1844 in New Zealand

none November 2019August 2023 1844 The following lists events that happened during 1844 in New Zealand. Population The estimated population of New Zealand at the end of 1844 is 73,900 Māori and 12,447 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 – Captain Robert Fitzroy Government and law Chief Justice – William Martin Events 26 January: Governor Robert FitzRoy arrives in Wellington to investigate the Wairau Affray.NZhistory.net February: The Bay of Islands Advocate ceases publishing. It began in 1843.http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_34/rsnz_34_00_001140.html Art. VI.—The Beginnings of Literature in New Zealand: Part II., the English Section—Newspapers 107 Dr. T. M. Hocken F.L.S. 9 July 1902 Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 1868–1961 25 September: The New Zealand Gazette and Wellington Spectator prints its final issue. 369 issues were produced.http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=CL1.NZGWS New Zealand Gazette and Wellington Spectator National Library of New Zealand 12 October: The New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian begins publishing in Wellington. It publishes weekly until its demise in 1865.http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=CL1.NZSCSG New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian National Library of New Zealand Births Unknown date (in Ireland): James Colvin, politician. John Sheehan, politician. Deaths 10 October: Tūhawaiki, tribal leader Unknown date Te Pareihe, 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 1844 in yes