1827 in New Zealand

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

*Head of State – King George IV
*Governor of New South Wales – General Ralph Darling

Events

*23 - 28 January - Jules Dumont d'Urville is the first European to make the passage through the notoriously dangerous French Pass thus determining the insularity of the island which now bears his name. On the 23rd he discovered the passage; on the 25th he sailed it in a ship's boat; and on the 28th he took the corvette "Astrolabe" through, considered a 'masterful feat of seamanship'.Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 91.] Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 109.]
*30 January – The "Rosanna" leaves the Hokianga Harbour for Sydney [http://manukau.infospecs.co.nz/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpub.dll?BU=http%3A%2F%2Fmanukau.infospecs.co.nz%2Fjourney%2Fhome.htm&QF0=TimeLineRef&QI0=23%20September%201826&MR=1&TN=source&AC=QBE_QUERY&RL=1&RF=English A Manukau Timeline] ] signalling the end of the attempt by the 1825 New Zealand Company to settle New Zealand. [http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/N/NewZealandCompany/FirstNewZealandCompany/en New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: 1825 New Zealand Company] ] [http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~teecee/1846table.htm Early European Visits to NZ] ]
*January - Ngā Puhi chief Hongi Hika is shot during a minor engagement at Mangamuka beach in the Hokianga. [http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/H/HongiHika/HongiHika/en New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Hongi Hika Biography] ] The wound is serious but Hongi survives for 14 months.: - The Wesleyan mission at Kaeo, near Whangaroa, is sacked by Ngāti Uru as they leave the area after the attack by Ngā Puhi. [http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb/default.asp?Find_Quick.asp?PersonEssay=1H32 Dictionary of New Zealand Biography: Hongi Hika] ]
*September – Captain William Wiseman in the "Elizabeth" on a flax trading voyage, names Port Cooper (now Lyttelton Harbour) after one of the owners of the Sydney trading firm, Cooper & Levy. [http://library.christchurch.org.nz/Heritage/EarlyChristchurch/EarlyChristchurch.asp Early Christchurch] ]

Undated

*John Guard establishes a whaling station at Te Awaiti on the Arapawa Island shore of the Tory Channel. This is the first permanent land-based whaling station in New Zealand and the first European settlement in the South Island. [http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/G/GuardJohn/GuardJohn/en New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Guard Biography] ] Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 427] Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 10] Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 342] (previous whaling stations have been seasonal or temporary; other settlements with Europeans have been predominantly Māori)
*Ngāti Toa chief Te Rauparaha begins attacks on South Island tribes.

References

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Births

Deaths

ee also

*List of years in New Zealand
*Timeline of New Zealand history
*History of New Zealand
*Military history of New Zealand
*Timeline of environmental history of New Zealand
*Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica

"For world events and topics in 1827 not specifically related to New Zealand see": 1827