1836 in New Zealand

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

*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
*Additional British Resident in New Zealand – Thomas McDonnell until his resignation in July. [http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/M/McdonnellThomas/McdonnellThomas/en New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966:McDonnell Snr. Biography] ]

Events

*July – Additional British Resident in New Zealand, Thomas McDonnell resigns.
*26 December – John Hughes, W.I. Haberfield and others from the Weller brothers whaling station at Otakou arrive in the "Magnet" and set up a whaling station on the north side of Moeraki Point.Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 265.]

Undated

*Captain John Howell is sent by whaler and merchant Johnny Jones to establish a whaling station at Riverton to replace that recently abandoned at Preservation Inlet.Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 377.] [1937 also suggested] (see also 1829 and 1835)
*The Stone Store at Kerikeri, the oldest stone building in New Zealand, is completed mid-year.
*Late in the year Alfred Nesbitt Brown closes the mission at Matamata. [http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/B/BrownAlfredNesbitt/BrownAlfredNesbitt/en New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Brown Biography] ] (see also 1835 & 1838)

port

Cricket

References

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Births

* 14 January (in England): Thomas Hocken, collector and bibliographer.

* Richard Reeves, 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 1836 not specifically related to New Zealand see": 1836