1834 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

Events

*March – James Busby convenes a meeting of Māori chiefs from northern New Zealand. They will become the United Tribes of New Zealand.
*9 MarchFlag of the United Tribes] or 20 March [http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/B/BusbyJames/BusbyJames/en New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Busby Biography] ] – 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. [http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/C/ColensoWilliam/ColensoWilliam/en New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Colenso Biography] ]

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. [http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/B/BrownAlfredNesbitt/BrownAlfredNesbitt/en New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Brown Biography] ] (see also 1833 & 1835)
*The establishment of the Anglican mission at Te Papa peninsula, Tauranga is begun late in the year.Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 422.]
*While in England, Thomas McDonnell is appointed Additional British Resident in New ZealandBritish Residents in New Zealand] (or early 1835 [http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/M/McdonnellThomas/McdonnellThomas/en New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: McDonnell Snr. Biography] ] )
*Two Māori converts returning from the Bay of Islands introduce Christianity to Gisborne.Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 113.] (see also 1838)

References

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Births

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 1834 not specifically related to New Zealand see": 1834