1845 in New Zealand
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The following lists events that happened during 1845 in New Zealand.
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Population
The estimated population of New Zealand at the end of 1845 is 72,500 MÄori and 12,774 non-MÄori.[1]
Incumbents
Regal and viceregal
- Head of State â Queen Victoria
- Governor â Captain Robert Fitzroy is dismissed on 18 November and replaced by Sir George Grey.
Government and law
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
