Events
- 26 January: Governor Robert FitzRoy arrives in Wellington to investigate the Wairau Affray.
- February: The Bay of Islands Advocate ceases publishing. It began in 1843.
- 25 September: The New Zealand Gazette and Wellington Spectator prints its final issue. 369 issues were produced.
- 12 October: The New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian begins publishing in Wellington. It publishes weekly until its demise in 1865.
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