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The Colony of New Zealand was a colony of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland that encompassed the islands of New Zealand. The colony was proclaimed by its British settler population in 1841, and lasted until 1907, when the Dominion of New Zealand was established. The sovereignty of Britain over the islands was initially nominal ...
- Crown Colony
- Provincial Government
- Māori Governance
- War, Debt and Isolation
- Centralisation
In 1840 New Zealand became a British colony. At first it was part of the colony of New South Wales, but it soon became a colony in its own right. It was ruled by a governor who was appointed by Britain. The role of the colonial government was to govern British settlers, and also to protect Māori from the settlers. The settlers wanted the government...
In 1846 New Zealand was divided into two provinces – New Munster (Wellington, the South Island and Stewart Island) and New Ulster (the rest of the North Island). Both were supposed to have their own parliaments, but the New Ulster parliament never met, and New Munster’s met only once. A new British law in 1852 divided New Zealand into six provinces...
There were a number of plans to create a system to govern Māori, but most of them were never set up. In the early 1860s a short-lived system saw government officials work with Māori, but this was ended by the outbreak of the Waikato war in 1863.
The national government and provincial governments borrowed money for development and to fund wars. Some provinces got heavily into debt. Provinces were quite isolated from each other and it took a long time to travel between them. Some provinces, such as Otago, were richer than others and wanted to be separate from the rest of the colony so they c...
In 1865 the national capital moved from Auckland to Wellington, which was closer to the centre of New Zealand. From 1858 there was a uniform postal system throughout the country, and the North and South islands were linked by telegraph in 1866. Provinces became less isolated from each other.
At first New Zealand was legally part of the New South Wales colony (in Australia), but in 1841 it became a separate crown colony, and Hobson was named governor. Before declaring the annexation of New Zealand, Hobson went through a process of discussion with the northern chiefs from which emerged the Treaty of Waitangi (February 1840).
Oct 6, 2023 · In 1840, when New Zealand became a British colony, colonial government was already an established practice within the British Empire. Colonies were British territories ruled by a governor, appointed by the Colonial Office in London. In 1840 there were 40 colonies – four in British North America, three in Australia, the Cape Colony and Natal ...
At first New Zealand was administered from Australia as part of the colony of New South Wales, and from 16 June 1840 New South Wales laws were deemed to operate in New Zealand. [57] This was a transitional arrangement, and the British Government issued the Charter for Erecting the Colony of New Zealand on 16 November 1840.
Story: Self-government and independence. New Zealand does not have an Independence Day to celebrate – the country’s independence from Britain was gained in many small steps rather than all at once. New Zealand today is fully independent from Britain, although the two countries share the same person as head of state. Story by W. David McIntyre.
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Page 3 – Crown colony era. New Zealand became a British colony in 1840, legitimised by the Treaty of Waitangi and Lieutenant-Governor William Hobson's 21 May declaration of sovereignty. Hobson (who served from 1840 until his death in 1842) and Robert FitzRoy (1843-5) were naval officers.
