1844 in New Zealand

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Decades:
  • 1820s
  • 1830s
  • 1840s
  • 1850s
  • 1860s
See also:
  • Other events of 1844
  • Timeline of New Zealand history

The following lists events that happened during 1844 in New Zealand.

Population[]

The estimated population of New Zealand at the end of 1844 is 73,900 Māori and 12,447 non-Māori.[1]

Incumbents[]

Regal and viceregal[]

  • Head of State – Queen Victoria
  • Governor – Captain Robert Fitzroy

Government and law[]

Events[]

  • 26 January: Governor Robert FitzRoy arrives in Wellington to investigate the Wairau Affray.[2]
  • February: The Bay of Islands Advocate ceases publishing. It began in 1843.[3]
  • 25 September: The New Zealand Gazette and Wellington Spectator prints its final issue. 369 issues were produced.[4]
  • 12 October: The New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian begins publishing in Wellington. It publishes weekly until its demise in 1865.[5]

Births[]

Unknown date[]

  • (in Ireland): James Colvin, politician.
  • John Sheehan, politician.

Deaths[]

  • 10 October: Tuhawaiki, tribal leader

Unknown date[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ NZhistory.net
  3. ^ Dr. T. M. Hocken F.L.S. (9 July 1902). "Art. VI.—The Beginnings of Literature in New Zealand: Part II., the English Section—Newspapers". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 1868–1961. p. 107.
  4. ^ "New Zealand Gazette and Wellington Spectator". National Library of New Zealand.
  5. ^ "New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian". National Library of New Zealand.
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