1834 in New Zealand

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1834 in New Zealand:

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Contents 1 Incumbents 1.1 Regal and Vice Regal 1.2 Government and law 2 Events 2.1 Undated 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 See also 6 References

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

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

[edit] Government and law

• British Resident in New Zealand – James Busby

[edit] 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]

[edit] 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)

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

[edit] See also

• List of years in New Zealand
• Timeline of New Zealand history
• History of New Zealand
• Military history of New Zealand
• Timeline of environmental history of New Zealand
• Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica

For world events and topics in 1834 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1834

[edit] References