Canterbury Association
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The Canterbury Association was formed in 1848 in England by members of parliament, peers, and Anglican church leaders, to establish a colony in New Zealand. The settlement was to be called Canterbury,
Plaque at 22 Whitehall, London, commemorating the first meeting of the Canterbury Association
Memorial tablet inside Christ Church Cathedral, Christchurch, showing the members of the Canterbury Association.
An 1850 Canterbury Association poster aimed at working-class people
The Canterbury Association ships Bangalore, Dominion, Duke of Portland, Lady Nugent, and Canterbury in the East India Docks in 1851
New Zealand Company
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The New Zealand Company, chartered in the United Kingdom, was a company that existed in the first half of the 19th century on a business model that was focused on the systematic colonisation of New Ze
Canterbury Association
…by Royal Charter on 13 November 1849. The prime movers were Edward Gibbon Wakefield and John Robert Godley. Wakefield was heavily involved in the New Zealand Company, which had already established four other colonies in New Zealand (Wellington, Nelson, Petre and Otago) by that time. Wakefield approached Godley to…
New Zealand Company coat of arms
John George Lambton, the future Lord Durham
Edward Gibbon Wakefield
Colonial Secretary Lord Glenelg