Events
- 1 January: The Government begins publication of a monthly magazine in Māori, Te Karere o Nui Tireni (The Messenger of New Zealand). It publishes until 1846, and is revived as The Maori Messenger and Te Manuhiri Tuarangi between 1849 and 1863.
- 1 February: The first settlers arrive in Nelson aboard the Fifeshire.
- 24 February: The Bay of Islands Observer begins publishing. The newspaper publishes its last issue on 27 October 1842.
- 12 March: The Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle is first published. It continues until 1874.
- 6 April: The New Zealand Herald and Auckland Gazette, which was founded in 1841, ceases publication.
- April: The Auckland Standard begins publication. It folds on 28 August, after four months.
- May : Wellington becomes a Borough.
- 2 August: The New Zealand Colonist and Port Nicholson Advertiser begins publishing. It lasts for one year.
- 29 August: The Auckland Times begins publication. It runs until 1846.
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