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.New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966:McDonnell Snr. Biography
Events July – Additional British Resident in New Zealand, Thomas McDonnell resigns. 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.Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 265.
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.Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 377.1937 also suggested (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.New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Brown Biography (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
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