1834 in New Zealand

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The following lists events that happened during 1834 in New Zealand.

Incumbents[]

Regal and viceregal[]

  • Head of State – King William IV
  • Governor of New South Wales – Major-General Sir Richard Bourke

Government and law[]

  • British Resident in New Zealand – James Busby

Events[]

  • March
    • – James Busby convenes a meeting of Māori chiefs from northern New Zealand. They will become the United Tribes of New Zealand.
  • 9 March[1] or 20 March[2] – The United Tribes of New Zealand choose a design for their flag.
  • 30 December – William Colenso, printer/missionary for the Church Missionary Society, arrives at Paihia in the Bay of Islands.[3]
Undated
  • The house for James Busby is completed. After the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi there in 1840 it will be known as the Treaty House.
  • Late in the year a site is chosen for a mission at Matamata by Alfred Nesbitt Brown and William Williams.[4] (see also 1833 & 1835)
  • The establishment of the Anglican mission at Te Papa peninsula, Tauranga, is begun late in the year.[5]
  • While in England, Thomas McDonnell is appointed Additional British Resident in New Zealand[6] (or early 1835[7])
  • Two Māori converts returning from the Bay of Islands introduce Christianity to Gisborne.[8] (see also 1838)

Births[]

  • 14 February (in England): William Odgers R.N., Victoria Cross recipient.[9]
  • 16 March (in Scotland): James Hector, geologist.[10]
Undated
  • Malcolm Fraser, surveyor.[11]
Approximate
  • Alfred Henry Burton, photographer.[12]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Flag of the United Tribes
  2. ^ New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Busby Biography
  3. ^ New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Colenso Biography
  4. ^ New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Brown Biography
  5. ^ Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 422.
  6. ^ British Residents in New Zealand
  7. ^ New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: McDonnell Snr. Biography
  8. ^ Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 113.
  9. ^ "William Odgers | NZETC".
  10. ^ Dell, R. K. (22 June 2007). "Hector, James 1834 - 1907". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography.
  11. ^ Black, David and Bolton, Geoffrey (2001). Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia, Volume One, 1870–1930 (Revised Edition ed.). Parliament House: Parliament of Western Australia. ISBN 0-7307-3814-0.
  12. ^ Knight, Hardwicke. (22 June 2007). "Burton, Alfred Henry 1833-1835? - 1914'". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography.

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