1842 in New Zealand

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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).^[1]

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.

Mayor of Wellington – George Hunter is elected Mayor on 3 October, the first Mayor in New Zealand. (see also 1843)

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.^[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]

The first recorded game in Wellington is played in December.^[9]

(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)

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

^ Statistics New Zealand has collated estimates from a number of sources (interpolating where necessary) at "Long-term data series". Archived from the original on 5 March 2008. Retrieved 14 March 2008., in particular "A1.1 Total population.xls". Archived from the original (Excel) on 5 March 2008. Retrieved 14 March 2008.
^ "Early Auckland area newspapers". Auckland City Libraries.
^ "Government Maori Publications". New Zealand Electronic Text Centre.
^ ^a ^b "Chapter 2: Early Statistical Sources – 19th Century" (PDF). Statistical Publications 1840–2000. Statistics New Zealand. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2007.
^ "Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle". National Library of New Zealand.
^ ^a ^b Dr. T. M. Hocken F.L.S. (9 July 1902). The Beginnings of Literature in New Zealand: Part II., the English Section—Newspapers. Vol. 34. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 1868–1961. p. 109.
^ ^a ^b "Chapter 2: Early Statistical Sources – 19th Century" (PDF). Statistical Publications 1840–2000. Statistics New Zealand. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2007.
^ Dunmore, Patricia, ed. (1977). The Dunmore Book of New Zealand Records. p. 21. ISBN 0-908564-08-2.
^ Todd, S. (1976) Sporting Records of New Zealand. Auckland: Moa Publications. ISBN 0-908570-00-7
^ New Zealand Electronic Text Centre: Early Wellington

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