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1852 in New Zealand
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1852
The following lists events that happened during 1852 in New Zealand.
Population
The estimated population of New Zealand at the end of 1852 is 63,100 Māori and 27,633 non-Māori.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 – Sir George Grey
Government and law
30 June: With the passing by the Parliament of the United Kingdom of New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 to grant the British colony self-government with a representative constitution the way is set for New Zealand’s first general electionhttps://www.parliament.nz/en/visit-and-learn/history-and-buildings/quick-history/ New Zealand Parliament Quick history 2021-06-29 2022-08-31 which will be held on 1 October 1853; the New Zealand Constitution Act 1846 is repealed.
Chief Justice — William Martin
Lieutenant Governor, New Munster — Edward John Eyre
Lieutenant Governor, New Ulster — Robert Henry Wynyard
Main centre leaders
Mayor of Auckland — Archibald Clark
Events
At the second election for the Council of the Borough of Auckland insufficient councillors are elected and the Council ceases functioning.http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/auckland/introduction/bush/chap1.asp History of Auckland City: Chapter 1 8 September 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081007073549/http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/auckland/introduction/bush/chap1.asp 7 October 2008 dead
19 January: The Governor Wynyard,Hand coloured lithograph of the Auckland waterfront in 1852 featuring the Governor Wynyard the first steamer built in New Zealand, launched at Freemans Bay, Auckland,Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand - Shipbuilding makes her first trial trip.20 Jan 1852 Trial Trip of the New Steamer. DAILY SOUTHERN CROSS https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DSC18520120.2.9 2020-09-12 paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
3 June: The Guardian and Canterbury Advertiser starts publication but ceases after less than four months, on 16 September.http://www.stats.govt.nz/NR/rdonlyres/9E78F21A-EF20-4C82-934B-1587FC7489CC/0/StatPubschapter2.pdf 12 PDF Chapter 2: Early Statistical Sources – 19th Century 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
4 August: The Taranaki Herald starts publication. It will move to daily publishing in 1877. From 1935 until 1989 (when it will cease publication) it will be New Zealand's oldest newspaper.http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=CL1.TH&sp=TH Taranaki Herald National Library of New Zealand
Births
29 February: Ewen Alison, politician
Unknown date
A. L. Beattie, locomotive engineer/designer (in Yorkshire)
Peter Seton Hay, civil engineer and surveyor (in Scotland)
Deaths
30 June: Susannah Noon, New South Wales convict who settled in New Zealand
14 August: Michael Murphy, police magistrate
25 September: William Henry Valpy, Dunedin pioneer settler
26 October: Arthur Edward McDonogh, police magistrate
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
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