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10 May – James Busby arrives in the Bay of Islands on HMS Imogene.^[1]
16 May – James Busby meets 22 leading chiefs at Paihia and reads them a message from King William IV.^[1]
October/November
- – Alfred Nesbitt Brown along with Henry Williams, John Morgan and William Fairburn visit the Thames Valley and reach Matamata.^[2]^[3](see also 1834 & 1835)
November/December
- – A mission is established at Puriri.^[3]

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^[4] Louisa, daughter of John and Elizabeth Guard, is born at Port Underwood. She is the first female European child born in the South Island.^[5]^[6]

1 January (in Scotland): Robert Lawson, architect.^[7]
27 January (in Australia): William Larnach, businessman, politician.^[8]
31 May (in Scotland): David Boyle, 7th Earl of Glasgow, 14th Governor of New Zealand.^[9]
14 September (in Scotland): John Bryce, politician.^[10]
23 September (in England): William Hodgkins, artist and art historian.^[11]
20 October (in England): Arthur Atkinson, politician.
undated (in Hokitika): Richard Hobbs, politician.

^ ^a ^b New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Busby Biography
^ Some sources (e.g. New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Matatmata) suggest the mission at Matamata was established at this time. This appears to have been confused with the establishment of the Puriri mission.
^ ^a ^b New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Brown Biography
^ New Zealand History online: The Harriet Affair 1834
^ New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Guard Biography
^ Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 10.
^ Mane-Wheoki, Jonathan (1993). "Lawson, Robert Arthur 1833 - 1902". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Retrieved 1 August 2009.
^ Sinclair, F. R. J. (22 June 2007). "Larnach, William James Mudie 1833-1898". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Retrieved 1 August 2009.
^ Foster, B.J. (1966). "GLASGOW, David Boyle, Seventh Earl of". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock. Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Archived from the original on 8 October 2008. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
^ Ross, Angus (1966). "BRYCE, John". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock. Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Archived from the original on 26 June 2009. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
^ Entwisle, Peter. (1984) "William Mathew Hodgkins" in William Mathew Hodgkins & his Circle, Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Public Art Gallery. ISBN 0-473-00263-9

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