NZ 1860 to 1879 research

NZ 1860 to 1879


1860’s – Iwi receive multimillion dollars settlement, by Rebecca Quilliam 17 December 2012. NZ Herald APMZ. Maori wars of 1860’s.

1860s – Control of NZ. History of the 1860s confiscation of land from Taranaki Maori, A history of exploitation. (Against freedom. Valerie Morse (c)2007 NZ).

1860 – Martin Cash in Christchurch, was a constable in the Canterbury province armed police force, which he joined in 1859. His main line of work was brothel keeping. His identity and activities were ‘eventually’ investigated. In March 1860 Cash was sacked and fined for keeping a brothel. Many others like him moved to NZ after the decline of the Australian goldfields.  (p35 A people history. ©1992 NZ).

1860s – Gold rush of the 1860s with immigrants from Australia and California in the US. 2,000 Chinese moved from the Pearl Delta region of Guangdong province. The Chinese often stayed on as laundrymen and fruiterers. Market gardeners, hawking fruit and veges from door to door. (Chch crime and scandals. Geoffrey W Rice ©2013).

1860-61 – Taranaki records 1860 Taranaki Herald 21 July 1860. 19 May 1860 sent to Nelson. Taranaki war 28 June 1861. 174 Maoris were killed and 14 settlers killed. (NZ genealogist March April 2011).

1860-1862 – The Dunedin’s synagogue was built in the 1860s for Dunedin’s Jewish congregation. The story of the world’s southernmost synagogue began in 1862. Discovery of gold in Otago the previous year, with an increase in Jewish numbers. Among the early congregation was Julius Vogel. (Heritage NZ. Winter 2012 p7).

1860-1900 – Otago marriage records from early newspapers. Otago and Southland CD Colonial books Trade me.

1861 – Melbourne to Port Chalmers Otago the“Oscar”. Also Glasgow to Port Chalmers Otago the “Lady Egidia”.

1861 – Antique 1861 Maori prayers and hymns book. (Trade me NZ. Antiques cultural ethnic. 7 April 2016. Auckland $200).

1861-1911- Berge Picalmot left Italy in 1855 and arrived in NZ in 1861.  In Greymouth 1865. In 1874 he was appointed Italian consul until his death in 1911. (Alan Poletti).

4 Oct 1861 – Charles C Cole moved to Dunedin on 4 Oct 1861. Coach company Cobb and co, Cole and co. The Otago gold rush was on. Hundreds of miners supplies needed to be transported into central Otago. (NZ Memories June July 2014).

1862 – Old NZ pics. City road Auckland. Buff.ly/19F1/02 photo. (Twitter 1 March 2015).

1862-1863 – Gold strike on the Arrow river 1862. The first gold discovered was attributed to Jack Tewa (Maori Jack) Otago. Chinese miners and a speech by Madam Xiutian Tan, Chinese Consul General. The gold escort left Arrow township on 18 Jan 1863 with 12,000 ounces of gold. Subsequent escorts carried over 20,000 ounces. During the winter of 1863, 2,000 miners in Arrow district sent 6,000 ounces of gold a month. One ounce of gold was worth 3 pounds 15 shillings in the 1860s. (NZ Memories Dec Jan 2012 2013).

Sept 1862 – Emigrant ship the “Pladda”  New Zealand from Ireland. 193 girls were on the ship. (NZ Memories Dec Jan 2014).

December 1862 – Martin Cash retuned to NZ by December 1862. He continued to operate several brothels in Christchurch, red light districts and Salisbury street Red house. He moved to the Otago gold fields then returned to Christchurch. (p35 A people history. ©1992 NZ).

1863 – A first year in Canterbury settlement by Samuel Butler London Trade me $188.

1863 – Meeting of settlers and Maori at Hawkes bay.  1863_Meeting_of_Settlers_and_Maoris_at_Hawke's_Bay,_New_Zealand_large.png 

1863 – Otago Dunedin Gold rush, miners from Melbourne and mounted police from Melbourne arrived. Illegitimate children. Villians were now at the goldfields in Otago. Agents in Otago arranged for young single women from Ireland to be sent here as sex slaves. (NZ Memories Dec Jan 2012 2013).

March 1863 – Mr A Raper. City of Hobart – Otago NZ. (Public records office Victoria Australia). (15 July 2013).

13 April 1863 – Official details of the loss of the HMS Orpheus in NZ, list of survivors. Charles Hill. The Observor. UK.

21 Nov 1863 – Maori Battle of Rangiriri, casualties were among the worst of the NZ wars. 132 British and 70 Maori were killed or wounded. 280 casualties. (Chch Star 21 Nov 2014. Today in history.)

1864 – Auckland Maori tribal boundaries. (Trade me NZ. Antiques documents maps. 7 April 2016. Wellington $110).

1864 – Widespread financial crisis NZ. (A peoples history. ©1992 NZ)

1864 - James Boot. Newspaper in Nottingham UK. Letter, British migrants to NZ. Bread, potatos, eggs and butter prices. NZ the dark isles. (15 Sept 2016. Laura Finem. Dotcom case).

1864 – 1964 – NZ National mortgage and agency co 100 years by G Parry 1st ed 1964 Trade me $5.

May 1864 - The Falcon schooner was built in Coromandel in May 1864. Went missing  in Opunake bay on 23 March 1870. Taranaki Daily. 17 Nov 2016. Stuff.co.nz.

26 Aug 1864 – The NZ war. The Manchester Guardian. UK.

17 Oct 1864 – The war in NZ. The Irish Times. Daily Advertiser. Dublin Ireland.

5 December 1864 – Samuel Finch and Elizabeth Strain were married in Milton Otago..

1865 – The Maori land courts were formed to determine the ownership of Maori land.. (Family tree. Dec 2009 p20).

1865 – 1954 - NZ electoral rolls.

1865 – Newspaper, Evening Post Wellington.

19 Jan 1865 –  Otago Princess st. James Pryor. Clovers, ryegress and lucerne. Bruce Herald p12. Papers past.

4 May 1865 –  Agricultural and garden seeds. Otago seeds. Princess st south near Jetty st Dunedin. James Pryor and co, seeds, clovers, ryegrass and lucerne. Bruce Herald. P12. Papers past.

20 May 1865 – The city of Dunedin paddle steamer boat left ellington for Nelson. Then to Hokitika. It disappeared and no trace was found James Parker Boyd and 24 crew, 22 passengers. Wreckage was later found washed up on the south coast. Mystery sinking. NZ disaster timeline. Papers past 13 June 1865.

Sept 1865 – Otago’s first hanging. William Jarvey from Dunedin prison. (NZ genealogist. March April 2012 p94).

1866 – Directory of the city and suburbs of Auckland 1866-67 Mitchell and Seffern.

1866 – Chinese first arrived in 1866 mainly from Pon Yu regioin of southern China headed for the Otago goldfields. (Th NZ Gnealogist p212 Sept Oct 2010).

1867 – William Wilson Christchurch first mayor. He became Christchurch mayor in 1867. (Chch Mail. 4 Feb 2016. Anna Price).

7 Jan 1867 – The first recorded murder in the region was Military settler Alfred J Campbell Oropi who died of a gunshot wound. (Tauranga murders in history. 23 Sept 2014 Sun Live).

12 June 1867 – The Mongonui murder. Wanganui Herald.

13 June 1867 – The murder of Mr Burke. Wanganui Herald.

20 June 1867 – Death. Wanganui Herald.

30 June 1867 – Abraham Bennett White, a settler in the Bay of Plenty, was murdered at Ohiwa river. The head of Mr White was found in a sandhill near the Ohiwa, his body was never found. (NZ genealogist Jan Feb 2009) (Nelson Examiner and NZ Chronicle 20 July 1867).

July 1867 – Canterbury had a large snow storm which lasted six days. Half a million sheep were killed. Provisions got very low. Storm damage. (Trackless sea. ©2008 Megan Hutching).

2 July 1867 – The earthquake at Mytelene. Wanganui Herald.

3 Aug 1867 – Reported murder of four Europeans and four Maoris. Wanganui Herald.

21 Aug 1867 – The murderers of Mr Burke. Wanganui Herald.

21 Aug 1867 – Death. Wanganui Herald.

1868 – 150 years ago Lyttelton and a 7m wall of water, the tsunami waves smashed ships in the harbour against the wharf. A man in the chatham islands was killed in the tsunami. The tsunami was caused by a 9 earthquake off Chile, which killed thousands of people. Since 1840 about 10 tsunamis larger than 5m have hit NZ. (Chch Star NZ. 25 Sept 2015. Gabrielle Stuart).

1868 – natlib NZ govt journals homocide. The death of Frederick Rasmus Kornerup. NZ Genealogy. Bryan Bang. A Danish migrant who was murdered in 1868.

1868 – The Christchurch Star newspaper has been an integral part of Christchurch since 1868. (Chch Star NZ. 25 Feb 2016 Editors desk).

1868 – Canterbury provincial roll 1868-69, 1870-71, 1972-73, 1873-74. BAB Microfilming.

1869 – 1873 – Tower NZ formed in 1869, as the Government life insurance office, department. Tower corp in 1987. In 1989 Tower brought National insurance company of NZ, head office in Dunedin Otago. Formed in 1873. (Wikipedia. Tower).

7 Sept 1869 – NZ and the colonial office. The Manchester Guardian 1828-1900 UK.

1870 – Eruption occurred near Green lake Kermadec islands. Teara govt nz video 2006 eruptions.

1870s – Photo Lake Rotorua Maori village. (Trade me NZ. Antiques cultural ethnic. 7 April 2016. Australia $5).

1870’s – Chinese immigrants arrived in Palmerston North in the mid 1870’s. Ex miners from Guangzhou (Canton), who went to the Otago goldfields. (NZ Heritage. winter 2012)

1870-1878 – Cardrona was at its peak in the 1870s, the residents were mainly Chinese miners, about 1,000 people, seven stores, a post office, a bank, a school, a jail and a police HQ, 4 butchers, a baker and a blacksmith. By 1878 Cardrona had a population of only 200. (Heritage NZ. Winter 2012 p7).

1870-1977 – Martin Cash autobiography by James Lester Burke published in 1870 The adventures of Martin Cash. He died on 27 august 1877 in Tasmania Australia. (p35 A people history. ©1992 NZ).

1870-1880 – In the 1870s and 1880s the appearance of Russian explorers in the south Pacific and Antarctica waters brought fear of the Russian raids on NZ ports. (NZ a short history. Laurie Barber ©1989).

23 March 1870 - The Falcon schooner went missing in Opunake bay. Built in Coromandel in May 1864. Taranaki Daily. 17 Nov 2016. Stuff.co.nz.

27 March 1871 – Oreti beach a 150 year old shipwreck. May be from the Hindu. Ran aground on a Southland beach near Invercargill. Oreti beach. On 27 March 1871. The Hindu from Fuzhou, then called Foochow China to Dunedin with a cargo of tea. Stuff.co.nz. 15 Jan 2016. http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/75940243/oreti-beach-discovery-may-be-150yearold-shipwreck

28 September 1871 – Wilfred von Sturmer was born in Auckland.

1872 – Wises NZ Directory NZ Post office 1872, 1880, 1900, 1955.

1872-1873  – Newspaper, Standard and peoples Advocate Gisbourne.

1873 – Susan Love Noone was born in Alexandra Otago.

1873 – Chapmans Auckland directory for 1873 and 1874.

19 April 1873 – Elizabeth Catherine Finch was born in Dunedin Otago.

24 Nov 1873 – Consecration of the Masonic hall Timaru. Press NZ. Papers past.

1874 – Canvas maps of Hawkes Bay. (Trade me NZ. Antiques documents maps. 7 April 2016. Hawkes Bay $20).

1874 – Melbourne to Otago the “Alhambra”. Also London to Port Chalmers the “Christian McAusland”. Photo. Also Gravesend to Port Chalmers the “Sussex”.

1874-75 – Greenock to Otago the “Wild Deer”.

1874-1895 – In 1895 the Bank of NZ bought the Colonial BNZ, which was founded in Dunedin in 1874. The BNZ archives hold the Colonial BNZ staff registers, but it is incomplete. Many were from Scotland. (NZ genealogist March April 2012).

1874-1961 – The university of Auckland was the only degree giving university from 1847 to 1961. Dissolved in 1961. (The Bassett road machine gun murders. Scott Bainbridge (c)2013 NZ).

1874-1968 – Italian migration and settlement in New Zealand. J H Burnley. 30 July 2009.

8 Aug 1874 – The “Adamant” ship arrived in Nelson from Plymouth UK. The trip took 93 days. There were nine voyages of the “Adamant” altogether. (NZ genealogist Jan Feb 2009).

7 January 1875 – Agnes Finch was born in Milburn Otago

4 October 1875 – Thomas Pryor was born in Dunedin Otago.

1876 – St Vincent de Paul industrial school Dunedin. NZ Christian brothers Catholic in NZ since 1876.

1876 – Christchurch in 1876, had a population of about 30,000. (Chch crimes scandals. Geoffrey W Rice (c)2013).

2 April 1876 – Leaders of the first NZ Catholic Christian brothers, br Dunne, Healey and McMahon arrived in Port Chalmers on the “Arawata”. Christian brothers school in Dunedin 1876 to 1886.

1877 – There were 53 Italians in Okura in 1877. (Alan Poletti).

1877 – Charles Kenneth Cotton was born Lyttelton Christchurch. Boer war and World War One. Married Ethel Kate Bromley. NSW Australia info wanted. sheila.faulkner3@gmail.com (Chch Star NZ. 18 March 2015. public notices).

15 Sept 1877 – (papers past) Otago Witness p13. James Pryor calender of gardening for Otago. Rye grass, clovers, lawn grasss and seeds. Fruiterer George st Dunedin.

16 September 1877 – Lucille Evelyne Finch was born in Dunedin Otago.

29 Sept 1877 – (papers past) Otago Witnesss . James Pryor calendar of garden operation for Otago. Seeds.

1878 – Liverpool to Port Chalmers the “Invercargill” diary.

1878 – Turtons land deeds of the North Island pre 1878. Alexander Turnbull library POBox 12-349 Wellington NZ.

1878 – William Wilson, became Christchurch first mayor in 1867. He stood for Christchurch council a second time in 1878. (Chch Mail. 4 Feb 2016. Anna Price).

1878-1879 – Records, Maori prisoners were arrested by the Crown during the 1878 South Taranaki resistance at Waimate and Parihaka, archives NZ records are limited. 1878 the first arrests by armed police on 30 June 1879. July 1879, 180 arrests were made. 40 of them were given two months jail, sent to Wellington. (NZ genealogist July Aug 2011).

5 February 1878 – Sarah Jane Finch was married in Milton Otago.

7 Feb 1878 – A 42 year old Chinese hawker, Yan Quam Quam Yan aka Quam Yam was arrested and accused of raping a ten year old girl in Opawa, Alice Maud. He spoke very little English and needed an interpretor. He pleased not guilty. (Chch crimes and scandals. Geoffrey W Rice ©2013).

1 April 1878 – Quam Yan appeared in court, accused of the rape of a 10 year old girl, he pleaded not guilty. No lawyer. (Chch and scandals Geoffrey W Rice ©2013).

24 Sept 1878 – (papers past) Westport Times. Suez mail. James Pryor, colonel Mahon MP for Clare. Lombard depot bank forgery, minute books and bank defrauded..

30 Sept 1878 – Great flood hit the South island. (Chch Star NZ. Today in history. 30 Sept 2015).

1879 – Long lost relatives Timaru Rootsweb. John Thomas Webber went from Plymouth UK to NZ in 1875. He was last heard of in Timaru Canterbury in 1879.

1879 – The Prison department correspondence to native department in 1879. About the arrest of Maori prisoners. This file no longer exists, it was destroyed in the Hope Gibbons fire of 1952, which burnt the records of seven government departments. (NZ genealogist July Aug 2011).

1879 – Bankruptcy files Barclay. William Pryor.Deed of assignment. Archives NZ. Archway records. (R23213287) Open access.

1879-1880 – Taranaki maori arrested in 1878 were moved to Mt Cook barracks in Wellington, where prisoners were first sent 10 July 1879. James Mackay inspected the 600 Maori prisoners, who arrived by 9 July 1879. By 29 Oct 1879 there were 131 Maori prisoners at Mt Cook jail. One prisoner, Tami Raiha could not be sent to another prison and he died on 7 April 1880. On 22 July 1990 Watene Tupuhi died in Dunedin jail of consumption, 25 years old. (NZ genealogist July Aug 2011).

27 May 1879 – Ada Lillian Finch was born in Dunedin Otago.

19 June 1879 – Great fire in Wellington. Colonist NZ. Papers past.

19 July 1879 - The Arthur Wakefield schooner in Opunaki. Taranaki Daily. 17 Nov 2016. Stuff.co.nz.

26 Sept 1879 – Opium smoking. NZ Tablet. Papers Past.