1846 in New Zealand

none January 2020August 2023 1846 The following lists events that happened during 1846 in New Zealand. Population The estimated population of New Zealand at the end of 1846 is 71,050 Māori and 13,274 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 2008-03-14 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 2008-03-14 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 Chief Justice – William Martin Events 5 January: The Māori language magazine, Te Karere o Nui Tireni publishes its last issue. It started in 1842. It is revived as The Maori Messenger and Te Manuhiri Tuarangi between 1849 and 1863.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 11 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 11 January: British forces occupy Ruapekapeka pa.Today in History | NZHistory 17 January: The Auckland Times ceases publication. The newspaper was first published in 1842. 11 March: The brig H.M.S. Osprey (Captain Patten) is driven ashore and wrecked at Herekino Harbour, having mistaken it for the entrance to the Hokianga Harbour, but no lives are lost.New Zealand Shipwrecks, Beckett Books Ltd, 1990 7 May: Little Waihi landslide kills around 60 Maori, including Mananui Te Heuheu Tukino II.New Zealand disasters timeline https://nzhistory.govt.nz/culture/new-zealand-disasters/timeline Ministry for Culture and Heritage 20 January 2016 7 January 2016 16 May: Māori led by Te Mamaku attack the fortified outpost at Boulcott's farm near the modern-day Belmont in the Hutt Valley. Six troopers and an unknown number of Māori are killed as the attack is repulsed.New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Wellington, 23 May 1846. Reprinted in Bromby, R. An Eyewitness History of New Zealand 1985: 0-85902-306-0 23 July: Te Rauparaha is captured by government forces at Porirua.New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Wellington, 25 July 1846. Reprinted in Bromby, R. An Eyewitness History of New Zealand 1985: 0-85902-306-0 28 August: The New Zealand Constitution Act 1846 is passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom with the intention of granting self-government to the colony. Governor George Grey suspends implementation of the majority of the Act, with the exception of the creation of New Ulster and New Munster Provinces, and it is superseded by the New Zealand Constitution Act 1852. December: Thomas Brunner sets out on a journey of exploration south of Nelson which will eventually take 18 months to complete.Nancy M. Taylor (ed.), Early travellers in New Zealand, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1959. Births 1 May (in England): Edward Robert Tregear, surveyor, civil servant, linguist 7 April: Edwin Mitchelson, politician Deaths 7 May: Mananui Te Heuheu Tukino II, tribal leader Unknown date Te Whatanui, 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 1846 in yes