1846 in New Zealand

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1846 in New Zealand:

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Contents 1 Population 2 Incumbents 2.1 Regal and Vice Regal 2.2 Government and law 2.3 Main centre leaders 3 Events 4 Arts and literature 4.1 Music 5 Appointments and awards 6 Sport 6.1 Cricket 6.2 Horse racing 7 References 8 Births 9 Deaths 10 See also

[edit] Population

The estimated population of New Zealand at the end of 1846 was 71,050 Māori and 13,274 non-Māori. ^[1]

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State - Queen Victoria
• Governor – Sir George Grey

[edit] Government and law

• Chief Justice – William Martin

[edit] Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Wellington -

[edit] Events

The New Zealand Constitution Act 1846 is passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Governor Grey suspends the majority of the Act with the exception of the creation of the two new provinces of New Ulster and New Munster. (see also New Zealand Constitution Act 1852)

• 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.^[2]
• 11 January: British forces occupy Ruapekapeka pa. ^[3]
• 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. ^[4]

[edit] Arts and literature

[edit] Music

[edit] Appointments and awards

• Archbishop of New Zealand
• Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia , see appointments to Diocese

[edit] Sport

[edit] Cricket

[edit] Horse racing

[edit] References

1. ^ Statistics New Zealand has collated estimates from a number of sources (interpolating where necessary) at Long-term data series. Retrieved on 2008-03-14., in particular A1.1 Total population.xls (Excel). Retrieved on 2008-03-14.
2. ^ Chapter 2: Early Statistical Sources – 19th Century (PDF). Statistical publications 1840-2000 p 11. Statistics New Zealand.
3. ^ Today in History | NZHistory
4. ^ New Zealand Shipwrecks, Beckett Books Ltd, 1990

[edit] Births

• 1 May (in England): Edward Robert Tregear, surveyor, civil servant, linguist.

• Edwin Mitchelson, politician.

[edit] Deaths

[edit] See also

• List of years in New Zealand
• Timeline of New Zealand history
• History of New Zealand
• Military history of New Zealand
• Timeline of environmental history of New Zealand
• Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica

For world events and topics in 1846 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1846