1829 in New Zealand

← 1828 1827 1826 1829 in New Zealand → 1830 1831 1832
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See also:	History of New Zealand List of years in New Zealand Timeline of New Zealand history

The following lists events that happened during 1829 in New Zealand.

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

• Head of State – King George IV
• Governor of New South Wales – General Ralph Darling

Events

• 29 November – Alfred Nesbitt Brown arrives in Paihia. He is the third ordained minister in New Zealand. ^[1]

Undated

• James Farrow, the first trader known to have frequented the Tauranga area, arrives for the first time. ^[2] (see also 1838)
• A whaling station is established at Preservation Inlet on the south-west corner of the South Island by Captain William Anglem. ^{[3] [4]}

Births

• 14 February (in England): Richard Burgess, murderer. ^[5]
• 31 March (in England): Maria Rye, social reformer. ^[6]
• 30 April (in Germany): Ferdinand von Hochstetter, geologist. ^[7]
• 22 July: William Leonard Williams, Māori language scholar and Bishop of Waiapu. ^[8]
• 26 November (in England): Arthur Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Baron Stanmore, Governor of New Zealand. ^[9]

Undated

• Frederick Joseph Moss, politician. ^[10]
• (in England): Henry Richmond, Superintendent of Taranaki. ^[11]

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

1. New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Brown Biography
2. "Tauranga City History". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 11 October 2007.
3. Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 356
4. It has also been suggested that the station was established in 1828 by Peter Williams. See New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Shore-based whaling
5. Hill, Richard S. "Burgess, Richard 1829 - 1866". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography . Ministry for Culture and Heritage . Retrieved 4 April 2011.
6. Dictionary of Canadian Biography
7. Fleming, C. A. "Hochstetter, Christian Gottlieb Ferdinand von 1829 - 1884". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography . Ministry for Culture and Heritage . Retrieved 4 April 2011.
8. Porter, Frances. "Williams, William Leonard 1829 - 1916". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography . Ministry for Culture and Heritage . Retrieved 4 April 2011.
9. "Gordon, Arthur Hamilton". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography . Ministry for Culture and Heritage . Retrieved 25 September 2021.
10. Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC   154283103.
11. Born to New Zealand: A Biography of Jane Maria Atkinson by Frances Porter (1989, Allen & Unwin/Port Nicholson Press, Wellington) ISBN   978-0-04-614008-3