1846 in New Zealand
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Population
The estimated population of New Zealand at the end of 1846 is 71,050 Māori and 13,274 non-Māori.[1]
Incumbents
Regal and viceregal
Government and law
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.[2]
- 11 January: British forces occupy Ruapekapeka pa.[3]
- 17 January: The Auckland Times ceases publication. The newspaper was first published in 1842.[2]
- 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]
- 16 May: Māori led by Te Mamaku attack the fortified outpost at Boulcott's farm near the present-day Belmont in the Hutt Valley. Six troopers and an unknown number of Māori are killed as the attack was repulsed.[5]
- 23 July: Te Rauparaha is captured by government forces at Porirua.[6]
- December: Thomas Brunner sets out on a journey of exploration south of Nelson which will eventually take 18 months to complete.[7]
Undated
Births
Unknown date
See also
References
- ↑ Statistics New Zealand has collated estimates from a number of sources (interpolating where necessary) at "Long-term data series". Archived from the original on 2008-03-05. Retrieved 2008-03-14. , in particular "A1.1 Total population.xls" (Excel). Archived from the original on 2008-03-05. Retrieved 2008-03-14.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Chapter 2: Early Statistical Sources — 19th Century" (PDF). Statistical publications 1840–2000. Statistics New Zealand. p. 11. Archived from the original on 25 November 2007.
- ↑ Today in History | NZHistory
- ↑ New Zealand Shipwrecks, Beckett Books Ltd, 1990
- ↑ New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Wellington, 23 May 1846. Reprinted in Bromby, R. An Eyewitness History of New Zealand 1985: ISBN 0-85902-306-0
- ↑ New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Wellington, 25 July 1846. Reprinted in Bromby, R. An Eyewitness History of New Zealand 1985: ISBN 0-85902-306-0
- ↑
- Nancy M. Taylor (ed.), Early travellers in New Zealand, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1959.
External links
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