1851 in New Zealand

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1851 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 1851 was 64,350 Māori and 26,707 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
• Liuetenant Governor, New Munster - Edward John Eyre
• Liuetenant Governor, New Ulster - George Dean Pitt until 8 January. Robert Henry Wynyard from 26 April.

[edit] Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Wellington -

[edit] Events

• 11 January: The Otago Witness begins publication. The Witness published fortnightly until August, and then weekly until its demise in 1932.^[2]
• 25 December (or 19 January, 1852^[3]) - The Governor Wynyard, the first steamer built in New Zealand, is launched at Freemans Bay, Auckland.^[4]

[edit] Arts and literature

[edit] Music

[edit] Appointments and awards

See: Category:Civil awards and decorations of New Zealand

• 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. ^ Otago Witness. National Library of New Zealand.
3. ^ Roadworks KRoad: Karangahape Road History
4. ^ Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand - Shipbuilding

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

• George Dean Pitt, Lieutenant Governor of New Ulster.

[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 1851 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1851