1844 in New Zealand

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.

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.

Unknown date

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

Deaths

 * 10 October: Tūhawaiki, tribal leader

Unknown date

 * Te Pareihe, tribal leader