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See also:	History of New Zealand List of years in New Zealand Timeline of New Zealand history

The following lists events that happened during 1844 in New Zealand.

Population

The estimated population of New Zealand at the end of 1844 is 73,900 Māori and 12,447 non-Māori.

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

• Head of State – Queen Victoria
• Governor – Captain Robert Fitzroy

Government and law

• Chief Justice – William Martin

Events

• 26 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.

Births

Unknown date

• (in Ireland): James Colvin, politician.
• John Sheehan, politician.

Deaths

• 10 October: Tūhawaiki, tribal leader

Unknown date

• Te Pareihe, 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

References

1. Statistics New Zealand has collated estimates from a number of sources (interpolating where necessary) at "Long-term data series". Archived from the original on 5 March 2008. Retrieved 14 March 2008., in particular "A1.1 Total population.xls". Archived from the original (Excel) on 5 March 2008. Retrieved 14 March 2008.
2. NZhistory.net
3. Dr. T. M. Hocken F.L.S. (9 July 1902). "Art. VI.—The Beginnings of Literature in New Zealand: Part II., the English Section—Newspapers". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 1868–1961. p. 107.
4. "New Zealand Gazette and Wellington Spectator". National Library of New Zealand.
5. "New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian". National Library of New Zealand.

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