July: Gilbert Mair, sailor and merchant trader Unknown date Makea Te Vaerua Ariki, sovereign of the Cook Islands John Guard, one of the first European settlers in the South Island 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 External links 1857 in yes