1842 in New Zealand
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The following lists events that happened during 1842 in New Zealand.
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Population
The estimated population of New Zealand at the end of 1842 is 76,900 MÄori and 10,992 non-MÄori (a 120% increase in 1 year).[1]
Incumbents
Regal and viceregal
- Head of State â Queen Victoria
- Governor â Captain William Hobson dies on 10 September. His replacement Captain Robert Fitzroy does not arrive until 26 December 1843.
Government and law
Main centre leaders
- Mayor of Wellington â George Hunter is elected Mayor on 3 October, the first Mayor in New Zealand. (see also 1843)
Events
- 1 January: The Government begins publication of a monthly magazine in MÄori, Te Karere o Nui Tireni (The Messenger of New Zealand). It publishes until 1846, and is revived as The Maori Messenger and Te Manuhiri Tuarangi between 1849 and 1863.[2][3]
- 1 February: The first settlers arrive in Nelson aboard the Fifeshire.
- 24 February: The Bay of Islands Observer begins publishing. The newspaper publishes its last issue on 27 October 1842.[4]
- 12 March: The Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle is first published. It continues until 1874.[5]
- 6 April: The New Zealand Herald and Auckland Gazette, which was founded in 1841, ceases publication.[6][7]
- April: The Auckland Standard begins publication. It folds on 28 August, after four months.[6]
- May : Wellington becomes a Borough.
- 2 August: The New Zealand Colonist and Port Nicholson Advertiser begins publishing. It lasts for one year.[4]
- 29 August: The Auckland Times begins publication. It runs until 1846.[7]
Undated
- Copper is discovered on Kawau Island and a mine established.[8]
Sport
Cricket
The first recorded game in Wellington is played in December.[9]
Horse racing
Births
- (unknown date): (in Auckland) Isa Outhwaite, watercolour artist, poet, social activist and philanthropist
- 7 August: (in the Hutt Valley) Edward Riddiford, runholder
- 25 November: William Downie Stewart, politician
- (unknown date): Charles Rous-Marten, journalist and railway writer (in England)
Deaths
- 7 March: Wiremu Kingi Maketu, first person executed in New Zealand under British rule
- 5 June: Charles Armitage Brown, pioneer New Plymouth businessman
- 10 September: William Hobson, first Governor of New Zealand
- 22 November: Te Kakapi-o-te-rangi Te Wharepouri, tribal leader
Unknown date
- Te Purewa, tribal leader
