1838 in New Zealand

1838 in New Zealand

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

*Head of State - Queen Victoria
*Governor of New South Wales – Sir George Gipps, having been appointed on 5 October 1837, arrives in Sydney on 23 February.

Government and law

*British Resident in New Zealand – James Busby

Events

*10 January: – Bishop Jean Baptiste Pompallier arrives in New Zealand at Totara Point on the Hokianga Harbour.Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 145.] : – Flax trader James Farrow purchases an acre of land at Otumoetai, Tauranga. [http://ourcity.tauranga.govt.nz/heritage/history/traders/ Tauranga City History] ]
*13 January – Bishop Pomapllier celebrates the first Catholic mass in New Zealand at the home of Thomas and Mary Poynton at Totara Point.
*February – The offer of a Royal charter to the New Zealand Asoociation to take responsibility for the administration of New Zealand is withdrawn.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. (see also History of Canterbury, New Zealand#The French at Akaroa)
*August – The New Zealand Asoociation 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.Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 422.] [http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/B/BrownAlfredNesbitt/BrownAlfredNesbitt/en New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Brown Biography] ] (see also 1836 & 1837)
*Three Gisborne Māori, having had Christian instruction in the Bay of Islands, return as catechists.Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 113.]

port

Cricket

References

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Births

* (in Scotland): John McKenzie, politician.

Deaths

ee 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 1838 not specifically related to New Zealand see": 1838


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