Auckland auf Neuseeland.

Title

Auckland auf Neuseeland.

Description

General view of Auckland, New Zealand in the year 1880.

ca. 1880

Artist

Anonymus

Historical Description

Tāmaki Makaurau, now known as Auckland, was first settled by the Māori, the indigenous people of New Zealand, around the year 1350. Today it is a major city and also the Unitary Authority and largest city in the country. The Ngāti Whātua and Waikato-Tainui were originally the two predominant Māori tribes When Europeans arrived in New Zealand, they used weapons as trade goods, among other things, which upset the balance of power between the tribes and inevitably led to armed conflict. In the following period, Māori 'sold' more and more land, for example the present-day city center, to William Hobson, the country's first governor, and agreed to sign the Treaty of Waitangi in the Bay of Islands in February 1840. The Ngāti Whātua tribe hoped that this would give them better access to the newly built port facilities and thus to the markets in Sidney for their goods produced in the Waikato and Hauraki Plains. After the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, which bound New Zealand to the United Kingdom, William Hobson had to find a suitable location for the country's new capital. Hobson chose the southern shore of Waitematā Harbour as the site for the new capital and in September 1840, the founding ceremony of the city of Auckland was probably held in what is now upper Queen Street. In 1842, the New Zealand Gazette gave the city the official name “Auckland”.