1833 in New Zealand

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1833 in New Zealand:

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1830 • 1831 • 1832 • 1833 • 1834 • 1835 • 1836

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

• 10 May – James Busby arrives in the Bay of Islands on HMS Imogene.^[1]
• 16 May – James Busby meets 22 leading chiefs at Paihia and reads them a message from King William IV.^[1]
• October/November
  • – Alfred Nesbitt Brown along with Henry Williams, John Morgan and ? Fairburn visit the Thames Valley and reach Matamata.^{[2] [3]}(see also 1834 & 1835)
• November/December
  • – A mission is established at Puriri.^[3]

[edit] Undated

• The building of the house for James Busby is begun. After the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi there in 1840 it will be known as the Treaty House.
• The keystone above the door of the Stone Store in Kerikeri is carved.
• Late in the year^[4] Louisa, daughter of John and Elizabeth Guard, is born at Port Underwood. She is the first female European child born in the South Island.^[5][6]

[edit] Births

• 1 January (in Scotland): Robert Lawson, architect.
• 14 September (in Scotland): John Bryce, politician.

[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 1833 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1833

[edit] References