New Zealand Exhibition

1865 Dunedin
New Zealand Exhibition Building, Dunedin, 1865
Overview
BIE-classUnrecognized exposition
NameNew Zealand Exhibition
Visitors31250
Organized byJohn Hyde Harris, James Hector, Alfred Eccles and Thomas Forrester
Participant(s)
Countries12
Location
CountryColony of New Zealand
CityDunedin
Coordinates45°52′9.84″S 170°30′30.96″E / 45.8694000°S 170.5086000°E / -45.8694000; 170.5086000
Timeline
Opening12 January 1865
Closure6 May 1865

The New Zealand Exhibition, which took place in Dunedin, New Zealand, in 1865, was a world's fair visited by approximately 31250 people. It was the first world's fair held in New Zealand. It opened on 12 January and ran until 6 May 1865. Later world's fairs opened in Dunedin in 1889 and 1925.