1845 in New Zealand

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Decades:
  • 1820s
  • 1830s
  • 1840s
  • 1850s
  • 1860s
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The following lists events that happened during 1845 in New Zealand.

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[]

Unknown date[]

Deaths[]

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. ^ Today in History | NZHistory
  3. ^ "Wellington Independent". National Library of New Zealand.
  4. ^ "New Zealander". National Library of New Zealand.

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