Events
- 18 February: The first trans-Tasman submarine communications cable is completed, allowing telegraph communications with the rest of the world.
- 4 April: Speight's is first brewed in Dunedin.
- 30 December: The Daily Southern Cross publishes its last issue, and merges with The New Zealand Herald. The Auckland-based newspaper began publishing as The Southern Cross in 1843.
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