1834 in New Zealand

The following lists events that happened during 1834 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

 * March
 * – James Busby convenes a meeting of Māori chiefs from northern New Zealand. They will become the United Tribes of New Zealand.
 * 9 March or 20 March – The United Tribes of New Zealand choose a design for their flag.
 * 30 December – William Colenso, printer/missionary for the Church Missionary Society, arrives at Paihia in the Bay of Islands.


 * Undated
 * The house for James Busby is completed. After the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi there in 1840 it will be known as the Treaty House.
 * Late in the year a site is chosen for a mission at Matamata by Alfred Nesbitt Brown and William Williams. (see also 1833 & 1835)
 * The establishment of the Anglican mission at Te Papa peninsula, Tauranga, is begun late in the year.
 * While in England, Thomas McDonnell is appointed Additional British Resident in New Zealand (or early 1835 )
 * Two Māori converts returning from the Bay of Islands introduce Christianity to Gisborne. (see also 1838)

Births

 * 14 February (in England): William Odgers R.N., Victoria Cross recipient.
 * 16 March (in Scotland): James Hector, geologist.
 * Undated
 * Malcolm Fraser, surveyor.
 * Approximate
 * Alfred Henry Burton, photographer.