- Source: 1842 in New Zealand
The following lists events that happened during 1842 in New Zealand.
Population
The estimated population of New Zealand at the end of 1842 is 76,900 Māori and 10,992 non-Māori (a 120% increase in 1 year).
Incumbents
= Regal and viceregal
=Head of State – Queen Victoria
Governor – Captain William Hobson dies on 10 September. His replacement Captain Robert Fitzroy does not arrive until 26 December 1843.
= Government and law
=Chief Justice – William Martin
= Main centre leaders
=Mayor of Wellington – 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 Māori, 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.
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.
12 March: The Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle is first published. It continues until 1874.
6 April: The New Zealand Herald and Auckland Gazette, which was founded in 1841, ceases publication.
April: The Auckland Standard begins publication. It folds on 28 August, after four months.
May : Wellington becomes a Borough.
2 August: The New Zealand Colonist and Port Nicholson Advertiser begins publishing. It lasts for one year.
29 August: The Auckland Times begins publication. It runs until 1846.
= Undated
=Copper is discovered on Kawau Island and a mine established.
Sport
= Cricket
=The first recorded game in Wellington is played in December.
= Horse racing
=20 October – Races are held on the beach at Petone.
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
See also
List of years in New Zealand
Timeline of New Zealand history
History of New Zealand
Military history of New Zealand
Timeline of the New Zealand environment
Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica
References
External links
Media related to 1842 in New Zealand at Wikimedia Commons
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- Daftar pustaka Charles Darwin
- Mytilidae
- 1842 in New Zealand
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- Wiremu Kīngi Maketū
- Auckland Islands
- History of New Zealand
- European settlers in New Zealand
- Politics of New Zealand
- William Hobson
- Capital of New Zealand
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