1848 in New Zealand
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The following lists events that happened during 1848 in New Zealand.
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Population
The estimated population of New Zealand at the end of 1848 is 68,300 MÄori and 17,166 non-MÄori.[1]
Incumbents
Regal and viceregal
Government and law
- Chief Justice â William Martin
- Lieutenant Governor, New Munster â From 28 January, Edward John Eyre
- Lieutenant Governor, New Ulster â From 14 February, George Dean Pitt
Events
- 23 March: The founding of the city of Dunedin and Otago Province, with the arrival of the John Wickliffe, carrying Scottish settlers, at Port Chalmers.[2]
- 23 June: Government House, in Auckland is burned to the ground by a fire believed to have started in the butler's pantry. Most chattels and Government documents were saved.[3]
- 17 September â The first attempt at photography is made in New Zealand. Lieutenant-Governor Eyre is unsuccessful in his attempt to take a daguerreotype of Eliza Grey, wife of Governor Grey.[4]
- 16 October â A magnitude 7.5 earthquake strikes Marlborough, causing three deaths.
- 13 December â Otago News begins publication. The newspaper publishes fortnightly until closing in 1850.[5]
Sport
Cricket
Cricket is played on the present site of The Octagon, Dunedin. A team from Otago challenges Wellington to a match, but the challenge is not accepted.[6]
Births
- 29 April: David Buick, politician.
- 26 August: Sarah Ann McMurray, woodcarver.[7]
- 2 October: (in India) G. M. Thomson, scientist.
Deaths
- 17 June: Joseph Burns, murderer.
- 19 September: William Wakefield, founder of Wellington.
- 22 September (in Berbice, British Guiana): Samuel Martin, land claimant, magistrate, journalist and writer.