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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]
William Davies, Esq, M.D., Surgeon, Health Officer— 1 June 1840. William Cornwallis Symonds, Esq, Police Magistrate— 17 March 1840. Charles Barrington Robinson, Esq, Police Magistrate— 28 March 1840. [4] Michael Murphy Esq, Police Magistrate— 30 March. 1810. H.D. Smart, Lieutenant 28th Regiment, Magistrate of the Territory — 1 January ...
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.
[27] [28] [29] Auckland was founded on 18 September 1840 and was officially declared New Zealand's capital in 1841, [30] [31] and the transfer of the administration from Russell (now Old Russell) in the Bay of Islands was completed in 1842.
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.
When Rockdale Temple was founded in 1824, there were only 24 states in the Union. ... was founded in 1840. Today, it is known as Wise Temple. Rabbis Isaac M. Wise and Max Lilienthal led American ...
On 21 May 1840, in response to the creation of a "republic" by the New Zealand Company settlers of Port Nicholson (Wellington), who were laying out a new town under the flag of the United Tribes of New Zealand, [9] Hobson asserted British sovereignty over the whole of New Zealand, despite the incompleteness of the treaty signing. [10]