and seat of government transferred from Auckland to Wellington New Zealand Exhibition held in Dunedin Native Land Court established. Government launches the first of what would become 3,000,000 acres of land-confiscations from Māori in Waikato, Taranaki, Bay of Plenty, and Hawke's Bay. Māori resistance continues. Auckland streets lit by gas for first time. 1866 First (unreliable) Cook Strait submarine telegraph cable laid. Christchurch to Hokitika road opens. Cobb and Co. coaches run from Canterbury to the West Coast. The Presbytery of Otago separates into three presbyteries and becomes the Synod of Otago and Southland. January–February: Trevor Chute leads raids against Maro in Taranaki 12 February–6 April: 1866 New Zealand general election. 1867 Thames goldfield opens; soon the town has more people than Auckland. Four Māori electorates established in Parliament. All Māori men over 21 obtained suffrage (allowed to stand for parliament and vote). Lyttelton railway tunnel completed. Armed constabulary established. 1868 Māori resistance continues through campaigns of Te Kooti Arikirangi and Titokowaru. New Zealand's first sheep breed, the Corriedale, is developed. 1869 Thomas Burns founds New Zealand's first university, the University of Otago, in Dunedin. Visit of Prince Alfred – the first Royal Tour. 1870s 1870 The last imperial forces leave New Zealand. Julius Vogel's public works and immigration policy begins, along with national railway construction programme; over 1,000 miles constructed by 1879. University of New Zealand created by the New Zealand University Act, establishing a federal university based on the University of London, which lasts until 1961. First rugby match. Auckland to San Francisco mail service begins. 1871 Deer freed in Otago. 14 January–23 February: 1871 New Zealand general election. 1872 Te Kooti retreats to the King Country and Māori armed resistance ceases. Telegraph communication links Auckland, Wellington and southern provinces. 1873 New Zealand Shipping Company established. 1874 First New Zealand steam engine built at Invercargill. 1875 20 December – 29 January: 1875–1876 New Zealand general election. 1876 Abolition of the provinces and establishment of local government by counties and boroughs. New Zealand-Australia telegraph cable established. 1877 Education Act passed, establishing national system of primary education, "free, secular, and compulsory". 1878 Completion of Main South Line railway linking Christchurch, Dunedin, and Invercargill. 1879 Triennial Parliaments Act passed. Manhood suffrage is extended to non-Māori when the vote is given to every male aged 21 and over. Kaitangata mine explosion, 34 people die. Annual property tax introduced. Kangaroo lays the first