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1841 in New Zealand

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Other events of 1841Timeline of New Zealand history

Population

The estimated population of New Zealand at the end of 1841 is 78,400 Māori and 5000 non-Māori.

Contents

Regal and viceregal

  • Head of State — Queen Victoria
  • Governor of New South Wales — Sir George Gipps (overall responsibility for New Zealand until 3 May)
  • Governor — Captain William Hobson (Lieutenant- Governor until 3 May then Governor)

    • Government and law

  • Chief Justice — William Martin is appointed the first Chief Justice of New Zealand on 5 February but does not arrive in New Zealand until August.

    • Events

  • 31 March: The William Bryan arrives at Taranaki from Plymouth bearing 148 settlers to found New Plymouth.
  • March: Captain Rhodes builds the first wharf in Wellington, in front of his store on the Wellington waterfront.
  • 3 May: In anticipation of the Great Charter coming into force, William Hobson is sworn in as Governor of New Zealand.
  • 1 July: Colony of New Zealand comes into existence, a separate Crown colony from New South Wales.
  • 10 July: The New Zealand Herald and Auckland Gazette begins publication. The newspaper lasts less than a year.
  • 27 September: Foundation of a school for Catholic boys, the first school in Auckland.
  • 8 November: The Auckland Chronicle and New Zealand Colonist begins publishing. It continues with some gaps until 1845.

    • Undated

  • The Capital of New Zealand is moved from Okiato (Old Russell) to Auckland.
  • The first recorded mining in New Zealand as outcrops of manganese are mined on the coast of Kawau Island.
  • George Selwyn is created the first Anglican Bishop of New Zealand.

    • Horse racing

  • January: A hurdle race is run in January at Te Aro Pā, Wellington.

    • Unknown date

  • The Auckland Town Plate is contested at Epsom Downs. A committee of army officers and townspeople forms to control racing in Auckland (Epsom). (see also 1849).

    • Yachting

  • January: The first sailing regatta in the country is held as part of Anniversary celebrations in Wellington.

    • Births

  • 20 January (in England): William Steward, politician
  • 28 February: John Duthie, politician and Mayor of Wellington
  • 9 March (in Switzerland): Henry Suter, zoologist
    • Unknown date
  • James McGowan, politician

    • Deaths

  • 23 November: William Cornwallis Symonds, prominent early colonist

    • References

    1841 in New Zealand Wikipedia
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