The estimated population of New Zealand at the end of 1847 is 69,700 Māori and 14,477 non-Māori.
Regal and viceregal
Head of State – Queen Victoria
Governor – Sir George Grey
Government and law
Chief Justice – William Martin
5 August — The Ramilles arrives in Auckland with the first fencibles. They are initially housed at the Auckland Barracks.
15 September — The first hospital in Wellington is opened in Thorndon.
17 November — The first fencibles move to Onehunga.
The first permanent hospital in Auckland opens in Grafton Gully.
12 March: Te Manihera Poutama, missionary
5 April: George Binns, chartist leader and poet
19 July (in Tasmania): Hohepa Te Umuroa, political prisoner
1 September: Tiakitai, tribal leader and trader
Dicky Barrett, whaler and trader
Tuhuru Kokare, tribal leader
