New Zealand Interprovincial Exhibition

The New Zealand Interprovincial Exhibition inaugurated on the-then Canterbury Anniversary Day 16 December 1872 ran until 8 January 1873 and was held in the Drill Hall, Christchurch, Canterbury.

A principal purpose was to select the New Zealand exhibits for the World's Fair 1873 in Vienna, Austria (Wiener Weltausstellung) from 1 May 1873 to 2 November 1873.

[1] Recommendations from the prize juries were published prematurely and led many exhibitors to think they had won silver medals.

[2] However, the exhibition finances did not permit this largesse.

[3] Finally, a total number of 132 medals and certificates were awarded by the Christchurch Executive Committee to a total of 256 exhibitors from different NZ provinces: Twenty-eight crates of selected exhibits were forwarded to Vienna on 15 January.