Hi Beth and All: Re moving to Auckland (1840s); in September 1840 Governor Hobson established his headquarters in Auckland, and there was resentment in Wellington when he “enticed” some 60 artisans and labourers to move there by January 1841. New Plymouth like Wellington was a New Zealand Company settlement, and they would have had free passage to New Zealand from the company. If your relatives moved to Auckland they might be in the Auckland Pioneer Roll, printed in 1940 (the Wellington Pioneer Roll was a card index, with notes and correspondence by Dr Scholefield held in the Wellington Public Library). “The establishment of the New Plymouth Settlement in New Zealand by Rutherford and Skinner (1940, 1969) covers only 1841 to 1843; it says many papers from 1843 to 1848 were destroyed in a storage cleanout “until the vandalism was discovered” (p219). Yours, John Wilson Subject: [nz] Government brig VICTORIA 1844 Hello. I understand that in December 1844, the Government brig VICTORIA was involved in ferrying unhappy settlers from the New Plymouth settlement to Auckland. I cannot find any reference to this however on the net. Does anyone know whether this is correct? Or have any information about it? And if it did happen, is there a list of name of those settlers who travelled to Auckland. I would like to see if my rellies were among them. Thanks, Beth