1865 in New Zealand

The following lists events that happened during 1865 in New Zealand.

Incumbents

The 3rd Parliament continues.

The New Zealand Exhibition in Dunedin runs from 12 January until 6 May 1865.
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.
26 July: Parliament officially sits in Wellington for the first time, in the former Provincial Council chambers.
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.

The race which becomes the New Zealand Cup in 1883, is run for the first time at Riccarton Racecourse.

Ballinger Belt: ''No competition''