The following lists events that happened during 1833 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

Events 10 May – James Busby arrives in the Bay of Islands on HMS Imogene. 16 May – James Busby meets 22 leading chiefs at Paihia and reads them a message from King William IV. October/November – Alfred Nesbitt Brown along with Henry Williams, John Morgan and William Fairburn visit the Thames Valley and reach Matamata.Some sources (e.g. New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Matatmata) suggest the mission at Matamata was established at this time. This appears to have been confused with the establishment of the Puriri mission.New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Brown Biography(see also 1834 & 1835) November/December – A mission is established at Puriri.

Undated The building of the house for James Busby is begun. After the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi there in 1840 it will be known as the Treaty House. The keystone above the door of the Stone Store in Kerikeri is carved. Late in the yearNew Zealand History online: The Harriet Affair 1834 Louisa, daughter of John and Betty Guard, is born at Port Underwood. She is the first female European child born in the South Island.New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Guard BiographyWises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 10.

Births 1 January (in Scotland): Robert Lawson, architect. 27 January (in Australia): William Larnach, businessman, politician. 31 May (in Scotland): David Boyle, 7th Earl of Glasgow, 14th Governor of New Zealand. 14 September (in Scotland): John Bryce, politician. 23 September (in England): William Hodgkins, artist and art historian.Entwisle, Peter. (1984) "William Mathew Hodgkins" in William Mathew Hodgkins & his Circle, Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Public Art Gallery. 20 October (in England): Arthur Atkinson, politician. undated (in Hokitika): Richard Hobbs, 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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