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Even in 1840 Port Nicholson (now Wellington Harbour) seemed the obvious choice for an administrative capital. Centrally situated at the south of the North Island, close to the South Island and growing fast, it had a lot to commend it. But the New Zealand Company and the Wakefield brothers had founded and continued to dominate Port Nicholson.
Apihai Te Kawau moves the majority of Ngāti Whātua of the Tāmaki area from Onehunga-Māngere to Remuera-Ōrākei in the winter of 1840. [47] Auckland founded. 1841 St Paul's founded, Auckland's first church. Mr Powell's School founded, Auckland's first school. 1842 Auckland designated capital of New Zealand. [48]
1840 is considered a watershed year in the history of New Zealand: The Treaty of Waitangi is signed, British sovereignty over New Zealand is proclaimed, organised European settlement begins, and Auckland and Wellington are both founded.
New South Wales founded, which, according to Governor Phillip's Commission, includes the islands of New Zealand. 1790. An epidemic of rewha-rewha (possibly influenza) kills 60% of the Māori population in the southern North Island. [24] 1791. 29 November: Chatham Islands sighted by HMS Chatham commanded by William Broughton. 1792
Wellington has been the capital of New Zealand since 1865. New Zealand's first capital city was Old Russell in 1840–41. Auckland was the second capital from 1841 until 1865, when Parliament was permanently moved to Wellington after an argument that persisted for a decade.
[8] [9] [10] Auckland was founded on 18 September 1840 and was officially declared New Zealand's capital in 1841. [11] [12] The town of Auckland was created in 1840 with the first European colonisation of the area, marked by an official ceremony on the now non-existent Point Britomart. The initial centre of the new town was focused on what is ...
William Hobson declared British sovereignty over all New Zealand on 21 May 1840, at which point he became its Lieutenant governor. [77] At first New Zealand was administered from Australia as part of the colony of New South Wales, and from 16 June 1840 New South Wales laws were deemed to operate in New Zealand. [68]
The Colony of New Zealand was a colony of the United Kingdom from 1841 to 1907. British authority was vested in a governor.The colony had three successive capitals: Okiato (or Old Russell) in 1841; Auckland from 1841 to 1865; and Wellington from 1865.