Events
- January
- - William Colenso sets up the first printing press in New Zealand.
- 17 February - William Colenso produces the first book in New Zealand, The Epistle to the Philippians and the Ephesians, in Māori.
- 22 April: Weslyan Missionaries extend south beyond their main base at Hokianga to the Waikato Coast, among them James and Mary Wallis.
- 28 July - Joseph Brooks Weller, eldest of the Weller brothers, dies of tuberculosis at Otakou.
- July
- – Thomas McDonnell, newly appointed Additional British Resident in New Zealand, returns to New Zealand.
- 28 October – James Busby drafts the Declaration of Independence of New Zealand in conjunction with the United Tribes of New Zealand which is signed by 34 (or 35) northern chiefs (and later by another 18). A copy is sent to King William IV.
- October - First printing in English in New Zealand made by William Colenso, a notice warning against French influence in New Zealand.
- 19 December – HMS Beagle, captained by Robert FitzRoy and carrying Charles Darwin, arrives in New Zealand.
- 30 December – The Beagle leaves New Zealand.
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