1845 in New Zealand

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See also:	Other events of 1845 ; Timeline of New Zealand history ;

Last updated June 28, 2023

The following lists events that happened during 1845 in New Zealand.

Population

The estimated population of New Zealand at the end of 1845 is 72,500 Māori and 12,774 non-Māori.^[1]

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

Head of State – Queen Victoria
Governor – Captain Robert Fitzroy is dismissed on 18 November and replaced by Sir George Grey.

Government and law

Chief Justice — William Martin

Events

19 January: Hone Heke cuts down the British flagstaff at Kororareka for the third time in the lead-up to the Flagstaff War.^[2]
2 April: The Wellington Independent publishes its first issue. The newspaper continues to publish bi-weekly or tri-weekly until 1874.^[3]
7 June: The New Zealander begins publishing. The Auckland-based newspaper publishes weekly, then bi-weekly and from 1859 daily. It will cease publishing in 1866.^[4]

Births

11 October: Charles Johnston , Mayor of Wellington and politician.

Unknown date

Samuel Brown , mayor of Wellington (in Ireland).
John Roberts , mayor of Lower Hutt (in Scotland; October).

Deaths

1 July: George Phillpotts, naval officer
8 September: Te Peehi Turoa, tribal leader

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 5 March 2008. Retrieved 14 March 2008., in particular "A1.1 Total population.xls". Archived from the original (Excel) on 5 March 2008. Retrieved 14 March 2008.
↑ Today in History | NZHistory
↑ "Wellington Independent". National Library of New Zealand.
↑ "New Zealander". National Library of New Zealand.

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[1] Statistics New Zealand has collated estimates from a number of sources (interpolating where necessary) at "Long-term data series". Archived from the original on 5 March 2008. Retrieved 14 March 2008., in particular "A1.1 Total population.xls". Archived from the original (Excel) on 5 March 2008. Retrieved 14 March 2008.

[2] Today in History | NZHistory

[3] "Wellington Independent". National Library of New Zealand.

[4] "New Zealander". National Library of New Zealand.

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