1842 in New Zealand

none November 2019August 2023 1842 The following lists events that happened during 1842 in New Zealand. Population The estimated population of New Zealand at the end of 1842 is 76,900 Māori and 10,992 non-Māori (a 120% increase in 1 year).Statistics New Zealand has collated estimates from a number of sources (interpolating where necessary) at http://www.stats.govt.nz/tables/ltds/ltds-population.htm Long-term data series 14 March 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080305185447/http://www.stats.govt.nz/tables/ltds/ltds-population.htm 5 March 2008 dead , in particular http://www.stats.govt.nz/tables/ltds/ltds-population.htm A1.1 Total population.xls 14 March 2008 Excel https://web.archive.org/web/20080305185447/http://www.stats.govt.nz/tables/ltds/ltds-population.htm 5 March 2008 dead Incumbents Regal and viceregal Head of State – Queen Victoria Governor – Captain William Hobson dies on 10 September. His replacement Captain Robert Fitzroy does not arrive until 26 December 1843. Government and law Chief Justice – William Martin Main centre leaders Mayor of Wellington – George Hunter is elected Mayor on 3 October, the first Mayor in New Zealand. (see also 1843) Events 1 January: The Government begins publication of a monthly magazine in Māori, Te Karere o Nui Tireni (The Messenger of New Zealand). It publishes until 1846, and is revived as The Maori Messenger and Te Manuhiri Tuarangi between 1849 and 1863.http://www.aucklandcitylibraries.com/findyoursubject/newszone/earlyaucklandareanewspapers.htm Early Auckland area newspapers Auckland City Librarieshttps://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-TayPast-t1-body-d14-d4.html Government Maori Publications New Zealand Electronic Text Centre 1 February: The first settlers arrive in Nelson aboard the Fifeshire. 24 February: The Bay of Islands Observer begins publishing. The newspaper publishes its last issue on 27 October 1842.http://www.stats.govt.nz/NR/rdonlyres/9E78F21A-EF20-4C82-934B-1587FC7489CC/0/StatPubschapter2.pdf Chapter 2: Early Statistical Sources – 19th Century PDF 13 Statistical Publications 1840–2000 Statistics New Zealand https://web.archive.org/web/20071125112530/http://www.stats.govt.nz/NR/rdonlyres/9E78F21A-EF20-4C82-934B-1587FC7489CC/0/StatPubschapter2.pdf 25 November 2007 12 March: The Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle is first published. It continues until 1874.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=CL1.NENZC Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle National Library of New Zealand 6 April: The New Zealand Herald and Auckland Gazette, which was founded in 1841, ceases publication.http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_34/rsnz_34_00_001140.html 109 The Beginnings of Literature in New Zealand: Part II., the English Section—Newspapers Dr. T. M. Hocken F.L.S. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 1868–1961 34 9 July 1902http://www.stats.govt.nz/NR/rdonlyres/9E78F21A-EF20-4C82-934B-1587FC7489CC/0/StatPubschapter2.pdf Chapter 2: Early Statistical Sources – 19th Century PDF 11 Statistical Publications 1840–2000 Statistics New Zealand https://web.archive.org/web/20071125112530/http://www.stats.govt.nz/NR/rdonlyres/9E78F21A-EF20-4C82-934B-1587FC7489CC/0/StatPubschapter2.pdf 25 November 2007 April: The Auckland Standard begins publication. It folds on 28 August, after four months. May : Wellington becomes a Borough. 2 August: The New Zealand Colonist and Port Nicholson Advertiser begins publishing. It lasts for one year. 29 August: The Auckland Times begins publication. It runs until 1846. Undated Copper is discovered on Kawau Island and a mine established.Dunmore Patricia The Dunmore Book of New Zealand Records 1977 0-908564-08-2 21 Sport Cricket The first recorded game in Wellington is played in December.Todd, S. (1976) Sporting Records of New Zealand. Auckland: Moa Publications. 0-908570-00-7 Horse racing 20 October – Races are held on the beach at Petone.New Zealand Electronic Text Centre: Early Wellington Births (unknown date): (in Auckland) Isa Outhwaite, watercolour artist, poet, social activist and philanthropist 7 August: (in the Hutt Valley) Edward Riddiford, runholder 25 November: William Downie Stewart, politician (unknown date): Charles Rous-Marten, journalist and railway writer (in England) Deaths 7 March: Wiremu Kingi Maketu, first person executed in New Zealand under British rule 5 June: Charles Armitage Brown, pioneer New Plymouth businessman 10 September: William Hobson, first Governor of New Zealand 22 November: Te Kakapi-o-te-rangi Te Wharepouri, tribal leader Unknown date Te Purewa, 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 External links 1842 in yes