In 1856, a petition was put forward to Thomas Gore Browne, the Governor of New Zealand, for a port at Bluff.
Robert Wynyard, the administrator filling in after Grey's departure and before the arrival of the next Governor, Colonel Thomas Gore Browne, formed an Executive Council led by James FitzGerald (the Fitzgerald Ministry).
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