| YEAR | DATE | EVENT | PRIME MINISTER | GOVERNOR | 
| 1840 | 30 january | UK colony |  | Sir George Gipps | 
| 1841 | 3 january |  |  | cap. William Hobson | 
| 1842 | 10 september |  |  | Willoughby Shortland | 
| 1843 | 26 december |  |  | cap. Robert Fitzroy | 
| 1845 | 18 november |  |  | cap. Sir George Grey (I) | 
| 1854 | 3 january |  |  | Robert Henry Wynyard (I) | 
| 1855 | 6 september |  |  | Thomas Gore Browne  (I) | 
| 1856 | 7 may |  | Henry Sewell |  | 
| 1856 | 20 may |  | William Fox  (I) |  | 
| 1856 | 2 june |  | Edward William Stafford (I) |  | 
| 1859 | august |  |  | Robert Henry Wynyard (II) | 
| 1860 | august |  |  | Thomas Gore Browne (II) | 
| 1861 | 12 july |  | William Fox  (II) |  | 
| 1861 | 3 october |  |  | Robert Henry Wynyard (III) | 
| 1861 | december |  |  | Sir George Grey (II) | 
| 1862 | 6 august |  | Alfred Domett |  | 
| 1863 | 30 october |  | Frederick Whitaker (I) |  | 
| 1864 | 24 november |  | Frederick Aloysius Weld |  | 
| 1865 | 16 october |  | Edward William Stafford (II) |  | 
| 1868 | 5 february |  |  | Sir George Ferguson Bowen | 
| 1869 | 28 june |  | William Fox  (III) |  | 
| 1872 | 10 september |  | Edward William Stafford  (III) |  | 
| 1872 | 11 october |  | George Marsden Waterhouse |  | 
| 1873 | 3 march |  | William Fox (IV) |  | 
| 1873 | 21 march |  |  | Sir George Alfred Arney | 
| 1873 | 8 april |  | Sir Julius Vogel (I) |  | 
| 1873 | 14 june |  |  | Sir James Fergusson | 
| 1874 | 3 december |  |  | George Augustus Constantine Phipps Marquess of Normanby | 
| 1875 | 6 july |  | Daniel Pollen |  | 
| 1876 | 15 february |  | Sir Julius Vogel (II) |  | 
| 1876 | 1 september |  | Harry Atkinson  (I) |  | 
| 1877 | 13 october |  | Sir George Grey |  | 
| 1879 | 21 february |  |  | James Prendergast (I) | 
| 1879 | 27 march |  |  | Sir Hercules George Robert | 
| 1879 | 8 october |  | John Hall |  | 
| 1880 | 9 september |  |  | James Prendergast (II) | 
| 1880 | 29 november |  |  | Sir Arthur Hamilton Gordon | 
| 1882 | 24 january |  |  | James Prendergast (III) | 
| 1882 | 21 april |  | Frederick Whitaker (II) |  | 
| 1883 | 20 january |  |  | Sir William Francis Drummond | 
| 1883 | 25 september |  | Harry Atkinson  (II) |  | 
| 1884 | 16 august |  | Sir Robert Stout  (I) |  | 
| 1884 | 28 august |  | Harry Atkinson  (III) |  | 
| 1884 | 3 september |  | Sir Robert Stout  (II) |  | 
| 1887 | 8 october |  | Harry Atkinson  (IV) |  | 
| 1889 | 23 march |  |  | James Prendergast (IV) | 
| 1889 | 2 may |  |  | William Hillier, Earl of Onslow | 
| 1891 | 24 january |  | John Ballance |  | 
| 1892 | 25 february |  |  | James Prendergast (V) | 
| 1892 | 7 june |  |  | David Boyle, Earl of Glasgow | 
| 1893 | 1 may |  | Richard John Seddon |  | 
| 1897 | 8 february |  |  | James Prendergast (VI) | 
| 1897 | 10 august |  |  | Uchter John Mark Knox Earl of Ranfurly |