1829 in New Zealand
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Incumbents
Regal and viceregal
- Head of State – King George IV
- Governor of New South Wales – General Ralph Darling
Events
- 29 November – Alfred Nesbitt Brown arrives in Paihia. He is the third ordained minister in New Zealand.[1]
- Undated
- James Farrow, the first trader known to have frequented the Tauranga area, arrives for the first time.[2] (see also 1838)
- A whaling station is established at Preservation Inlet on the south-west corner of the South Island by Captain William Anglem.[3][4]
Births
- 14 February (in England): Richard Burgess, murderer.[5]
- 31 March (in England): Maria Rye, social reformer.[6]
- 30 April (in Germany): Ferdinand von Hochstetter, geologist.[7]
- 22 July: William Leonard Williams, Māori language scholar and Bishop of Waiapu.[8]
- 26 November (in England): Arthur Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Baron Stanmore, Governor of New Zealand.[9]
- Undated
- Frederick Joseph Moss, politician.[10]
- (in England): Henry Robert Richmond, Superintendent of Taranaki.[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
- ↑ New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Brown Biography
- ↑ Tauranga City History
- ↑ Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 356
- ↑ It has also been suggested that the station was established in 1828 by Peter Williams. See New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Shore-based whaling
- ↑ Hill, Richard S. "Burgess, Richard 1829 - 1866". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
- ↑ Dictionary of Canadian Biography
- ↑ Fleming, C. A. "Hochstetter, Christian Gottlieb Ferdinand von 1829 - 1884". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
- ↑ Porter, Frances. "Williams, William Leonard 1829 - 1916". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
- ↑ Venn, J. & J. A. "Gordon, the Hon. Arthur Charles Hamilton". Alumni Cantabrigienses. Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958.
- ↑ Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
- ↑ Born to New Zealand: A Biography of Jane Maria Atkinson by Frances Porter (1989, Allen & Unwin/Port Nicholson Press, Wellington) ISBN 0-4614-008-5
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