Ko Tā George Gipps (1791-1847, Kāwana o New South Wales 1837-1846) te Kāwana tuatahi o Aotearoa. Nō te tau 1839 i whakarerekēngia te kupu whakamana i a ia, ā, i taua wā i tōhua ia hei Kāpene-Tianara, hei Kāwana Matua hoki mō taua rohe, mō New South Wales. Ka taka i ēnei taupā hou ngā whenua katoa o Aotearoa ki raro i tō Ingarangi mana. Ko te whakaaro, he te mahi nei he mahi rangitahi, he whakaruru mō te whakahaere o ēnei o ngā whenua, kia taea rawatia ai te whakatūturu i ngā whakaritenga. Nō te 18 o Whiringa-ā-rangi, 1840, ko te whakapūmautanga tūturutanga i aua whakaritenga. Taro kau ake kua tau te mana o Ingarangi ki runga o ngā moutere o Aotearoa, e rua wiki noa iho i muri. Nā te Kāwanatanga o te Emepaea i whakapuaki te Reta Whakamana, he reta whakarite i tēnei whenua hei koroni motuhake, i raro i a Te Hopihona, arā, i tōna Kāwana ake.