The estimated population of New Zealand at the end of 1844 is 73,900 Māori and 12,447 non-Māori.
Regal and viceregal
Head of State — Queen VictoriaGovernor — Captain Robert FitzroyGovernment and law
Chief Justice — William Martin26 January: Governor Robert FitzRoy arrives in Wellington to investigate the Wairau Affray.February: The Bay of Islands Advocate ceases publishing. It began in 1843.25 September: The New Zealand Gazette and Wellington Spectator prints its final issue. 369 issues were produced.12 October: The New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian begins publishing in Wellington. It publishes weekly until its demise in 1865.(in Ireland): James Colvin, politician.John Sheehan, politician.10 October: Tuhawaiki, tribal leaderTe Pareihe, tribal leader