1845 in New Zealand
The following lists events that happened during 1845 in New Zealand.
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Population
The estimated population of New Zealand at the end of 1845 is 72,500 Māori and 12,774 non-Māori.[1]
Incumbents
Regal and viceregal
- Head of State – Queen Victoria
- Governor – Captain Robert Fitzroy is dismissed on 18 November and replaced by Sir George Grey.
Government and law
Events
- 19 January: Hone Heke cuts down the British flagstaff at Kororareka for the third time in the lead-up to the Flagstaff War.[2]
- 2 April: The Wellington Independent publishes its first issue. The newspaper continues to publish bi-weekly or tri-weekly until 1874.[3]
- 7 June: The New Zealander begins publishing. The Auckland-based newspaper publishes weekly, then bi-weekly and from 1859 daily. It will cease publishing in 1866.[4]
Births
- 11 October: Charles Johnston, Mayor of Wellington and politician.
Unknown date
- Samuel Brown, mayor of Wellington (in Ireland).
- John Roberts, mayor of Lower Hutt (in Scotland; October).
Deaths
- 1 July: George Phillpotts, naval officer
- 8 September: Te Peehi Turoa, tribal leader
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gollark: This will not work. It has repeatedly not worked. Would you like to know why?
gollark: RubenKnijn: the bees I have scanning for all discussion of stock markets alerted me to someone discussing stock markets.
gollark: So does mine!
gollark: You should use my highly good floppy-disk keycard system.
See also
References
- Statistics New Zealand has collated estimates from a number of sources (interpolating where necessary) at "Long-term data series". Archived from the original on 5 March 2008. Retrieved 14 March 2008., in particular "A1.1 Total population.xls". Archived from the original (Excel) on 5 March 2008. Retrieved 14 March 2008.
- Today in History | NZHistory
- "Wellington Independent". National Library of New Zealand.
- "New Zealander". National Library of New Zealand.
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