1847 in New Zealand

The following lists events that happened during 1847 in New Zealand.

Population
The estimated population of New Zealand at the end of 1847 is 69,700 Māori and 14,477 non-Māori.

Regal and viceregal

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

Government and law

 * Chief Justice – William Martin

Events

 * 5 August – The Ramilles arrives in Auckland with the first fencibles. They are initially housed at the Auckland Barracks.
 * 15 September – The first hospital in Wellington is opened in Thorndon.
 * 17 November – The first fencibles move to Onehunga.

Undated

 * The first permanent hospital in Auckland opens in Grafton Gully.

Births

 * January 5: William Rose Bock, engraver, medallist, illuminator, stamp designer, lithographer and publisher (d. 1932)
 * (unknown date, place): Charles King, cricketer (d. 1917)

Deaths

 * 12 March: Te Manihera Poutama, missionary
 * 5 April: George Binns, chartist leader and poet
 * 19 July (in Tasmania): Hohepa Te Umuroa, political prisoner
 * 1 September: Tiakitai, tribal leader and trader

Unknown date

 * Dicky Barrett, whaler and trader
 * Tuhuru Kokare, tribal leader