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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]
Auckland was officially declared New Zealand's capital in 1841, [17] and the transfer of the administration from Russell in the Bay of Islands was completed in 1842. [citation needed] Even in 1840 Port Nicholson (now Wellington Harbour) seemed the obvious choice for an administrative capital.
Auckland Weekly News 1901 Christmas Number Auckland Weekly News 1903. The Weekly News was founded by the Daily Southern Cross on 25 November 1863, primarily for country readers who couldn't get the paper every day. [3] It was followed on 7 April 1866 by the Weekly Herald, a similar paper from the publisher of the New Zealand Herald. [4]
1840 Named for George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland NZ Parliament Electorates surrounding area, and manufacturing in the city itself.[12] It has been the nation's largest city throughout most of its history. Today, Auckland's central business district is New Zealand's leading economic hub. The University of Auckland, founded in 1883, is the largest
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.
[33] [34] [35] Auckland was founded on 18 September 1840 and was officially declared New Zealand's capital in 1841, [36] [37] and the transfer of the administration from Russell (now Old Russell) in the Bay of Islands was completed in 1842.
Following the extension of the boundaries of New South Wales in January 1840 by Governor Gipps to include New Zealand, William Hobson left Sydney for New Zealand. [2] The Treaty of Waitangi—between Māori chiefs and British representatives of Queen Victoria—was subsequently signed on 6 February 1840. Hobson declared British sovereignty over ...
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