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- 1840 European settlers arrive in Wellington
- 1840 Treaty of Waitangi signed
- 1840 Samuel Revans prints first newspaper
- 1840 Hobson proclaims British sovereignty over New Zealand
- 1840 British proclaim sovereignty as French head for Akaroa
- 1840 New Zealand officially becomes British colony
- 1841 Wreck of the Sophia Pate
- 1841 Mass murder in the Bay of Islands
- 1842 Auckland's first Anniversary Day Regatta
- 1842 New Zealand Company settlers arrive in Nelson
- 1842 New Zealand's first official execution
- 1843 The Wairau incident
- 1843 Foundation stone laid for New Zealand's first purpose-built theatre
- 1843 First Auckland A and P Show
- 1844 Governor FitzRoy arrives in Wellington to investigate Wairau incident
- 1844 'Pistols at dawn': deadly duel in Wellington
- 1845 Hōne Heke cuts down the British flagstaff - again
- 1845 The fall of Kororāreka
- 1846 Ruapekapeka pā occupied by British and Māori forces
- 1846 Devastating landslide at Lake Taupō
- 1846 Eight killed in attack on Boulcott Farm
- 1846 Brunner, Kehu and Heaphy reach Māwhera pā
- 1847 Wakefield and Featherston duel
- 1847 Gilfillan killings near Whanganui
- 1847 Auckland Savings Bank opens for business
- 1848 Scottish settlers arrive in Otago
- 1848 The Acheron arrives to survey New Zealand waters
- 1849 Death of Te Rauparaha