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1850 in New Zealand

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Decades:
  
1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s

See also:
  
Other events of 1850 Timeline of New Zealand history

Population

The estimated population of New Zealand at the end of 1850 is 65,650 Māori and 22,108 non-Māori.

Contents

Regal and viceregal

  • Head of State – Queen Victoria
  • Governor – Sir George Grey

    • Government and law

  • Chief Justice — William Martin
  • Lieutenant Governor, New Munster — Edward John Eyre
  • Lieutenant Governor, New Ulster — George Dean Pitt

    • Events

  • 16 December — The Charlotte-Jane, one of the First Four Ships bringing settlers to Canterbury arrives in Lyttelton Harbour followed by the Randolph later the same afternoon.
  • 17 December — The George Seymour arrives in Lyttelton.
  • 21 December — Otago News finishes publication. The newspaper started in 1848.
  • 27 December — The Cressy is the last of the First Four Ships to arrive at Lyttelton.

    • Foundations

  • St Mary's Seminary

    • Births

  • 8 April: Thomas Hislop, Mayor of Wellington (in Scotland)

    • Deaths

  • 7 August: Hone Heke, tribal leader
  • 15 October: William Darby Brind, master mariner and whaler (probable date of death)

    • Unknown date

  • Te Rohu, tribal leader
  • Rawiri Tareahi, tribal leader

    • References

    1850 in New Zealand Wikipedia
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