1816 in New Zealand

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1816 in New Zealand:
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[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Regal and Vice Regal

[edit] Events

  • 22 January – Large numbers of Māori from North Cape, Whangaroa and Thames visit the mission at Rangihoua.[1]
  • February – Thomas and Elizabeth Hansen arrive at Oihi, Rangihoua from Port Jackson on the Active. They are the first non-missionary European family to settle in New Zealand. They eventually raise 11 children who all live to at least their late 60s.[2][3]
  • March – Tui and Titore leave Port Jackson (Sydney) for England in HMS Kangaroo. While there they may have helped Professor Lee start his Maori dictionary.[1]
  • 16 August – Thomas Kendall starts the first school in New Zealand, at Rangihoua. The opening roll is 33.[4][5]

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  • John Wheeler King born, the first European male born in New Zealand to reach adulthood.[3]

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b NZETC: Maori Wars of the Nineteenth Century, 1816
  2. ^ Ancestry.com: Thomas Hansen Biography
  3. ^ a b Hansen-King Family Tree
  4. ^ Dictionary of New Zealand Biography: Thomas Kendall
  5. ^ New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Thomas Kendall Biography

[edit] See also

For world events and topics in 1816 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1816