Events
- 31 March: The William Bryan arrives at Taranaki from Plymouth bearing 148 settlers to found New Plymouth.
- March — Captain Rhodes builds the first wharf in Wellington, in front of his store on the Wellington waterfront.
- 3 May: In anticipation of the Great Charter coming into force, William Hobson is sworn in as Governor of New Zealand.
- 1 July: Colony of New Zealand comes into existence, a separate Crown colony from New South Wales.
- 10 July: The New Zealand Herald and Auckland Gazette begins publication. The newspaper lasts less than a year.
- 27 September: Foundation of a school for Catholic boys, the first school in Auckland.
- 8 November: The Auckland Chronicle and New Zealand Colonist begins publishing. It continues with some gaps until 1845.
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