William Hobson
British colonial officer
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European settlement of New Zealand
- In New Zealand: Annexation and further settlement
In 1839 it commissioned William Hobson, a naval officer, as lieutenant governor and consul to the Māori chiefs, and he annexed the whole country: the North Island by the right of cession from the Māori chiefs and the South Island by the right of discovery. At first New Zealand…
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