1845 in New Zealand

The following lists events that happened during 1845 in New Zealand.

Population
The estimated population of New Zealand at the end of 1845 is 72,500 Māori and 12,774 non-Māori.

Regal and viceregal

 * Head of State – Queen Victoria
 * Governor – Captain Robert Fitzroy is dismissed on 18 November and replaced by Sir George Grey.

Government and law

 * Chief Justice — William Martin

Events

 * 19 January: Hone Heke cuts down the British flagstaff at Kororareka for the third time in the lead-up to the Flagstaff War.
 * 2 April: The Wellington Independent publishes its first issue. The newspaper continues to publish bi-weekly or tri-weekly until 1874.
 * 7 June: The New Zealander begins publishing. The Auckland-based newspaper publishes weekly, then bi-weekly and from 1859 daily. It will cease publishing in 1866.

Births

 * 11 October: Charles Johnston, Mayor of Wellington and politician.

Unknown date

 * Samuel Brown, mayor of Wellington (in Ireland).
 * John Roberts, mayor of Lower Hutt (in Scotland; October).

Deaths

 * 1 July: George Phillpotts, naval officer
 * 8 September: Te Peehi Turoa, tribal leader