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 or 20 March – 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.

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

Births

• 14 February (in England): William Odgers R.N., Victoria Cross recipient.
• 16 March (in Scotland): James Hector, geologist. ;Undated
• Malcolm Fraser, surveyor. ;Approximate
• Alfred Henry Burton, photographer.

References

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. "William Odgers | NZETC".
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.