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This project is to catalog the first generation of immigrants to New Zealand in the 19th century, and to organise the information and place them into the ships they arrived on. Please add your pioneer ancestors to the project by going to their profile, click "actions" click "add to project" all Kiwis are welcome join and contribute :)
Settler Arrivals:
1814
"Active" *The Rev Samuel Marsden, John King, Hannah King
1816
1819 New Zealand was declared a dependency of New South Wales by Gov. Macquarie.
1823
1826
May 1826 Rosanna Passenger List
1830
1831
1832
1833
1835
1836
26 May 1837 Rattlesnake
1838
1840 Population: 80,000 Māori and 2,050 non-Māori.
3 January 1840 Cuba Passenger List
19 January 1840 Herald
22 January 1840 Aurora Passenger List
31 January 1840 Oriental Passenger List
8 February 1840 Duke of Roxburgh Passenger List
20 February 1840 Bengal Merchant Passenger List
7 March 1840 Adelaide Passenger List
30 April 1840 Bolton Passenger List
15 August 1840 L’Aube
16 August 1840 Comte de Paris Passenger List
29 Aug 1840 Coromandel Passenger List
16 Sep 1840 Anna Watson
14th November 1840 Martha Ridgeway Passenger List
12th December, 1840 London Passenger List
1841 New Zealand was declared a separate British colony, independent of New South Wales.
5 February 1841 Catherine Stewart Forbes Passenger List
17th March 1841 Lady Nugent Passenger List
30 March 1841 William Bryan Passenger List
24 May 1841 Lord William Bentinck Passenger List
9 August 1841 Tyne Passenger List
3 September 1841 Amelia Thompson Passenger List
3 October 1841 Regina
16 of October 1841 Arab Passenger List
4 November 1841 Whitby Passenger List
7 November 1841 Oriental Passenger List
1842 Population: 76,900 Māori and 10,992 non-Māori
1 Feb 1842 Fifeshire Passenger List
7 February 1842 Lord Auckland Passenger List
8 February 1842 Mary Ann Passenger List
17 February 1842. Clifton Passenger List
24th February 1842 Timandra Passenger List
1 March 1842 Birman Passenger List
10 April 1842 London Passenger List
13 May 1842 Clifford Passenger List
19 July 1842 Indemnity
22 August 1842 Sir Charles Forbes
25 October 1842 Thomas Harrison Passenger List
28 October 1842 Olympus
4 November 1842 New Zealand
19 November 1842 Blenheim Passenger List
12 December 1842 George Fyfe Passenger List
14 December 1842 Bombay
31 December 1842 Prince of Wales
1843 Population: 75,400 Māori and 11,848 non-Māori.
4 January 1843 Essex Passenger List
5 February 1843 Indus
9 February 1843 Lloyds
29 March 1843 Phoebe
14 June 1843 St Pauli
1844 Population: 73,900 Māori and 12,447 non-Māori.
1 September 1844 Skiold Passenger List
1845 Population: 72,500 Māori and 12,774 non-Māori.
1846 New Zealand divided into the two provinces of New Munster and New Ulster, which divided the North Island in half.
18 May 1846 Java
1849 Population: 67,000 Māori and 19,543 non-Māori
1850 Population: 65,650 Māori and 22,108
30 June 1850 Poictiers Passenger List
1851 Population: 64,350 Māori and 26,707 non-Māori.
3 September 1851 Simlah Passenger List
1852 Gold discovered at Coromandel
1853 Population: 61,850 Māori and 29,600 non-Māori.
1854 Population: 60,650 Māori and 32,554 non-Māori.
26 Nov 1854 Gypsey Passenger List
1855 Population: 59,500 Māori and 37,192 non-Māori.
1856 Population: 58,300 Māori and 45,540 non-Māori.
1 March 1851 Isabella Hercus
1857 Population: 57,150 Māori and 49,802 non-Māori.
14 February 1857 William & Jane Passenger List
15 May 1857 Alma Passenger List
1861 Gold discovered in Otago.
1862
1862 Sarah M
1862 Mystery
1862 Mermaid
1863
1863 Huntress
1864
1865
1865 Lancashire Witch Passenger List
1865 Eastern Empire Passenger List
1872
England
1st September 1872 Høvding Passenger List
1873
20th September 1873 Punjab Passenger List
1874
1874 Isles of the South
27 May 1874 Varuna Passenger List
1876
Howrah
1878
1893 New Zealand women were given the right to vote.
1894
Ruahine
1900 Population: 967,000