Events In History
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17 May 1833James Busby inaugurated as British ResidentHundreds of Māori greeted new British Resident in New Zealand, James Busby, when he came ashore at the Paihia mission station on 17 May 1833. The ceremony that followed was the first formal meeting between Māori chiefs and the representative of a great power. Read more...
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5 May 1833James Busby arrives in the Bay of IslandsJames Busby arrived in the Bay of Islands, the first tentative step along a path that led to the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi seven years later. Read more...
Biographies
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Gipps, George
George Gipps was governor of New South Wales at a time when New Zealand land was included in the boundaries of New South Wales.
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Hobson, William
After a lengthy Royal Navy career in which he saw action in the Napoleonic Wars and was twice captured by pirates in the Caribbean, William Hobson (1792-1842) became New Zealand's first Governor.
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Glenelg, Charles Grant
British politician Lord Glenelg was Secretary of State for War and the Colonies through the mid-1830s until February 1839.
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Stephen, James
The son of a prominent abolitionist, James Stephen was a lawyer and public servant, whose own humanitarianism influenced colonial policy during the mid-nineteenth century.
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