1833 in New Zealand
# 1833 in New Zealand

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.(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 year Louisa, daughter of John and Elizabeth Guard, is born at Port Underwood. She is the first female European child born in the South Island.

## 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.
* 20 October (in England): Arthur Atkinson, politician.
* undated (in Hokitika): Richard Hobbs, politician.
