The following lists events that happened during 1833 in New Zealand.
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Incumbents
editRegal and viceregal
editGovernment and law
editEvents
edit- 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 William Fairburn visit the Thames Valley and reach Matamata.[2][3](see also 1834 & 1835)
- November/December
Undated
edit- 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 Betty Guard, is born at Port Underwood. She is the first female European child born in the South Island.[5][6]
Births
edit- 1 January (in Scotland): Robert Lawson, architect.[7]
- 27 January (in Australia): William Larnach, businessman, politician.[8]
- 31 May (in Scotland): David Boyle, 7th Earl of Glasgow, 14th Governor of New Zealand.[9]
- 14 September (in Scotland): John Bryce, politician.[10]
- 23 September (in England): William Hodgkins, artist and art historian.[11]
- 20 October (in England): Arthur Atkinson, politician.
- undated (in Hokitika): Richard Hobbs, politician.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Busby Biography
- ^ Some sources (e.g. 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.
- ^ a b New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Brown Biography
- ^ New Zealand History online: The Harriet Affair 1834
- ^ New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Guard Biography
- ^ Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 10.
- ^ Mane-Wheoki, Jonathan (1993). "Lawson, Robert Arthur 1833 - 1902". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Retrieved 1 August 2009.
- ^ Sinclair, F. R. J. (22 June 2007). "Larnach, William James Mudie 1833-1898". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Retrieved 1 August 2009.
- ^ Foster, B.J. (1966). "GLASGOW, David Boyle, Seventh Earl of". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock. Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Archived from the original on 8 October 2008. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
- ^ Ross, Angus (1966). "BRYCE, John". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock. Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Archived from the original on 26 June 2009. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
- ^ Entwisle, Peter. (1984) "William Mathew Hodgkins" in William Mathew Hodgkins & his Circle, Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Public Art Gallery. ISBN 0-473-00263-9