7 February: The Auckland Register begins publishing. It ends in 1862.[2]
14 May: The Taranaki News publishes its first issue. It becomes the Taranaki Daily News in 1885, and continues to publish today[update].[3]
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.[4]
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.[5]
Sport
Horse racing
Two existing clubs combine to form the Auckland Racing Club. The ARC holds its first meeting at
Ellerslie Racecourse.[6] (see also
1874)
^Statistics New Zealand has collated estimates from a number of sources (interpolating where necessary) at
"Long-term data series". Archived from
the original on 5 March 2008. Retrieved 14 March 2008., in particular
"A1.1 Total population.xls". Archived from
the original(Excel) on 5 March 2008. Retrieved 14 March 2008.