Events
- 17 February: The Daily Southern Cross Newspaper prints a hoax report of a Russian invasion of Auckland.
- 3 May: The New Zealand Tablet begins publication in Dunedin. The newspaper was published weekly by the Catholic Church until 1996.
- December: The Onehunga Branch railway line from Auckland to Onehunga (via Newmarket, Ellerslie, and Penrose) is opened.
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