History Of New Zealand
History Of New Zealand
New Zealand Government – Bits of History
The first official representative of the British Government in New Zealand was James Busby, who was appointed British Resident in 1832. His appointment reflected the cautious nature of British intervention in New Zealand at this stage; for his only backing was to be the dignity of his vice counsel’s uniform. Because of this insubstantial authority Busby became known as the 'Man o' War without guns'.
New Zealand became a separately administered Crown Colony under the British Crown, instead of a dependency of New South Wales, on 3 May 1841.
The first representative institutions in New Zealand were introduced as a result of 'An Act to Grant a Representative Constitution to the Colony of New Zealand', which was passed by the British Parliament in 1852. This Act also divided the country into six provinces, each with its own elected council, and established a General Assembly, of which the General Assembly is the direct descendant.
The system of provincial government was finally abolished by H Atkinson in 1876, after a long struggle.
Arthur Beauchamp, a member of the Marlborough Provincial Council in the days when New Zealand was divided into 6 self-governing provinces, won the reputation for being a most longwinded speechmaker when he spoke for almost 11 hours in a debate in 1865 on whether Picton would remain the Provincial capital of New Zealand. His opponents called it "a vomiting forth of ten hours and a half of nonsense, ribaldry and billingsgate". After ten and a half hours of ad-libbing, Beauchamp (who was Katherine Mansfield's grand-father), said: "after these few preliminary remarks, I will now proceed to speak on the subject under discussion," but his voice failed him and he collapsed after nearly 11 hours........
New Zealand Government – Bits of History
The first official representative of the British Government in New Zealand was James Busby, who was appointed British Resident in 1832. His appointment reflected the cautious nature of British intervention in New Zealand at this stage; for his only backing was to be the dignity of his vice counsel’s uniform. Because of this insubstantial authority Busby became known as the 'Man o' War without guns'.
New Zealand became a separately administered Crown Colony under the British Crown, instead of a dependency of New South Wales, on 3 May 1841.
The first representative institutions in New Zealand were introduced as a result of 'An Act to Grant a Representative Constitution to the Colony of New Zealand', which was passed by the British Parliament in 1852. This Act also divided the country into six provinces, each with its own elected council, and established a General Assembly, of which the General Assembly is the direct descendant.
The system of provincial government was finally abolished by H Atkinson in 1876, after a long struggle.
Arthur Beauchamp, a member of the Marlborough Provincial Council in the days when New Zealand was divided into 6 self-governing provinces, won the reputation for being a most longwinded speechmaker when he spoke for almost 11 hours in a debate in 1865 on whether Picton would remain the Provincial capital of New Zealand. His opponents called it "a vomiting forth of ten hours and a half of nonsense, ribaldry and billingsgate". After ten and a half hours of ad-libbing, Beauchamp (who was Katherine Mansfield's grand-father), said: "after these few preliminary remarks, I will now proceed to speak on the subject under discussion," but his voice failed him and he collapsed after nearly 11 hours........
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