1833 in New Zealand

Incumbents

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.
• 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 Betty Guard, is born at Port Underwood. She is the first female European child born in the South Island.

Births

• 1 January : Robert Lawson, architect.
• 27 January : William Larnach, businessman, politician.
• 31 May : David Boyle, 7th Earl of Glasgow, 14th Governor of New Zealand.
• 14 September : John Bryce, politician.
• 23 September : William Hodgkins, artist and art historian.
• 20 October : Arthur Atkinson, politician.
• undated : Richard Hobbs, politician.