1839 in New Zealand

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

*Head of State - Queen Victoria
*Governor of New South Wales – Sir George Gipps
*Lieutenant-Governor – Captain William Hobson (ratified 30 July)

Government and law

Events

*3 MarchWises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 296.] or 4 March [http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/research/biosystematics/plants/documents/Godley2005ChapmanT_AM.pdf Landcare Research] ] – John Carne Bidwell is the first European to climb Mount Ngauruhoe. Ngāti Tūwharetoa chief, Te Heuheu Tukino II is enraged that the tapu on the mountain has been disregarded and bans further climbs.
*May – The New Zealand Land Company is formed from the New Zealand Colonisation Company, the New Zealand Land Company and the 1825 New Zealand Company. (see 1838)
*4 May – William Wakefield of the New Zealand Company leaves from London for New Zealand on the "Tory".
*30 July – Ratification of William Hobson as Lieutenant-Governor of New Zealand.
*August – The "Tory" arrives at Ship Cove in Queen Charlotte Sound.
*13 August – Confirmation of Hobson’s appointment as British consul to New Zealand.
*14 August – Lord Normanby issues Hobson with instructions for official dealings with New Zealand.
*September – After 5 weeks in Ship Cove, the "Tory" sails for Port Nicholson arriving later that month.Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 499.] ::- After 5 days of negotiations William Wakefield arranges the purchase of land at Petone at the mouth of the Hutt Valley for a settlement to be known as Brittania.
*December – William Wakefield, along with naturalist Ernst Dieffenbach, explores northwards along the west coast of the North Island looking for other possible sites for settlements for the New Zealand Company. Wakefield decides that the Taranaki is the most favourable location.
*23 December – While visiting the Taranaki, Ernst Dieffenbach, along with whaler James Heberley, becomes the first European to climb Mount Taranaki/Egmont.Todd, S. (1976) "Sporting Records of New Zealand." Auckland: Moa Publications]

Undated

*The Weller brothers whaling settlement at Otakou on the shore of Otago Harbour has the largest population of Europeans in New Zealand outside the Bay of Islands/Hokianga.
*An Anglican mission station is established at Otaki by Reverend Octavius Hadfield.Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 324.]
*A whaling station and trading post is set up at Wairoa by Captain William Barnard Rhodes.Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 483.]

*December – The New Zealand Land Company changes it’s name to the New Zealand Company.

Arts and literature

Appointments and awards

port

Cricket

References

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Births

* 5 January (in Bohemia): Gottfried Lindauer, painter.

* (in Jersey): Edward Bartley, architect.

Deaths

ee also

*List of years in New Zealand
*Timeline of New Zealand history
*History of New Zealand
*Military history of New Zealand
*Timeline of environmental history of New Zealand
*Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica

"For world events and topics in 1839 not specifically related to New Zealand see": 1839