Events
- The Capital of New Zealand is moved from Auckland to Wellington.
- The Marlborough Times ceases publication. It was founded in 1864.
- February — The start of the West Coast Gold Rush with rumours of gold being found.
- 18 February: The Press in Christchurch starts publishing a magazine, The Weekly Press. The magazine ran until 1928.
- May — The West Coast Times is founded. It began as a weekly newspaper and became a daily in January 1866. It ceased publishing in 1917.
- 4 June: The Evening Herald is founded in Wanganui. Around the turn of the 19th to 20th century, it changed its name to The Wanganui Herald, and continued to publish until 1986.
- 26 July: Parliament officially sits in Wellington for the first time, in the former Provincial Council chambers. (see also 1862)
- 30 August: The New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian publishes its last issue. It began in 1844.
- November: The Grey River Argus begins publication in Greymouth. It published three times a week until becoming daily in 1871. The paper folded in 1966.
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