New Zealand 1800 to 1899 research

 New Zealand 1800 to 1899 research

1800-1945 - Settlers in New Zealand were immigrants from England, Ireland and Scotland by Hearn Terry Phillips Jock. ISBN 1869404017 Publication date 1/4/2008 Trade me $40.

1806 – First British women arrived in New Zealand. (Timeline NZ internet).

1810-1814 – In 1814 John Lidiard Nicholes who sailed on the “Active” to the Bay of Islands. Met an Indian Lascar who had jumped ship from the ‘City of Edinburgh’ in 1810 and who lived with the Maoris, runaway Lascars were from India. (Asia making of NZ. H Johnson B Moloughney).

22 Dec 1814 – Samuel Marsden arrived in the Bay of islands. NZ's first mission station. Sheep, cattle, horses and poultry were introduced. (Chch Star NZ. Today in history 22 Dec 2015).

1815 – Thomas Holloway King became the first British child born in New Zealand. (NZ in history. internet).

1815 – The chief at Waimate was Horomona Pobie. Born at Waimate in 1815, he died there and was buried in the cemetery with a fine tombstone. (Canterbury old and new. Whitcome and Tombs ltd).

1815 – Eruption occurred near Green lake Kermadec islands. Teara govt NZ, video 2006 eruptions.

4 Nov 1819 – Maori chiefs Hongi Hika and Rewa sold 13,000 acres at Kerikeri to the Christian missionary society for 48 felling axes. (Chch Star NZ. Today in history. 4 Nov 2015).

1820’s – Whaling stations began up the East Coast of the South Island, in Marlborough, on Cook Strait and the Kapiti coast, Hawkes Bay and East Cape in the 1820’s. Whale oil was in demand for lighting and heating, soap and tanning leather. (Trackless sea. ©2008 Megan Hutching).

1820-1839 – History of the Jews in New Zealand. As early as 1820s Jewish traders were among the groups of whalers, mariners, escaped convicts from Australia and missionaries who explored New Zealand. Solomon and Bevan Levy, were cabinet makers, who arrived on the ship “Oriental” in 1839. Wikipedia.

1823-1846 – Maori warrior Te Rauparaham with allied tribes from North Taranaki, settled in Kapati in 1823, at Taupo Pa. Te Rauparaha was arrested in July 1846. (NZ Memories. Feb March 2014).

1825-26 – In 1825 the first NZ association was formed in London UK. The ship “Rosanna” conveyed settlers here. Captain Herd arrived in Hauraki Gulf in 1826. (Canterbury old and new. 1850-1900 Whitcombe & Tombs ltd).

1830s – The Colonization of New Zealand began. (Hope for all. The hidden power. Hope project.co.nz).

1830 – A whaling station was established at Te Awaiti on Cook strait. Also in 1830 Otakou shore whaling station was built in Otago harbour. (NZ a short history. Laurie Barber ©1989).

1830-1840 – In 1830 there had been no more than 300 to 330 Europeans living in NZ. By 1840 the number increased to 2,000. Most came to stay. Most came from New South Wales Australia. In 1840 the year the Treaty was signed, Maori outnumbered Pakeha in NZ by ten to one. (The story of NZ. J Bassett. K Sinclair. M Sienson ©1985).

17 July 1831 – Horrible cannibalism in NZ. The Observer 1791-1900 London UK.

1 October 1831 - John Guard was the second European child born in the South Island. (Trackless sea. ©2008 Megan Hutching).

1834 – William Colenso brought the first printing press to New Zealand. (Hope for all. The hidden power. Hope project.co.nz).

1835 – The “Friendship” ship as wrecked at Norfolk island, prisoners. Norfolk was a Penal Colony at that time, from Sydney NSW 1835. (Trackless sea. ©2008 Megan Hutching).

1835-40 – Alexander McKenzie 1835 ?-1840 (Migration. Rod Edmond ©2013 NZ).

21 December 1835 - HMS Beagle sailed to Bay of Islands NZ (Timeline internet).

19 Dec 1836 – Crew of schooner “Marion Watson” ship Captain Harwood witheld provisions and water from them and discharged 3 men. (R4086400) Restricted access. Record is missing. Archives NZ. Archway records. British resident.

21 Dec 1836 – Record master of “Marion Watson” ship. Bay of Islands. 1836 British resident. Archives NZ. Archway records.

27 Dec 1837 – Colonization of NZ. The Manchester Guardian 1828-1900 UK.

1839 – The NZ company arrived in Lambton harbour, named it Wellington. (p7 colonial capital Wellington 1865-1910. Terence Hodgson ©1990).

1839 – There were only 2,000 white Europeans in Aotearoa NZ and 114,000 Maori. (NZ a short history. Laurie Barber ©1989).

1839 – After the British voted to abolish the slave trade, ( it still exists in 2015), NZ missionaries, the Reverend Brumby bought 20 slaves to Wellington, to return to their Maori families. (NZ genealogist May June 2011)

July 1839 – March 1840 – The “Adelaide” with Hunt A Baker from Feoch in Cornwall, arrived in port Nicholson and the “Glenbervie”. These two ships were the last of six ships to reach Petone New Zealand. (Trackless sea. ©2008 Megan Hutching)

1840 – M N Watt. Index to the NZ section of the register of all British ships 1840-1950. NZ ship and marine society Wellington 1961.

1840 – Auckland maritime museum. Ancestors who came to NZ from the UK by ship from 1840’s onwards. The museum holds lists of ships passengers. Poor immigrants. Museums of all kinds in every town. (p64 Writing your family history. A NZ guide. Joan Rosier Jones ©1997).

1840 – Ship the “Magnet” from Sydney to Otago.

1840 – Since 1840 about 10 tsunamis bigger than 5m have hit NZ. A big one in 1868 following a 9 earthquake off Chile. (Chch Star NZ. 25 Sept 2015 Gabrielle Stuart.)

1840 – Hugh and Lyn Hughes were discharged in NZ. Soldiers of the Imperial foot regiments who took their discharge in NZ 1840-1870 NZGE Auckland 1988.

1840’s – Most of the early NZ immigrants were young. Few old people could stand the long sea voyage. The longest route for migrants in the world, of several months. (The story of NZ. Bassett Sinclair Stenson ©1985).

1840s to 1850s – Florence Rebecca Bensemann was born on 27 Jan 1877. All her grandparents emigrated from northern Germany to NZ, to Nelson and spoke German. (NZ Memories June July 2014).

1840-1870 – The Smith Nairn commission reports, from the 1870s. The department of lands and surveys had these documents. Maori lands in the 1840s, 50s and 60s in the South island. Settlements, the legal personality of the group or person, you have signed, but have been ignored. Recognise the legal personality, of who you are dealing. Dehumanising tactics. (The Bolger years. Margaret Clark ©2008 NZ)_.

1840-1900 - NZ birth records from early newspapers CD extracted from newspapers (Trade me $40).

1840-1902 - Henry Brett. White wings Immigrant ships to NZ. Ed Cyril Bradwell Reed Wellington NZ 1984.

1840-1944 – MP Lissington. New Zealand and the United States. Wellington 1972. (The great wrong war. Stevan Eldred Grigg ©2010 NZ).

1840-1960 – Between 1840 and 1860, 40,000 British emigrated to New Zealand by assisted passage. From 1890 to 1960 British emigration is found in passenger lists and national archives. (Family tree. Dec 2009 p20).

4 Feb 1840 – Henry Williams and his son Edward translated the Treaty of Waitangi into Maori. (NZ a short history. Laurie Barber ©1989).

6 Feb 1840 – The treaty of Waitangi was signed between 40 Maori chiefs and the British crown at Waitangi. Shared sovereignty. (Chch Star NZ. Today in history. 6 Feb 2015).

12 Feb 1840 – The “Bengal Merchant” Captain Henley carried 120 passengers to NZ arrived on 12 Feb 1840, after a voyage of 104 days. Three other ships the “Ariel”, “Aurora” and “Roxburgh” early settlers. (Canterbury old and new 1850-1900. Whitcombe & Tombes ltd).

18 Apr 1840 – The first newspaper was published in NZ, the NZ Gazette. (Tracing family history in NZ. Anne Bromell).

1841 – The McKenzie family name was recorded as MacKenzie in the 1841 census but not elsewhere. (Migrations. Rod Edmond NZ ©2013).

1841 – The “Blenheim” arrived in NZ. Captain Sinclair. In 1841 John Hay arrived on the “Mandarin”. (Canterbury old and new 1850-1900. Whitcombe & Tombes ltd).

1841-1842 – The voyage to NZ took four months, or longer if the ship struck bad weather. It was crowded and uncomfortable, fresh food was scarce and illness a constant worry. No fresh water for washing. For example the ship “Lloyds”, which sailed for Nelson in 1842, 65 children died during the voyage. 8 died from whooping cough, the rest died from malnutrition, diarrhea and neglect. Small bodies were buried at sea and were a common sight. (The story of NZ. Bassett Sinclair Stenson ©1985).

6 Jan 1841 – Mount Stead cemetery, the first Roman Catholic cemetery in Wellington, in NZ. It began 6 Jan 1841 Bishop Pompallier. Only about 200 headstones survive in the heritage site. (The NZ Genealogist. Sept Oct 2010. 4.35am 4 Sept 2010 Christchurch Earthquake).

1842 – Old colonists jubilee Auckland NZ 1842 –92.

1842 – Thomas Cole was born in Auckland NZ.

1842 – The Parkhurst boys were sent to Auckland from a British jail in 1842. (Convicts NZ. M Wright ©2012).

1842 - 43 - Convicts were sent to New Zealand. On the “St George”, 92 boys arrived in Auckland on 25 October 1842, and the “Mandarin” with 31 boys on 14 November 1843. Boys aged between 12 and 16 were sentenced to prison as convicts.

1842-62 - NZ Jury lists. (NZ genealogist March April 2011).

9 January 1842 – Juliette Daniell was born in Wellington. Her father Edward Daniell was from a large Cornish family with property called Trelissick which was sold. Corwall UK and settlements in New Zealand. (Trackless sea. ©2008 Megan Hutching).

7 March 1842 – The hanging of Maketu in Auckland. The first person to be executed in NZ. Guilty of murder in November 1841. (NZ crime timeline).

October 1842 – Ship “St George” to Auckland. 92 convicts, boys aged 12 to 19 years from Parkhurst prison on the Isle of Wight in the UK. (Find your family on the internet. Ros Henry a NZ guide no date).

1843 – Aliens naturalised in NZ 1843 – 1916. BAB Microfilming 4 Kathryn ave Auckland. ph: 09-625 9778.

1843 – Newspaper, Daily Southern Cross Auckland 1843-76. Did this newspaper change its name to the NZ Herald?

November 1843 – Parkhurst prison on the Isle of Wight. A second group of 31 convict boys arrived on the “Mandarin”. (Find your family on the internet. Ros Henry a NZ guide no date).

1844-1939 – John Jackson, the second Chinese immigrant arrived in 1844, and went to Palmerston North in 1870. More Chinese arrived in Palmerston North in the mid 1870s. Ex miners from Guangzhou, Canton. In 1939 Chinese refugees moved into NZ. (Heritage NZ. Winter 2012 p13).

Jan 1844 – Tom White was an American whaler who lived in Port Levy, later in Pigeon bay. (Canterbury old and new 1850-1900. Whitcombe & Tombes ltd).

1845 – H G Longley. The NZ wars 1845-1866 2 vols. Wellington 1967 navy 1972 army.

1845-1875 – More gold was found than in the whole previous 350 years. California in the late 1840’s. Australia in the 1850’s. New Zealand in the 1860’s and 70’s. (Costly gold. JS & RW Murray. Clutha riches and their human toll. Reed publishers).

11 March 1845 – The Flagstaff war. Chief Hone Heke and Kawiti led 700 Maori to chop down the British flagstaff. For the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi grievances. (Chch Star NZ. Today in history 11 March 2015).

7 May 1846 – A devastating landslide at Lake Taupo killed about 60 people. (NZ disasters. timeline internet).

1847-48 – Clementina Burns was the wife of Rev Dr Thomas Burns, a pioneer Presbyterian minister and coloniser of Otago. Scotland 1842 “New Edinburgh” as Dunedin was first named sail on the Philip Laing 27 November 1847. The Philip Laing arrived in Port Chalmers on15 April 1848, about three weeks after the arrival of its sister ship the John Wycliffe. In June the Burns family went to live in their half built house in Dunedin, near Princess street at the intersection of Jetty street. Arthur, son, started farming on land his father chose at Andersons bay. (Petticoat pioneers. ©1980 B Harper).

1847-1850 – The first police magistrate used armed police to collect the census info. In 1847 police magistrates were abolished, but the armed police continued going door to door, under the Superintendant of resident magistrates, as late as 1850 it was their beat. (NZ genealogist May June 2011).

1847-1851 Arrived in NZ in 1851 on the “Cornwall” John Mackenzie emigrated to Australia 1845 and 1847 left Australia for NZ. (Canterbury old and new 1850-1900. Whitcombe & Tombes ltd).

1848 – There was a severe earthquake in Wellington. Otago settlement founded. (Tracing family history in NZ. Anne Bromell ©1996).

1848 – Presbyterian minister, Biography first church of Otago 1848-1920 archives Presbyterian.org.nz (Find your family on the internet. Ros Henry).

1848 – In NZ the registration of UK births and deaths began in 1848. Marriages are registered for 1854 onwards. Before these dates, vital events were recorded in parish registers. (Oxford guide to family history. David Hey ©1993).

1848 – Samuel Finch was born in Milton Otago New Zealand.

1848-49 – In Dunedin and Christchurch the new settlers stayed in special barracks, until they were ready to build their own houses. 1849 Dunedin making damper bread. Landing of the first Otago immigrants in 1848. (The story of NZ. Bassett Sinclair Stenson ©1985).

1848-53 – Christchurch began in 1848. On 1 Sept 1850 the first emigrants, the Canterbury pilgrims arrived. Three days later four ships with 800 passengers left Gravesend for NZ, Lyttelton in December. By the first year of Christchurch, 19 ships and 3,000 immigrants arrived in Lyttelton. James Edward Fitzgerald was the migration agent for the Canterbury association in London. He founded the Press newspaper and was the first Superintendant in July 1853. (History Today. May 2014 UK).

1848-1855 – Earthquakes in 1848 and 1855 destroyed the Fort and only the foundations remain. The Fort was built by troops from Sydney during the Hutt war. Plimmerton area. Fort Paremata or Taupo Pa. (NZ Memories. Feb March 2014).

1848 & 1855 – Two earthquakes in Wellington 1848 and 1855. (Colonial capital Wellington 1865-1910 Terence Hodgson ©1990).

1848-1859 – Settlement of Otago began in 1848. Arrival of the John Wyckliffe and the Phillip Laing. Dunedin was by 1859 a town of 2,262 inhabitants. (NZ a short history. Laurie Barber ©1989).

1848-1898 – NZ in 1848 the colonial office began to collect details of births, deaths and marriage registration. ACT 1854 established a registry of marriages. Divorce in NZ began in 1867. The 1898 NZ six pence stamp with a kiwi. (Family tree. Dec 2009 p19-20).

Jan 1848 – Emily McNamara was born in Liverpool, she went to NZ on the “Clifton” in Jan 1848, with her parents, John McNamara, a Fencible and his wife Mary (nee Drayton) retired soldiers from the UK.

June 1848 – The chiefs and people of the Ngai Tahu met at Akaroa and sold lands, to the NZ company, from Kaiapoi to Port Chalmers. (Canterbury old and new. Whitcombe and Tombs ltd).

17 June 1848 – Joseph Burns was hanged on the site of the murders. The first pakeha convicted of murder in NZ. (Law breakers mischief. ©2009 Bronwyn Sell).

17 June 1848 – The hanging of Joseph Burns, Devonport Auckland. The first European to be hanged in NZ under British law. He was convicted of murder. (NZ crime timeline).

October 1848 – The earthquakes of October 1848. The first quake was big and caused much damage in Wellington. Many brick buildings were damaged and half of the chimneys fell down. The Wesleyan chapel, the jail and other public buildings were badly damaged. Frightening aftershocks. Then on 17 October 1848 there was another sharp quake. The Wellington Independent described it, several buildings fell down and two children were killed by falling bricks. (Trackless sea. ©2008 Megan Hutching)

1849 – “Ajax” London UK to Otago NZ ship.

1850s and 1860s – Jessie Finnie was one of a large number of, sex slaves, in Auckland NZ. Constable Thomas Powley of Auckalnd province. armed police, was a regular visitor at the brothels. Most of the Auckland brothels were in Chancery st. Early sex slavery in NZ. (A peoples history. ©1992 p71 & 72 NZ).

1850 – worldatlas.com Christchurch was founded.

1850s – Pioneer days when many homes had patchwork bedcovers. Women were thrifty and saved old clothing fabrics. Candles and lamps were used at night. Sewing and mending clothes and bedcovers. Sewing was part of a woman’s daily work. (Patchwork. Lauri Tapsell ©1979 NZ).

1850-1867 – By the late 1850’s there were 1.5 million sheep in New Zealand, with most in Canterbury and Hawkes Bay. Wool was central to New Zealand’s economy. By 1867 sheep numbers grew to 8.5 million, mainly in the South Island. (Trackless sea. ©2008 Megan Hutching).

1850-1900 – Canterbury old and new 1850-1900. Whitcombe and Tombs ltd., Old pioneers early history of Canterbury.

16 Dec 1850 – The ships the Charlotte Jane and Radolph brought the first Canterbury settlers to Lyttelton Christchurch. (Chch Star NZ. Today in history. 16 Dec 2015).

1851 – Clues about family history in old newspapers. The earliest census was taken in NZ in 1851. (Find your family on the internet. Ros Henry. p39 no date).

1851 – Some headstones date back 150 years. Established in 1851 the Barbadoes st cemetery was the first in Christchurch, it was severely damaged in the 2011 earthquakes. (NZ genealogist July Aug 2011).

1851 – 1900 – Otago death records from early newspapers CD (Trade me $20).

1851 – 1900 – Canterbury death records from early newspapers CD Colonial books (Trade me $20).

11 Jan 1851 – The first issue of the Lyttelton Times was on a Saturday. (Canterbury old and new 1850-1900. Whitcombe & Tombs ltd).

1852 – Canterbury, a few sheep in the settlement. Sheep, cattle and horses were being brought from Australia, imported by Charles Sidey. Also stock brought by Sefton Moorhouse. (Canterbury old and new. Whitcombe abd Tombs ltd.).

1852 – 1923 – Passenger lists Victoria Australia outwards to NZ. Gold miners moving. a CD, ISBN 9781877217517 (Trade me $30).

1853 – James George Deck, his wife and 8 surviving children arrived on the “Cornwall” in Wellington . (A peoples history. ©1992 p58 NZ).

Sept 1853 – Elections for Christchurch provincial council. Christchurch, until the earthquake of 2011. (History Today. May 2014 UK).

1855 – Wairarapa 8.2 quake. NZs most powerful recorded quake in which about nine people died. (NZ newswire Te Ara).

1855 – Malay mail online Malaysia. 6 Jan 2015 AFP. Wellington NZ most powerful quake 8.2 quake. Four people died. It pushed the shoreline up 650 feet and the harbour floor up.

1855 – Highway to the Hutt valley, the 1855 earthquake pushed up the shoreline by about a metre, making more land available for a road. (Trackless sea. ©2008 Megan Hutching).

23 January 1855 – Wairarapa earthquake. The 8.2 quake struck the lower north island and killed between 5 to 9 people and altered the Wellington region. (NZ disasters timeline internet).

23 Jan 1855 – The most powerful earthquake recorded in NZ. Altered the geographical landscape of Wellington 8.2 (On this day in NZ. Ron Palenski ©2010).

23 Jan 1855 – Wellington an 8 earthquake. 4 people died. USGS historic world earthquakes.

March 1855 – James Mackenzie shepherd, drover, sheepstealer by Cathy Marr. Mackenzie emigrated to Australia in about 1849. North of Timaru in March 1855. Lyttelton Times 12 May 1855. (A peoples history. ©1992 NZ)

March 1855 – About six weeks before this, there was a large earthquake in Wellington. Windows broken, chimneys fell down, plaster peels from the walls and furniture flying all over the place. Shock after shock continued. (Trackless sea. ©2008 Megan Hutching).

4 March 1855 – James Mackenzie was found with 1,000 sheep stolen from south Canterbury. Mackenzie country named after him. (NZ crime timeline).

4 March 1855 – Sheep rustler James Mackenzie caught in a pass, in the upper Waitaki river basin, with 1,000 sheep missing from the Levels station, north of Timaru. (Today in history. Chch Star NZ. 4 March 2015).

1856 – Auckland Almanack and directory W Lambert. Auckland public library POBox 4138 Auckland NZ.

1856 – Archives NZ. Christchurch was chartered as a city in 1856, the first city in NZ. NZ history.

1856-1862 – Martin Cash was a convict, policeman and brothel keeper. He moved to New Zealand from Hobart Australia in 1856. In 1860 Cash was in Christchurch as a constable in the Canterbury province armed police force, which he joined in 1859. His main line of work was brothel keeping. (He was a pimp), 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. Cash returned to NZ by December 1862. He continued to operate several brothels in Christchurch, red light districts and Salisbury street, including the Red house. He moved to Otago gold fields then returned to Christchurch. (p35 A peoples history. ©1992 NZ).

1857 – Prince Edward Islanders on the “Gertrude” to NZ. (Australian family tree. September 2010)

1857-1860 – Thomas Hammond’s parents and siblings left Clee Hill in Shropshire UK to migrate to NZ arriving in 1857. Dinah Hammond was born 1838 while in NZ, married James Galbritte children Alice, Lavina, Patty, John and James. During the latter part of the 19^th century they returned to the UK. Galbraith in 1860. In the UK in 1881 census. Islington and London from the early 20^th century in Surrey. (Practical family history. July 2003 p20).

1857-1863 – For the four years 1857-60 the total gold exported from NZ was nearly 36,000 ounces. In 1861 alone 400,000 ounces. In 1863 625,000 ounces. Most came from the Clutha areas. Gold quantities were expressed in troy ounces. One troy ounce is equal to 31.1035 grams. (Costly gold. JS RW Murray Clutha riches and their human toll).

1857-1898 – On 15 April 1857 the “Maori” laid anchor outside Otago heads. Uncle Donald Borrie’s farm. John the oldest son went to work at James Macandrew’s store in Dunedin. As the news of gold spread, Dunedin began to boom including Macandrew’s store. The port became packed with shipping, and the customs officer was overworked. So John Borrie left the store to join the customs staff. The influx of gold speculators meant the need for more productive farms. On Sunday Janet Borrie attended church, Rev W Gillies was the minister. Janet died in 1898 and was buried in the west Taieri cemetery bedside her husband near the church. (Petticoat pioneers. B Harper ©1980).

1857-1957 – Old historical records The Cromwell Argus weekly from 1869-1947. In the century between 1857 and 1957 NZ exported gold valued at nearly 120 million pounds, most gold was in the Clutha area. (Costly gold. JS RW Murray 1978 Clutha riches and their human tol.l ISBN 0-589-01132-4).

1858-1958 – From distant villages, the lives and times of Croatian settlers in NZ 1858-1958 by Stephen A Jelicich. (NZ society of genealogists inc. Nov-Dec 2011 p253).

1858-1980 – NZ Maori land claims. (NZ genealogist March April 2011).

7 May 1858 – Sarah Jane Finch was born in Milton Otago.

1859 – “Cheviot” From Glasgow Scotland to Port Chalmers Otago, ship.

1859 – The “Strathallah” in 1859 in south Canterbury. The “Lancashire witch” the “Victory” and the “Tiptree” and other ships, each with many immigrants. Those on the “Tiptree” were mostly Cornishmen from Cornwall or from the south of England. Flour was imported from Adelaide Australia. (Canterbury old and new. Whitcombe and Tombs ltd).

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

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”.

1861-1911- 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. Chares Hill. The Observor 1791-1900 London 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 – Widespread financial crisis NZ. (A peoples history. ©1992 NZ)

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

26 Aug 1864 – The NZ war. The Manchester Guardian 1828-1900 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 Pryo.r 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 founbd James Parker Boyd and 24 crew, 22 passengers. Wreckage was later found wahed 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).

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. Danish migrant murdered in 1868.

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.

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).

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 – 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).

1874-1968 – 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.

1878-1879 – 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.

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

1880 – On 23 Sept 1880 Pirerangi died in Dunedin jail of consumption. (NZ genealogist July Aug 2011).

1880 – Italians were living in Westland NZ in 1880. Italian census NZ by Alan Poletti a.poletti@xtra.co.nz ancestors and archives.

1880-1928 – Deceased estates under public trust in NZ. Trade me $5 1931-1950 CD Colonial books 1929 and 1930 and missing.

1880 – 1950 – Italians in NZ Wellington area 1940s and 50s. The came from Stromboli offshore from Naples, or a town off Massaburense, they started arriving from the 1880s. (NZ Memories. Feb March 2014).

23 January 1880 – Amelia Rosetta Williams was born in Auckland

26 July 1880 – (papers past) Southland Times p3. Wanted weekly about 150 pair good rabbits. James Pryor 193 George st Dunedin.

1881 – Archives NZ. 1881 Chinese immigrants Act by NZ Parliament. NZ history.

1881 – The first Chinese gold miners arrived in NZ in 1866 and 3 years later there were more than 2,000 immigrants, mainly from Guangzhou China. By 1881 there were about 5,000 Chinese in NZ. Mr Sew Hoy in 1883. (Maritime executive 19 Nov 2014).

1881-1882 – Trustee Executors was established in 1881. Will and Trust Deeds, Otago. Private Act of Parliament. Statutory Trust Company in 1882. In the 1970s Tower, in 1988 and 1999. Mid 2003 Trustee executors name again. (Website).

22 Jan 1881 – (papers past) ODT magistrates court. James Pryor versus James Denton. .

29 Jan 1881 – An English lady is murdered in NZ. Weekly Irish Times 1876-1920 Dublin Ireland.

1 March 1881 – William John Finch was born in Dunedin Otago.

May June 1881 – 24 May 1881 several severe shocks of earthquake. 26 June 1881 Earthquake most prolonged felt. (NZ Memories June July 2014 p56).

5 Dec 1881 – Very severe shocks of earthquake. (NZ genealogist March April 2011).

12 Dec 1881 – (papers past) Otago Witness. James Pryor cash purchase of provincial grown fruit. 62 Princes and 193 george st Dunedin.Turkey’s for christmas, one shilling per pound if delivered before 21 Dec 1881. Pryor 62 Princess and 193 George st Dunedin.

1882 – Auckland city and suburban directory Ingram and Gardner.

1882 – NZ property tax department a return of the freeholders of NZ Government printer Wellington.

1883-4 – Auckland city suburban and provincial directory Ingram and Gardner.

11 Aug 1883 – (papers past) Otago Witness p16. White flint corn. James Pryor puchased the crop of Mr Cormack, St Andrews corn. 62 Princess st 193 George st Dunedin.

9 Jan 1884 – (papers past) Daily Telegraph p2. Death at the Hawkes bay hospital Napier. On 9 Jan 1884 James Pryor of Napier aged 74 fractured his neck, of the thigh bone on 10 Dec 1883.

1 May 1884 – Murder suicide rape. Poverty Bay Herald.

1885 – The earthquake of 1885, in which people died. (NZ Memories June July 2013.

1886 – Sir Hepi’s great grandfather in 1886. Apparently gave the central mountains of the north island to the crown?. (The Bolger years. Margaret Clark ©2008 NZ).

1886 – Stone’s Dunedin and Invercargill directory.

1886 – The defenders of NZ TW Gudgeon Brett.

1886 – Kevin Ryan’s grandfather was the engineer on the ship the “penguin” which hurried to the nearest port of Tauranga when mount Tarewa erupted. (Justice. Kevin Ryan ©1997 NZ).

1886-1917 – RS Hill. The iron hand in the velvet glove. The modernisation of policing in NZ. Palmerston North 1995. (The great wrong war. Stevan Eldred Grigg ©2010 NZ).

1886-1986 – Wanganui police history. Charles E Spicer Trade me $24.

10 June 1886 – The great Tarawera eruption left 153 people dead and damaged homes. (NZ Memories Dec Jan 2014).

10 June 1886 – Mount Tarawera in the Bay of Plenty, a noisy eruption. (Spies revolutionaries (c)2007 Graeme John Hunt NZ).

19 June 1886 – The eruption of Lake Tarewera, Ta Wairoa. 31 May 1886 the eruption of mount Tarawera and on 10 June 1886 Mount Trawera burst into life. The volcano erupted with a force so large that the number of those killed will never be known, officially 153 dead. (NZ mysteries. Nicola McCloy. ©2005 NZ).

1887 – Giant squid. In 1887 scientists documented a giant squid found in New Zealand. 55 feet. (Washington Post AP Lindsay Bever 15 May 2005).

1888 – Alpine fault and northern Canterbuiry. 7.3 earthquake.

1888-1915 – Coroners inquest records NZ 1888 to 1915. Archives NZ in Wellingon. The Cause of death and surname. (The NZ Genealogist. May June 2009).

23 May 1888 – William Pope missing. Bay of Plenty Times. Papers past.

31 Aug 1888 – A rabbiter missing. Auckland Star.

1889 – Cleaves Auckland city and suburban directory 1889, 1890, 1891 until 1923.

1889 – Italian immigrant Louis Chemis was convicted for the murder of a rich landowner, Thomas Hawkins of Kaiwharawhare Wellington. (NZ Genealogist. March April 2010).

1889 – Chinese in Nelson. The first ‘naturalised’ Chinese in NZ. A house was built by Wong Ah Poo Hoc Ting, aka Appo Hocton. (NZ Memories. Feb March 2014).

17 Aug 1889 – NZ at present, Canterbury and Christchurch. Weekly Irish Times 1876-1920 Dublin Ireland.

1890 – Maori skulls in macabre collection to be brought back to New Zealand. 800 human skulls in Sweden at the Karolinska institute in Solna north of Stockholm Sweden. Maori skulls in 1890 from a zoologist Conrad Fisredt were used for scientific racism. (Bernard Orsman NZ Herald APNZ. ODT 27 Jan 2015).

1890-1892 – In Jan 1890 Arthur Bentley Worthington, his wife Mary and children arrived in Christchurch from the US. A sect called the students of truth. 400 Christchurch members. 1892 the temple of truth in Latimer square Christchurch. (NZ mysteries. Nicole McCloy ©2005 NZ).

1890s – 1900s – William Pryor was born 3 June 1867 in Dunedin. Dominion organiser of the NZ employers association in the 1890s and 1900s. Industrial disputes around NZ, and ran for parliament in 1905. He died 56 years old on 26 Feb 1922.

1890s – American fraudster Arthur Bently Worthington and his Temple of Truth in Latimer square Christchurch. He later went to Australia. (Chch crimes scandals. Geoffrey W Rice ©2013).

5 March 1890 – David Nicol died in Dunedin NZ

8 April 1890 – Supposed murder of a tourist. Ashburton Guardian.

22 April 1890 – A painter missing. Auckland star.

15 Sept 1890 – (papers past) Colonist p3. Fatal accident at Collingwood. James Pryor was killed in the Johnston united mine by a fall of earth.

16 Sept 1890 – (papers past) Nelson Evening Mail p2. Johnstons united mine. James Pryor was accidently killed in the Johnston united mine. Fired a shot, the face of the stope, a slab of rock fell from the roof onto his head. He had been working in the mine for 8 years. Inquest.

7 Sept 1891 – Importation of opium. Auckland Star. Papers Past.

17 Sept 1891 – A missing rabbiter. Bush Advocate.

18 Sept 1891 – Search abandoned. The Star, John Gray missing farmer from Waikoikoi.

1 Dec 1891 –Papers past Auckland Star p6. Masonic news. Bro James Pryor IG Ponsonby.

2 Dec 1891 – Papers past. NZ Herald. Ponsonby Masonic meeting, annual meeting James Pryor IG.

2 Dec 1891 – Papers past. Auckland Star. Masonic news. Grand lodge EC Masonic lodge Ponsonby hall. Bro James Pryor IG.

1892 – George William was found dead in the bush while on a visit to his sister Susannah. (NZ genealogist. Jan Feb 2009).

1892 – Grace Emma Munro, 30 years old was killed by her husband. (Tauranga murders in history. 23 Sept 2014 Sun Live).

12 Feb 1892 – Mysterious murder. Auckland Star.

23 March 1892 – James Pryor and Emily Jane Cole were married in Ponsonby Auckland.

30 April 1892 – (papers past) ODT Meeting of creditors. Re JJ Pryor, estate of James John Pryor, fruiterer NZ bancruptcy and estate.

1 Dec 1892 – (papers past) Auckland Star p8. Births. Pryor on 18 Oct 1892 Dedwood tce Ponsonby, wife of James Pryor a son born.

1893 – The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act of 1893. It was rewritten in the 1990s. (The Bolger years. Margaret Clark ©2008 NZ).

1893 – NZ became the first country in the world to give women the right to vote. Newstalk ZB 120^th anniversary womens sufferage.

1893-1904 – NZ bankruptcy notices CD PDF file Trade me.

30 Oct 1893 – A wealthy young man meets a mysterious death. Thames Star.

27 Nov 1893 – Smuggling opium. Auckland Star. Papers Past.

13 June 1894 – (papers past) The Press Chch p6. Passenger southern express for Christchurch. Messrs James Pryor.

14 June 1894 – (papers past) ODT p1. Trains from Dunedin for the north. Mr James Pryor overland passenger.

17 September 1894 – Raper. Sydney to NZ. (NZ immigration passenger list 1855-1973) (14 July 2013).

26 October 1894 – 1 November 1894 Raper.

1 November 1894 – Raper. Sydney NZ. Born 1849 British female aged 45. Ship “Tasmania” (14 July 2013).

5 November 1894 – Raper. Lyttelton NZ (NZ immigration passenger list 1855-1973).

8 Feb 1895 – (papers past) Evening Post p2. Ignoring the half holiday. James Pryor fruiterer, seeds, vegeatables and plants. Convicted and fined with costs.

8 Feb 1895 – (papers past) Auckland Star p3. Police court. James Pryor fruiterer and seedsman was charged with failing to close his shop. Fined 5 shillings and costs.

8 Feb 1895 – (papers past) Marlborough Express p2. The weekly half holiday. Dunedin police court. James Pryor fruiterer and seedsman charged with failinhg to close his shop. He sold seeds on that day. Fined one shiling and costs 7 shilingsa 6d.

8 Feb 1895 – (papers past) The Press Chch p6. The half holiday Dunedin. 7 Feb 1895 police court. James Pryor failure to close his shop. Fined 1s and costs 17s 6s. Wellington 7 Feb 1895 the Labour dept also prosecuted 20 Chinese fpr not closing in the afternoon.

9 Feb 1895 – (papers past) Nelsom Evening Mail p3. The half holiday. James Pryor fruiterer and seedsman was charged with failing to close his shop. He sold seeds on that day. Combined trade of seedsman and fruiterer. He was fined a shilling and costs.

9 Feb 1895 – (papers past) Ignoring the half holiday. Wairarapa Daily Times p3. Dunedin fruiterer and seeds, vegetables and plants. James Pryor was convicted and fined with costs.Two Chinamen were also fined under the Act.

20 July 1895 – Archives NZ. Archway records. (R20803341) Eric Nicol Pryor WW1 army. Restricted acess. Newspaper reporter before enlistment. Born 20 July 1895 in Auckland. His parents were James Pryor and Emily Jane Pryor (nee Cole).

6 Aug 1895 – Chinese opium dens. Nelson Evening Mail. Papers Past.

6 Aug 1895 – Chinese opium dens. Press. Papers Past.

6 Aug 1895 – Chinese opium dens. Papers Past.

2 August 1895 – Minnie Dean was a baby farmer, she was found guilty of murder and hanged at Invercargil prison on 12 august 1895. The only women executed in NZ. Southland Times reports. (Law breakers mischief. ©2009 Bronwyn Sell).

1896-97 – Dunedin. The sisters of mercy of Aotearoa NZ. Michael Verdon took over in Dunedin, the second Catholic bishop in 1896.

1896-1920 – The hawkers prevention bill of 1896. The immigration restriction ACT of 1899. The immigration restriction amendment ACT of 1920. (Shot in the dark. Scott Bainbridge ©2010 NZ).

1896 – Agnes Finch married Joseph Robinson in Milburn Otago

1896 – A Census measured the population at about 743,214 (Timeline NZ internet).

19 March 1896 – Shocking murder. Evening Post.

27 April 1896 – A shocking murder. Feilding Star.

27 April 1896 – Brutal murder. Hawera Normanby Star.

10 June 1896 – Earthquakes at Napier, a series of violent quakes. Marlborough express p2 vol xxxi issue 132.

15 Dec 1896 – Another man missing. Marlborough Express.

29 Dec 1896 – (papers past) Auckland Star p8. Births. At her home in Northcate, the wife of James Pryor, a daughter was born.

1897 – Cyclopedia of NZ vols 1-6 Christchurch NZ .

1897-1898 – Principle of the Christian brothers school in Dunedin br Bodkin. Catholic.

1897-1968 – Economist Dr Bill Sutch and Rhodes scholar Ian Milner. Both Communist,s but not members of the Communist party. Dr Bill Airey taught history at university. One of his students was Des Costello aka Paddy Costello. The NZ peace council was another Comunist front group. (Spies and revolutionaries. Graeme John Hunt. (c)2007 NZ).

4 June 1897 – Interprovincial. The Star. James Cook, tailor, south Dunedin missing since saturday. His coat sand hat were found on the beach.

5 August 1897 – Frederick John von Sturmer died in Hamilton Waikato.

2 Dec 1897 – Rewi Alley's birthday. Communist New Zealander. (Chch Star NZ. Today in history. 2 Dec 2015).

27 Aug 1898 – NZ rabbit exportation. Weekly Irish Times Dublin Ireland.

12 Oct 1898 – William Larnach walked into a parliament committee room in Wellington and shot himself dead. Its now the Parliament house library. (NZ mysteries. Nicola McCloy. ©2005 NZ).

1 Nov 1898 – The Old age pensions Act became law. A means tested pension for the elderly. NZ history.

1899 – Every place in NZ the NZ index Wises Christchurch.

1899 – Oil lamps. Large oil lamps were used to read, write and do craftwork Colza oil from Rape seed.