William Hobson, after suffering a stroke on…
May 1840 CE
William Hobson, after suffering a stroke on March 1, had been taken back to the Bay of Islands, where he had recovered sufficiently to continue work.
On May 21, 1840, in response to the creation of a "republic" by the New Zealand Company settlers of Port Nicholson (later Wellington), who are laying out a new town under the flag of an independent New Zealand, Hobson asserts British sovereignty over the whole of New Zealand, despite the incompleteness of the Treaty signing.
He sends Willoughby Shortland and some soldiers to Port Nicholson on May 25 and the council of the settlers is disbanded.
Their leader, William Wakefield, later travels to the Bay of Islands to pledge allegiance to the Crown.
His suggestion to make Port Nicholson the capital is rejected in favor of Hobson's plan for a new town on Waitemata Harbour, to be named Auckland after the Earl of Auckland.
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