New Zealand Company plan of the Town of Wellington, Port Nicholson, 1840

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New Zealand Company plan of the Town of Wellington, Port Nicholson, 1840

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On 22 January 1840, the first of the New Zealand Company’s fleet of six immigrant ships, the Aurora, arrived in Pito-one (Petone), marking the founding of the settlement that would become known as Wellington. They had bet William Hobson to Aotearoa New Zealand by seven days; their efforts of self-government would become the cause of some ...

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Waitangi 175 / Tiriti O Waitangi / Treaty of Waitangi / Archives New Zealand / New Zealand / Wellington / North Island / New Zealand Company / History / Port Nicholson / Petone / Lower Hutt / 1840 / Archives

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