1836 in New Zealand
List of events
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The following lists events that happened during 1836 in New Zealand.
Incumbents
Regal and viceregal
- Head of State – King William IV
- Governor of New South Wales – Major-General Sir Richard Bourke
Government and law
- British Resident in New Zealand – James Busby
- Additional British Resident in New Zealand – Thomas McDonnell until his resignation in July.[1]
Events
- July
- – Additional British Resident in New Zealand, Thomas McDonnell resigns.[1]
- 26 December – John Hughes, W.I. Haberfield and others from the Weller brothers whaling station at Otakou arrive in the Magnet and set up a whaling station on the north side of Moeraki Point.[2]
- Undated
- Captain John Howell is sent by whaler and merchant Johnny Jones to establish a whaling station at Riverton to replace that recently abandoned at Preservation Inlet.[3][4] (see also 1829 and 1835)
- The Stone Store at Kerikeri, the oldest stone building in New Zealand, is completed mid-year.
- Late in the year Alfred Nesbitt Brown closes the mission at Matamata.[5] (see also 1835 & 1838)
Sport
Cricket
Births
- 14 January (in England): Thomas Hocken, collector and bibliographer.
- Unknown date
(in Ireland) Richard Reeves, politician.
See also
- List of years in New Zealand
- Timeline of New Zealand history
- History of New Zealand
- Military history of New Zealand
- Timeline of the New Zealand environment
- Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica
References
External links
Media related to 1836 in New Zealand at Wikimedia Commons
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