1838 in New Zealand

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1838
in
New Zealand

Decades:
  • 1810s
  • 1820s
  • 1830s
  • 1840s
  • 1850s
See also:

The following lists events that happened during 1838 in New Zealand.

Incumbents[]

Regal and viceregal[]

  • Head of StateQueen Victoria
  • Governor of New South WalesSir George Gipps, having been appointed on 5 October 1837, arrives in Sydney on 23 February.

Government and law[]

  • British Resident in New ZealandJames Busby

Events[]

  • 10 January
    • Bishop Jean Baptiste Pompallier arrives in New Zealand at Totara Point on the Hokianga Harbour.[1]
    • Flax trader James Farrow purchases an acre of land at Otumoetai, Tauranga.[2]
  • 13 January – Bishop Pompallier celebrates the first Catholic mass on land in New Zealand at the home of Thomas and Mary Poynton at Totara Point.[1]
  • February
    • — The offer of a Royal charter to the New Zealand Association to take responsibility for the administration of New Zealand is withdrawn. (see 1837, December).
  • April
    • — The French whaler Cachalot, commanded by Jean Langlois, arrives in New Zealand waters and commences whaling near the Chatham Islands.
  • May
    • — The Cachalot arrives at Banks Peninsula accompanied by the French corvette Héroine.
  • 2 August – Jean Langlois completes the purchase of Banks Peninsula from local Māori and makes a downpayment of goods to the value of 150 francs. Captain Cecille of the Héroine raises the French flag and proclaims French sovereignty over Banks Peninsula.
  • August
    • — The New Zealand Association is wound up. In its place the New Zealand Colonisation Company and the New Zealand Land Company are established. (see also 1839)
Undated
  • The Reverend Alfred Nesbitt Brown re-opens the Anglican mission at Tauranga.[3][4] (see also 1836 & 1837)
  • Three Gisborne Māori, having had Christian instruction in the Bay of Islands, return as catechists.[5]

Births[]

  • 6 October (in Scotland): John McKenzie, politician.
  • (unknown date, in Yorkshire England): Henry Hirst, politician.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 145.
  2. ^ "Tauranga City History". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 8 October 2007.
  3. ^ Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 422.
  4. ^ New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Brown Biography
  5. ^ Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 113.
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