1834 in New Zealand

← 1833 1832 1831 1834 in New Zealand → 1835 1836 1837
Decades:	1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s
See also:	Other events of 1834 Timeline of New Zealand history

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

References

1. Flag of the United Tribes
2. New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Busby Biography
3. New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Colenso Biography
4. New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Brown Biography
5. Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 422.
6. British Residents in New Zealand
7. New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: McDonnell Snr. Biography
8. Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 113.
9. http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-208871.html
10. Dell, R. K. (22 June 2007). "Hector, James 1834 - 1907". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography.
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. ISBN 0-7307-3814-0.
12. Knight, Hardwicke. (22 June 2007). "Burton, Alfred Henry 1833-1835? - 1914'". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography.

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