British merchant and ship owner Captain
James Clendon buys land and sets up a trading station at
Okiato in the Bay of Islands. The location would be renamed Russell and become the first capital of New Zealand in 1840.
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abcdWilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer.
OCLC154283103.
^Foster, B.J. (1966).
"ORMOND, Hon. John Davies". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock. Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand.
British merchant and ship owner Captain
James Clendon buys land and sets up a trading station at
Okiato in the Bay of Islands. The location would be renamed Russell and become the first capital of New Zealand in 1840.
^
abcdWilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer.
OCLC154283103.
^Foster, B.J. (1966).
"ORMOND, Hon. John Davies". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock. Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand.