1845 in New Zealand

← 1844 1843 1842 1845 in New Zealand → 1846 1847 1848
Decades:	1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s
See also:	Other events of 1845 Timeline of New Zealand history

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

• Chief Justice — William Martin

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

• Samuel Brown, mayor of Wellington.
• Charles Johnston, politician.

Deaths

• 1 July: George Phillpotts, naval officer
• 8 September: Te Peehi Turoa, tribal leader

See also

• List of years in New Zealand
• Timeline of New Zealand history
• History of New Zealand
• Military history of New Zealand
• Timeline of the New Zealand environment
• Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica

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 2008-03-05. Retrieved 2008-03-14., in particular "A1.1 Total population.xls". Archived from the original (Excel) on 2008-03-05. Retrieved 2008-03-14.
2. Today in History | NZHistory
3. "Wellington Independent". National Library of New Zealand.
4. "New Zealander". National Library of New Zealand.

External links

Media related to 1845 in New Zealand at Wikimedia Commons