1846 in New Zealand
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[edit] Population
The estimated population of New Zealand at the end of 1846 is 71,050 Māori and 13,274 non-Māori. [1]
[edit] Incumbents
[edit] Regal and Vice Regal
[edit] Government and law
[edit] 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 let by Te Mamaku attacked the fortified outpost at Boulcott's farm near the present-day Belmont in the Hutt Valley. Six troopers and an unknown number of Māori were killed as the attack was repulsed.[5]
- 23 July: Te Rauparaha 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]
[edit] Undated
- 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)
[edit] Arts and literature
[edit] Music
[edit] Appointments and awards
[edit] Sport
[edit] Cricket
[edit] Horse racing
[edit] Births
- 1 May (in England): Edward Robert Tregear, surveyor, civil servant, linguist.
[edit] Unknown date
- 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
[edit] References
- ^ Statistics New Zealand has collated estimates from a number of sources (interpolating where necessary) at "Long-term data series". http://www.stats.govt.nz/tables/ltds/ltds-population.htm. Retrieved on 2008-03-14., in particular "A1.1 Total population.xls" (Excel). http://www.stats.govt.nz/tables/ltds/ltds-population.htm. Retrieved on 2008-03-14.
- ^ a b "Chapter 2: Early Statistical Sources – 19th Century" (PDF). Statistical publications 1840-2000. Statistics New Zealand. p 11. http://www.stats.govt.nz/NR/rdonlyres/9E78F21A-EF20-4C82-934B-1587FC7489CC/0/StatPubschapter2.pdf.
- ^ 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 0859023060
- ^ New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Wellington, 25 July 1846. Reprinted in Bromby, R. An Eyewitness History of New Zealand 1985: ISBN 0859023060
- ^ * Nancy M. Taylor (ed.), Early travellers in New Zealand, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1959.
