1840 – 41 New Zealand becomes full colony
New Zealand was promoted to a colony in its own right, no longer answerable to Sydney, under Letters Patent dated 16 November 1840 and gazetted on 24 November. With communications by sailing ship taking months, Hobson only found out about this development on 30 April 1841, until then continuing to act as Lieutenant-Governor to New South Wales Governor Gipps.
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