1852 in New Zealand
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The following lists events that happened during 1852 in New Zealand.
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Population
The estimated population of New Zealand at the end of 1852 is 63,100 MÄori and 27,633 non-MÄori.[1]
Incumbents
Regal and viceregal
Government and law
- 30 June: With the passing by the Parliament of the United Kingdom of New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 to grant the British colony self-government with a representative constitution the way is set for New Zealandâs first general election[2] which will be held on 1 October 1853; the New Zealand Constitution Act 1846 is repealed.
Main centre leaders
Events
- At the second election for the Council of the Borough of Auckland insufficient councillors are elected and the Council ceases functioning.[3]
- 19 January: The Governor Wynyard,[4] the first steamer built in New Zealand, launched at Freemans Bay, Auckland,[5] makes her first trial trip.[6]
- 3 June: The Guardian and Canterbury Advertiser starts publication but ceases after less than four months, on 16 September.[7]
- 4 August: The Taranaki Herald starts publication. It will move to daily publishing in 1877. From 1935 until 1989 (when it will cease publication) it will be New Zealand's oldest newspaper.[8]
Births
- 29 February: Ewen Alison, politician
Unknown date
- A. L. Beattie, locomotive engineer/designer (in Yorkshire)
- Peter Seton Hay, civil engineer and surveyor (in Scotland)
Deaths
- 30 June: Susannah Noon, New South Wales convict who settled in New Zealand
- 14 August: Michael Murphy, police magistrate
- 25 September: William Henry Valpy, Dunedin pioneer settler
- 26 October: Arthur Edward McDonogh, police magistrate