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… United States Consul and early settler. A new biography of Clendon, James Reddy appears in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography on this site. James Clendon was … and settlers of Kororareka, whereas Busby was cut off at Waitangi and too preoccupied with writing letters. When the …
… New Zealand was established two years after the passing of the Public Record Office Act of 1838. It is not surprising then that the … to Governor Hobson in 1840. It was natural, too, that the Treaty of Waitangi should be filed amongst the “archives of …
… “King” Flags Recognising that the Union Jack was the symbol of British power, and rejecting the Treaty of Waitangi from which that power derived, the Maori tribes …
… The Church of England in New Zealand had its beginnings with the arrival of the Rev. Samuel Marsden at the Bay of Islands in 1814, … 1840 by Captain William Hobson, after the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi on 6 February 1840, was followed by the …
… Earliest European settlement was of a transitory nature, but in time European traders established themselves mainly at the Bay of Islands, and many bought land from the Maoris. … Missionaries were also among the earliest purchasers of land as early mission stations became centres of …
… (1805?–44). Paramount chief of the South Island. A new biography of Tuhawaiki, Hone appears in the Dictionary of New Zealand … aide-de-camp, Tuhawaiki boarded HMS Herald and signed the Treaty of Waitangi. Four years later, having been converted …
… that has evolved over the past 100-odd years and to some of its more general consequences. In 1865 the Native Lands … the Native Land Court to give effect to the guarantee offered by the Crown in the Treaty of Waitangi to determine Maori title to land in …
… The Ratana church owes its existence to the influence of Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana who came into prominence in 1920 as a faith healer. Visions and a feeling of destiny followed the cure of a child after days of … on nationalistic leanings and attention was given to the Treaty of Waitangi and the wrongs affecting the Maori …
… As a group of islands in the South Pacific, at the farthest distance … economic life and progress. As far back as the latter part of the eighteenth and the first half of the nineteenth … following the negotiation by Captain Hobson of the Treaty of Waitangi. The first settlers sent out by the New …
… After the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi on 6 February 1840, no specific arrangements were made for the defence of the colonists. Early hopes of peaceful relations between …