The following lists events that happened during 1862 in New Zealand. Head of State – Queen Victoria Governor – Sir George Grey The 3rd Parliament continues...

of New Zealand encompass the gender, ethnic, religious, geographic, and economic backgrounds of the 5.3 million people living in New Zealand. New Zealanders...

Palmerston North Nelson Rotorua New Plymouth Whangārei Invercargill Whanganui Gisborne The word city took on two meanings in New Zealand after the local government...

The Court of Appeal of New Zealand (Māori: Te Kōti Pīra o Aotearoa) is the principal intermediate appellate court of New Zealand. It is also the final...

(1862–1944), New Zealand rugby union player Henry Wynyard "Pie" (1863–1921), New Zealand rugby union player James Wynyard (1914–1942), New Zealand rugby...

The human history of New Zealand can be dated back to between 1320 and 1350 CE, when the main settlement period started, after it was discovered and settled...

The New Zealand Wars (Māori: Ngā pakanga o Aotearoa) took place from 1845 to 1872 between the New Zealand colonial government and allied Māori on one...

also exist. The first telegraph opened in New Zealand between the port of Lyttelton and Christchurch on 16 June 1862. The line was constructed along the...

New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF; Māori: Te Ope Kātua o Aotearoa, lit. "Line of Defence of New Zealand") is the three-branched military of New Zealand...

Palmerston is a town in the South Island of New Zealand. Located 50 kilometres to the north of the city of Dunedin, it is the largest town in the Waihemo Ward...

of the New Zealand Defence Force alongside the Royal New Zealand Navy and the Royal New Zealand Air Force. Formed in 1845, as the New Zealand Military Forces...

Queen's Redoubt is a fortification of the New Zealand Wars, located at Pōkeno, New Zealand. It was built to protect the southern end of a major supply...

to List of years in New Zealand. 85 mya: Around this time New Zealand splits from the supercontinent Gondwana. 5 mya: New Zealand's climate cools as Australia...

(Māori: Whare o Raro, lit. 'Lower House') is the sole chamber of the New Zealand Parliament. The House passes laws, provides ministers to form the Cabinet...

March 1862 – 4 July 1940) was a New Zealand farmer, author and conservationist. William Herbert Smith was born in Helensburgh, Scotland in 1862. His father...

The New Zealand state highway network is the major national highway network in New Zealand. Nearly 100 roads in the North and South Islands are state...

Bank of New Zealand (BNZ) is one of New Zealand's big four banks. It has been operating since October 1861, and since 1992 has been owned by National...

Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the third-largest city in New Zealand, and is the administrative centre of the Wellington Region. It is the...

The prime minister of New Zealand is the country's head of government and the leader of the Cabinet, whose powers and responsibilities are defined by...

Mayors in New Zealand are the directly elected leaders of New Zealand's territorial authorities. They chair local council meetings and have limited executive...

Salmond KC (3 December 1862 – 19 September 1924) was a legal scholar, public servant and judge in New Zealand. Salmond was born in North Shields, Northumberland...

Wellington has been the capital of New Zealand since 1865. New Zealand's first capital city was Old Russell (Okiato) in 1840–41. Auckland was the second...

The New Zealand Company, chartered in the United Kingdom, was a company that existed in the first half of the 19th century on a business model that was...

New Zealand flax describes the common New Zealand perennial plants Phormium tenax and Phormium colensoi, known by the Māori names harakeke and wharariki...

Kaitangata is a town near the coast of South Otago, New Zealand, on the left bank of the Matau Branch of the Clutha River ten kilometres south east of...

ports including Hobart, Tasmania, and New Zealand. In 1862, Ocean Chief arrived at Bluff Harbour, New Zealand, under Captain T. Brown, with a cargo of...

Mining in New Zealand began when the Māori quarried rock such as argillite in times prior to European colonisation. Mining by Europeans began in the latter...

District) in the Czech Republic Dolce (surname) Dolce dell'Anguillara (1401–1449), Italian condottiero Dolce Ann Cabot (1862–1943), New Zealand journalist...

Paratya curvirostris is a species of freshwater shrimp in the family Atyidae. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it is distributed from North Island to Stewart...

James Edward FitzGerald (4 March 1818 – 2 August 1896) was a New Zealand politician. According to some historians, he should be considered the country's...