Really brief biased slideshow on New Zealand History in the 19th Century. Probably wrong to an extent.

1. New Zealand in the 19 th Century
A slideshow by Tina

2. Key
Ok so this is da key that will help you with understanding New
Zealand in the 19th Century
Green = Random discovery / fact thing
Red = Peeps got killed/Violence etc
Purple = Fun fact

3. Prior to 1800
• 1642 Abel Tasman briefly encounters New Zealand
• December 1769 James Cook hits New Zealand
(Cool storiez)

4. 1800 - 1840
• Maori population in 1800 : Approximately 100 – 120,000
100-120,000 Maori > 100‟s of Europeans
• 1809 – The Boyd Incident (shit got cray peeps got killed)
• 1814 – First missionaries, Christian Missionary Society (CMS)
come to New Zealand (Thomas Kendall, William Hall, Samuel
Marsden)

5. FUN FACT
• One of the missionaries, Rev. William Yates was dismissed from
the CMS in 1837 on charges of homosexuality.
He allegedly:
“tainted the innocence of up to 50 young Maori boys”
- Quote from Richard Steel

6. 1800 - 1840
• 1830‟s Literacy introduced by the Missionaries became an
important feature of Maori culture. Trading quickly developed
with sealers, whalers, traders and missionaries for muskets,
potatoes, etc.
• 1818‟s-1830‟s Musket Warz approx. 20,000 Maori die „cos
of it.

7. FUN FACT
• Ya know it could‟ve been called the Potato Wars but it doesn‟t
sound as cool as Musket Warz

8. 1800 - 1840
• 1830 Te Rauparaha (Ngati Toa) goes on a cool utu spree by
making a deal with Captain John Stewart on the ship the
Elizabeth
• 1834 The Harriet Affair (Betty Guard gets abducted by Maori
and excessive force of rescue party)

9. 1800 - 1840
• 1830‟s The Missionaries become concerned and call on the
British Govt. to intervene because of places like:
Kororareka (Russell) also known as HELLHOLE OF DA PACIFIC
• 1833 James Busby appointed as the First official British
Resident of New Zealand (Man-o-war without gunz)
• 1834 Official New Zealand Flag
• 1835 Declaration of Independence signed by 34 northern
chiefs

10. 1800 - 1840
• 1837-39 British Colonial Office concerned about da shit
happening in New Zealand with its subjects (colonisation NZ
Company) William Hobson appointed as Consul to gain
sovereignty
• 1839 NZ Company planning to send The Tory to NZ
settlement plans (hit up some mean as land yo)
• 1840 February 6th Y‟ALL KNOW WHAT HAPPENED THERE

11. FUN FACT
• THAT‟S PRETTY MUCH 1800 – 1840 FOR YA

12. 1840 - 1870
• 1840 Maori population 70,000 > European 2,000
• 1843 Wairau Incident (NZ Company Settlers killed)
• 1845 March Hone Heke cuts down British flagstaff at
Kororareka – Northern Wars 1845 – 46
(Hone I‟m home 2 cut down ur flagstaff as a symbol of Maori
resistance „cos fuk u guys screwed us over in the Treaty where ma
trade at)

13. FUN FACT
• 1858 NON-MAORI POPULATION GREATER THAN MAORI

14. 1840 - 1870
• 1852 New Zealand Constitution Act = Representative Govt.
for settlers, first Parliament in 1854.
• 1864 Colonial Office issues that only Crown could buy Maori
land and all Maori land had to be registered. Surplus/excess
land – owned by the Crown.
• 1865 Maori affairs transferred from Governor – Govt.

15. 1840 - 1870
• 1858 Kingitanga Movement, first Maori King Te Wherowhero of
Waikato.
• 1860 Waitara Incident (Issue between the selling of Taranaki
land ) Turns into 1st Taranaki War 1860-1863.
• 1860 Kohimarama Conference called by Governor Gore Browne
200 chiefs reaffirming the Treaty of Waitangi
• 1863-4 Waikato War (Attack on Kingitanga movement with
Kupapa and stuff)

16. 1840 - 1870
• 1862 New Zealand Land Settlement Act
• 1865 Native Land Court
Lots of Maori land lost :c

17. 1840 - 1870
• 1868-1872 Te Kooti‟s War. (That guy who got exiled on
Chatham Islands, escaped, formed his own religion Ringatu,
seeks utu against those who he believed wronged him, goes on a
mean killing spree etc running through the Uruweras. Pardoned
by the Maori King in 1873. Pardoned by Govt. in 1882.)
• 1868 – 1869 Titokowaru‟s War. That guy who lost his mana
because he slept with another chief‟s wife. Joined Parihaka in
1878.

18. FUN FACT
• I think everyone in New Zealand 19th Century History just
needs to calm the fuck down. There‟s more to 1840-1870 but
this is just a quick summary ok.
Somewhere in between all of that there were the GOLD RUSHES,
PASTORALISM, PAI MARIRE and stuff like that. South Island
was a wealthy place, gold discovered in 1861.

19. 1870 - 1900
• 1870‟s Vogel period
• "ooh look I like borrowing money because railways are awesome.
I have a massive hardon for railways“ – Sam Skoog on Julius
Vogel
• Railways connected New Zealand. Created dem jobs, made it
easier to control the Maori. Like the Trans-Siberian Railway in
Russia #Russian Revolution.
#catalystfordepressioninNZsomesay

20. 1870 - 1900
• 1876 ABOLISHMENT OF THE PROVINCES. Grey has a whine
about it because he is a power hungry bitch. Nah actually they
were failing because it was too expensive so Vogel just combined
it all into one nice govt. Easy mode.
• 1879 Perceived depression throughout NZ.
• 1882 It‟s okay though. Refrigeration successful and we can
send frozen meat to UK. We‟re saved. We become „Britain‟s
Farmyard‟

21. 1870 - 1900
• 1880‟s Ya know, the push for temperance, Women‟s suffrage.
First Wave of feminism !
• 1881 November 5th Invasion of Parihaka (that peaceful
movement)
• 1893 Women get the vote but that‟s coz Seddon‟s a whiny
populist politics misogynist. You know the story. DA POWER
TO THE LIBERALS – social reform + shit “God‟s own
country”
• NEW ZEALAND SEEN AS THE „SOCIAL LABORATORY‟
But Seddon‟s actually a DICK.