1817 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

*11 January - Hannah King Hansen (later Letheridge, then Clapham) born at Oihi, Rangihoua. The second female European child born in New Zealand. [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kiwiadams/5129.htm Ancestry.com: Hannah King Biography] ] Her gravestone at Christ Church in Russell claims she was the first female child,Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p.309.] and she is certainly the first female child to attain her majority and whose subsequent history is known. (see 1815)
*January – Hongi Hika leads 800 Ngā Puhi in a fleet of 30 canoes to make peace with the North Cape tribes. He quarrels with tribes at Whangaroa on the way and immediately returns to the Bay of Islands in case the Rangihoua mission is attacked in his absence. [http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/H/HongiHika/HongiHika/en New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Hongi Hika Biography] ] [http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-SmiMaor-t1-body-d13.html NZETC: Maori Wars of the Nineteenth Century, 1817] ]
*11 December - William Tucker (see 1815) returns to Otago Harbour from Hobart on the "Sophia", Captain Kelly, with other intending settlers. They later land at Whareakeake but Tucker and 2 others are killed and eaten, probably as part of the War of the Shirt (see 1810). In retaliation Kelly fires on the Maori, killing as many as 70, and destroys the kainga (village) at nearby Otakou. The beach is subsequently given the name Murdering Beach.Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p.282.]

Undated

*Brothers-in-law Charles Gordon and William Carlisle and their wives arrive to bolster the CMS mission at Rangihoua. [http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~teecee/1846table.htm Early European Visits to NZ] ]
*The school at Rangihoua has a roll of 70, half boys half girls, ranging in age from 7 to 17. [http://www.monumentalstories.gen.nz/bio_75.html Monumental Stories: Landmarks] ]

References

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Births

* Theodore Haultain, politician.

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 1817 not specifically related to New Zealand see": 1817