1818 in New Zealand

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

*Head of State – King George III. With Prince George, Prince of Wales as Prince Regent.
*Governor of New South Wales – Lachlan Macquarie

Events

*January – Te Morenga leads 400 against Ngāiterangi and Ngāti Porou. They destroy the Matarehu pā on Motiti Island but the Ngāiterangi chief, Te Waru, is absent. They proceed to East Cape and campaign for several months against Ngāti Porou. [http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/M/TeMorenga/TeMorenga/en New Zealand Encuclopaedia 1966: Te Morenga Biography] ] [http://ourcity.tauranga.govt.nz/heritage/timeline/ Tauranga History Timeline] ] The two raids by Te Morenga and Hongi Hika are retaliation for events resulting from the "Venus" incident in 1806.]
*February - Hongi Hika leads a second Ngā Puhi campaign against Ngāti Porou. They ravage many villages in the Bay of Plenty before passing East Cape and attacking Ngati Porou in Hicks Bay. [http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/H/HongiHika/HongiHika/en New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Hongi Hika Biography] ]
*November – Te Morenga returns to the Bay of Islands.
*12 November -Thomas Holloway King, the first European born in New Zealand, dies, and is buried at Rangihoua.Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p.309.] [http://www.thefirstfamily.co.nz/images/familycharts.jpgHansen-King Family Tree] ]

Undated

*Thomas Kendall’s school at Rangihoua closes. [http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb/default.asp?Find_Quick.asp?PersonEssay=1K9 Dictionary of New Zealand Biography: Thomas Kendall] ]
*Kendall sends a manuscript spelling book of Māori to the Church Missionary Society but Professor Lee raises some doubts over it. (see 1820)

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 1818 not specifically related to New Zealand see": 1818