1845 in New Zealand

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1845 in New Zealand:

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Contents 1 Population 2 Incumbents 2.1 Regal and Vice Regal 2.2 Government and law 3 Events 4 Arts and literature 4.1 Music 5 Appointments and awards 6 Sport 6.1 Cricket 6.2 Horse racing 7 Births 7.1 Unknown date 8 Deaths 9 See also 10 References

[edit] Population

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

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

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

[edit] Government and law

• Chief Justice – William Martin

[edit] 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]

[edit] Arts and literature

[edit] Music

[edit] Appointments and awards

• Bishop of New Zealand - George Augustus Selwyn

[edit] Sport

[edit] Cricket

[edit] Horse racing

[edit] Births

[edit] Unknown date

• Samuel Brown, mayor of Wellington.
• Charles Johnston, 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 1845 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1845

[edit] References