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1833 in New Zealand
The following lists events that happened during
1833 in New Zealand
.
Incumbents
Regal and viceregal
Head of State
âÂÂ
King William IV
Governor of New South Wales
âÂÂ
Major-General Sir Richard Bourke
Government and law
British Resident in New Zealand
âÂÂ
James Busby
Events
10 May âÂÂ
James Busby
arrives in the
Bay of Islands
on HMS
Imogene
.
16 May â James Busby meets 22 leading chiefs at
Paihia
and reads them a message from
King William IV
.
October/November
âÂÂ
Alfred Nesbitt Brown
along with
Henry Williams
,
John Morgan
and William Fairburn visit the
Thames Valley
and reach
Matamata
.(see also
1834
&
1835
)
November/December
â A mission is established at
Puriri
.
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 Louisa, daughter of
John
and
Betty Guard
, is born at
Port Underwood
. She is the first female European child born in the
South Island
.
Births
1 January (in Scotland):
Robert Lawson
, architect.
27 January (in Australia):
William Larnach
, businessman, politician.
31 May (in Scotland):
David Boyle, 7th Earl of Glasgow
, 14th Governor of New Zealand.
14 September (in Scotland):
John Bryce
, politician.
23 September (in England):
William Hodgkins
, artist and art historian.
20 October (in England):
Arthur Atkinson
,
politician.
undated (in Hokitika):
Richard Hobbs
,
politician.
See also
List of years in New Zealand
Timeline of New Zealand history
History of New Zealand
Military history of New Zealand
Timeline of the New Zealand environment
Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica
References