1833 in New Zealand

The following lists events that happened during 1833 in New Zealand.

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.