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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.
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
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.
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]