Population

The estimated population of New Zealand at the end of 1843 is 75,400 M ori and 11,848 non-M ori.^[1]

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

• Head of State Queen Victoria
• Governor Captain Robert Fitzroy arrives to take up the position on 26 December replacing Captain William Hobson who died the previous year.

Government and law

• Chief Justice William Martin

Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Wellington George Hunter dies on 19 July. The runner-up in the election the previous year, William Guyton, is declared Mayor. News that the Borough of Wellington has been declared illegal by the British Government reaches Wellington in late September. The Borough is abolished as is the office of Mayor. (see also 1842, 1863 & 1870)

Events

• 22 April: The Southern Cross publishes its first issue. The Auckland-based newspaper publishes weekly, with a hiatus in 1845 1847, and from 1862 daily when it will also change its name to The Daily Southern Cross. It will eventually merge with The New Zealand Herald in 1876.^[2]
• 2 August: The New Zealand Colonist and Port Nicholson Advertiser ceases publishing after one year.^[3]

• 4 November: The Bay of Islands Advocate begins publishing. It runs for three months.^[4]

Arts and literature

Appointments and awards

• Bishop of New Zealand George Selwyn

Sport

Cricket

Horse racing

Births

Unknown date

• (in Scotland): John Blair, Mayor of Wellington.
• (in Ireland): George Fisher, politician.

Deaths

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

For world events and topics in 1843 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1843

References