1833 in New Zealand

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

• 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
  • – A mission is established at Puriri.^[3]

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]

Births

• 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]

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. New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Busby Biography
2. 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.
3. New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Brown Biography
4. New Zealand History online: The Harriet Affair 1834
5. New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Guard Biography
6. Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 10.
7. Mane-Wheoki, Jonathan (1993). "Lawson, Robert Arthur 1833 - 1902". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Retrieved 1 August 2009.
8. Sinclair, F. R. J. (22 June 2007). "Larnach, William James Mudie 1833-1898". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Retrieved 1 August 2009.
9. 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. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
10. 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.
11. Entwisle, Peter. (1984) "William Mathew Hodgkins" in William Mathew Hodgkins & his Circle, Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Public Art Gallery. ISBN 0-473-00263-9