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List of events
The following lists events that happened during 1884 in New Zealand.
Incumbents
Regal and viceregal
Government and law
The
1884 general election is held on 22 July. Afterwards the
9th New Zealand Parliament is formed.
Main centre leaders
Sport
Cricket
Horse racing
- New Zealand Cup winner: Vanguard
- New Zealand Derby winner: Black Rose
- Auckland Cup winner: The Poet
- Wellington Cup winner: The Poet
- see also
Category:Horse races in New Zealand.
Rugby union
The
Hawke's Bay union is formed.
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Provincial club rugby champions include:
- see also
Category:Rugby union in New Zealand
Shooting
Ballinger Belt:
Private Walter Churton (Wanganui)
Births
Deaths
- 28 February:
Sir Robert Douglas, 3rd Baronet, soldier and politician
- 1 March:
William Jarvis Willis, member of the House of Representatives
- 27 April:
Henry Tancred, politician
- 1 June:
Robert Heaton Rhodes, member of the House of Representatives
- 27 June:
Benjamin Tonks, member of the House of Representatives and Mayor of Auckland City
- 13 July:
Francis Hull, member of the House of Representatives
- 23 July:
William Adams, member of the House of Representatives and provincial superintendent
- 30 August:
William Wood, member of the House of Representatives and provincial superintendent
- 7 September:
Alfred Nesbit Brown, missionary
- 28 October:
Thomas Luther Shepherd, member of the House of Representatives
- 1 December:
William Swainson, first Speaker of the New Zealand Legislative Council
- 11 September: (in England)
Walter Brodie, member of the House of Representatives
- 20 December:
John George Miles, member of the House of Representatives
See also
References
- General
- Romanos, J. (2001) New Zealand Sporting Records and Lists. Auckland: Hodder Moa Beckett.
ISBN
1-86958-879-7
- Specific
- ^
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b Todd, S. (1976) Sporting Records of New Zealand. Auckland: Moa Publications.
ISBN
0-908570-00-7
External links
Media related to
1884 in New Zealand at Wikimedia Commons
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