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On 3 January 1840, surveyors arrived in Te Whanganui a Tara (Port Nicholson) to lay out the proposed New Zealand Company settlement of Britannia at Pito-one (Petone). When this site proved unsuitable, the town was relocated across the harbour. It would be called Wellington in honour of the victor in the Battle of Waterloo. As New Zealand History notes, “the New Zealand Company and its model of systematic colonisation was the brainchild of Edward Gibbon Wakefield. Central to his plans was a package of land consisting of a town acre (0.4 ha) and an accompanying 100 country acres (40 ha).” There were 1100 one-acre town sections in the original plan prepared for Port Nicholson, but on arrival surveyors struggled to reproduce this on the ground. “The Company was desperate to move before the British government intervened in New Zealand. As a result an impossible timeframe was set for the Company surveyors. When the first settler ship arrived on 22 January, there was no sign on the ground of the carefully laid out plan.” This watercolour plan of the New Zealand Company settlement covers Port Nicholson, as well as further inland. It is signed by William Wakefield and probably dates from 1847. Archives Reference: AAFV 6041 Box 1/1c L67/679 archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=22505498 This record is part of #Waitangi175, celebrating 175 years since the signing of of te Tiriti o Waitangi. You can see other real time tweets on Twitter (twitter.com/ArchivesNZ), or explore the Waitangi 175 album here on Flickr. Material supplied by Archives New Zealand Caption information from www.nzhistory.net.nz/files/documents/The_Story_Part_1.pdf |
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| Source | New Zealand Company plan of Port Nicholson, 1840 |
| Author | Archives New Zealand from New Zealand |
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