Story: Self-government and independence

Appointing Governor Grey

This is the first page of the official document (or commission) that appointed George Grey to the position of lieutenant governor of New Zealand in 1845.

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Auckland Council Libraries − Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero o Tāmaki Makaurau, Sir George Grey Special Collections

Reference: GNZMS 102

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How to cite this page

W. David McIntyre, Self-government and independence – Crown colony, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/zoomify/32914/appointing-governor-grey (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by W. David McIntyre, published 23 March 2012.

Comments

peter staite
15 November 2024

You provide the letter of appointment of Lieutenant Governor Grey omitting to provide the letter of appointment of New Zealand's first appointed Governor Hobson to the new Colony of New Zealand erected on 16 November 1840 by an act of the Westminster Parliament. Can you please advise me and your website readers of the details of appointment date of Governor Hobson?