1834 in New Zealand explained

The following lists events that happened during 1834 in New Zealand.

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

• 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 March^[1] or 20 March^[2] – 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.^[3]

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.^[4] (see also 1833 & 1835)
• The establishment of the Anglican mission at Te Papa peninsula, Tauranga, is begun late in the year.^[5]
• While in England, Thomas McDonnell is appointed Additional British Resident in New Zealand^[6] (or early 1835^[7])
• Two Māori converts returning from the Bay of Islands introduce Christianity to Gisborne.^[8] (see also 1838)

Births

• 14 February (in England): William Odgers R.N., Victoria Cross recipient.^[9]
• 16 March (in Scotland): James Hector, geologist.^[10]

Undated

• Malcolm Fraser, surveyor.^[11]

Approximate

• Alfred Henry Burton, photographer.^[12]

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

Notes and References

1. [Flag of New Zealand#Flag of the United Tribes|Flag of the United Tribes]
2. http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/B/BusbyJames/BusbyJames/en New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Busby Biography
3. http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/C/ColensoWilliam/ColensoWilliam/en New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Colenso Biography
4. http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/B/BrownAlfredNesbitt/BrownAlfredNesbitt/en New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Brown Biography
5. Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 422.
6. [Resident (title)#Residents on (British & dominion) Ocean Island states|British Residents in New Zealand]
7. http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/M/McdonnellThomas/McdonnellThomas/en New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: McDonnell Snr. Biography
8. Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 113.
9. Web site: William Odgers | NZETC.
10. Web site: Dell, R. K.. Hector, James 1834 - 1907. Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. 22 June 2007.
11. Black, David and Bolton, Geoffrey (2001). Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia, Volume One, 1870–1930 (Revised Edition ed.). Parliament House: Parliament of Western Australia. .
12. Web site: Burton, Alfred Henry 1833-1835? - 1914'. Knight, Hardwicke.. Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. 22 June 2007.