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James Busby
Edinburgh-born James Busby was British Resident, a consular representative, in New Zealand from 1833. Based at Waitangi in the Bay of Islands, he was given little material support to achieve British policy aims, but in early 1840 he helped William Hobson draft the Treaty of Waitangi.
Taming the pre-1840 frontier
In 1832 James Busby was appointed as the official British Resident to New Zealand. After arriving in the Bay of Islands in May 1833 he took steps to tame what he saw as a chaotic frontier society.
The 1835 Declaration of Independence
Interactive (zoomable) image of the 1835 Declaration of Independence, including transcript and translation
Busby becomes official British Resident
James Busby's arrival in the Bay of Islands marked Britain's first tentative step along a path that led to the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi on the grounds of his house seven years later.
James Busby
Painting of James Busby, New Zealand's British Resident from 1833 to 1840
James Busby's house
The treaty house at Waitangi in the early twentieth century.
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