History of Auckland

1840 After the Treaty of Waitangi was signed in February, the new ruler of New Zealand, William Herbert, needed to choose a capital for the colony. At that time, Corolla Reka (now called Old Russell) in the Islands Bay assumed the functions of the capital. However, the geographical location of Corollareka determines that it is in a very remote place, with inconvenient transportation, far from the center of New Zealand Islands, and the city has become notorious for alcoholism and moral corruption.

1888 map of Auckland Germany Even in 1840, Nicholson Port (now Wellington) seems to have become an obvious choice for the administrative capital. It is located at the southernmost tip of the North Island, near the South Island between the two islands. It has developed rapidly and has a high voice of becoming the capital. But the New Zealand company and the wakefield brothers continued to control Nicholson Port on this basis. In addition, the city's reputation is also shamed by the rampant illegal occupation of land by Maori. The Maori, the indigenous people of New Zealand, have always believed that white immigrants in Europe obtained their land by deception, so there is no legal or illegal problem.

Based on missionary Henry? With the initial recommendation of Henry Williams and the support of felton Matthew, the director of Surveying and Mapping, Herbert Sen chose Waitmata Port as his future capital. Captain cornwallis Symonds, the chief administrative officer, quickly purchased the required land from the owner of Ngati Whatua, and held a groundbreaking ceremony at 18 September 18 afternoon 1, probably on the highest ground at the end of queen street. Herbert Sen named the new website Auckland after one of his patrons and friend George Eden (Earl of Auckland, 1). It was announced in the New Zealand Government Gazette that this name was approved by the royal family on June 26th, 1842, 165438. From the beginning, new immigrants have been flowing to the new capital from all over New Zealand and overseas. Initially, settlers mainly came from New South Wales, but the first direct immigrant ship from Britain arrived in New Zealand in early 1842. From the early days, the eastern part of the settlement was reserved as official land, and technicians and craftsmen, the so-called "unofficial" settlers, gathered in the western part of the settlement. This social division still exists in Auckland today. (For example, a community called Technician Bay, compared with Westerners)