1845 in New Zealand

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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

• Chief Justice — William Martin

Events

Depiction of Hone Heke cutting down the British flagstaff

• 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

See also

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

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.

External links

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