1843 in New Zealand

none November 2019August 2023 1843 The following lists events that happened during 1843 in New Zealand. Population The estimated population of New Zealand at the end of 1843 is 75,400 Māori and 11,848 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 arrives to take up the position on 26 December replacing Captain William Hobson who died the previous year. Government and law Chief Justice – William Martin Main centre leaders Mayor of Wellington – George Hunter dies on 19 July. The runner-up in the election the previous year, William Guyton, is declared Mayor. News that the Borough of Wellington has been declared illegal by the British Government reaches Wellington in late September. The Borough is abolished as is the office of Mayor. (see also 1842, 1863 & 1870) Events 22 April: The Southern Cross publishes its first issue. The Auckland-based newspaper publishes weekly, with a hiatus in 1845–1847, and from 1862 daily when it will also change its name to The Daily Southern Cross. It will eventually merge with The New Zealand Herald in 1876.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=CL1.DSC Daily Southern Cross National Library of New Zealand 8 July: An earthquake occurs in the North Island centred near Wanganui, with several fatalities. 2 August: The New Zealand Colonist and Port Nicholson Advertiser ceases publishing after one year.http://www.stats.govt.nz/NR/rdonlyres/9E78F21A-EF20-4C82-934B-1587FC7489CC/0/StatPubschapter2.pdf Statistical publications 1840–2000 Chapter 2: Early Statistical Sources – 19th Century 13 PDF 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 26 August: A riot of armed New Zealand Company workers occurs at the Company office in Nelson, spurred by issues surrounding quality of life and payment of wages. Several are arrested, and many leave for New South Wales as a result.Davidson Jared The History of a Riot 2021 Bridget Williams Books Ltd Wellington, New Zealand 9781990046094 4 November: The Bay of Islands Advocate begins publishing. It runs for three months.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 Births 10 January Gilbert Mair, soldier Unknown date (in Scotland): John Blair, Mayor of Wellington. (in Ireland): George Fisher, politician. (in England): Charles Hall, politician. Deaths 17 June (Wairau Affray): William Patchett, early settler Arthur Wakefield, founder of Nelson 19 July: George Hunter, first Mayor of Wellington (b. 1788) 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 1843 in yes