- 1833 in New Zealand
Incumbents
Regal and Vice Regal
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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
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10 May –James Busby arrives in theBay of Islands on HMS "Imogene". [http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/B/BusbyJames/BusbyJames/en New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Busby Biography] ]
*16 May – James Busby meets 22 leading chiefs atPaihia and reads them a message from King William IV.
*October/November –Alfred Nesbitt Brown along with Henry Williams, John Morgan and ? Fairburn visit the Thames Valley and reachMatamata . [Some sources (eg. [http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/M/Matamata/Matamata/en New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Matatmata] ) suggest the mission at Matamata was established at this time. This appears to have been confused with the establishment of the Puriri mission.] [http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/B/BrownAlfredNesbitt/BrownAlfredNesbitt/en New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Brown Biography] ] (see also 1834 & 1835)
*November/December – A mission is established at Puriri.Undated
*The building of the house for
James Busby is begun. After the signing of theTreaty of Waitangi there in 1840 it will be known as the Treaty House.
*Thekeystone above the door of theStone Store in Kerikeri is carved.
*Late in the year [http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/culture/maori-european-contact-pre-1840/the-harriet-affair New Zealand History online: The Harriet Affair 1834] ] Louisa, daughter of John and Elizabeth Guard, is born atPort Underwood . She is the first female European child born in theSouth Island . [http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/G/GuardJohn/GuardJohn/en New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Guard Biography] ] Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 10.]References
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Births
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1 January (in Scotland): Robert Lawson, architect.
*14 September (in Scotland):John Bryce , politician.Deaths
ee also
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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 1833 not specifically related to New Zealand see":
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