1842 in New Zealand explained

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).^[1]

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.^{[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.
• 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]

Undated

• Copper is discovered on Kawau Island and a mine established.^[8]

Sport

Cricket

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

Horse racing

• 20 October – Races are held on the beach at Petone.^[10]

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

Notes and References

1. Statistics New Zealand has collated estimates from a number of sources (interpolating where necessary) at Web site: Long-term data series . 14 March 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080305185447/http://www.stats.govt.nz/tables/ltds/ltds-population.htm . 5 March 2008 . dead ., in particular Web site: A1.1 Total population.xls . 14 March 2008 . Excel . https://web.archive.org/web/20080305185447/http://www.stats.govt.nz/tables/ltds/ltds-population.htm . 5 March 2008 . dead .
2. Web site: Early Auckland area newspapers. Auckland City Libraries.
3. Web site: Government Maori Publications. New Zealand Electronic Text Centre.
4. Web site: Chapter 2: Early Statistical Sources – 19th Century. PDF. 13. Statistical Publications 1840–2000. Statistics New Zealand. https://web.archive.org/web/20071125112530/http://www.stats.govt.nz/NR/rdonlyres/9E78F21A-EF20-4C82-934B-1587FC7489CC/0/StatPubschapter2.pdf. 25 November 2007.
5. News: Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle. National Library of New Zealand.
6. Book: The Beginnings of Literature in New Zealand: Part II., the English Section—Newspapers. 109. Dr. T. M. Hocken F.L.S.. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 1868–1961. 34. 9 July 1902.
7. Web site: Chapter 2: Early Statistical Sources – 19th Century. PDF. 11. Statistical Publications 1840–2000. Statistics New Zealand. https://web.archive.org/web/20071125112530/http://www.stats.govt.nz/NR/rdonlyres/9E78F21A-EF20-4C82-934B-1587FC7489CC/0/StatPubschapter2.pdf. 25 November 2007.
8. Book: Dunmore. Patricia. The Dunmore Book of New Zealand Records. 1977. 0-908564-08-2. 21.
9. Todd, S. (1976) Sporting Records of New Zealand. Auckland: Moa Publications.
10. https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WarEarl-t1-body-d21-d2.html New Zealand Electronic Text Centre: Early Wellington