1816 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

*22 January – Large numbers of Māori from North Cape, Whangaroa and Thames visit the mission at Rangihoua. [http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-SmiMaor-t1-body-d12b.html NZETC: Maori Wars of the Nineteenth Century, 1816] ]
*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. [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kiwiadams/4476.htm Ancestry.com: Thomas Hansen Biography] ] [http://www.thefirstfamily.co.nz/images/familycharts.jpgHansen-King Family Tree] ]
*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.
*16 August – Thomas Kendall starts the first school in New Zealand, at Rangihoua. The opening roll is 33. [http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb/default.asp?Find_Quick.asp?PersonEssay=1K9 Dictionary of New Zealand Biography: Thomas Kendall] ] [http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/K/KendallThomas/KendallThomas/en New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Thomas Kendall Biography] ]

Undated

*John Wheeler King born, the first European male born in New Zealand to reach adulthood. [http://www.thefirstfamily.co.nz/images/familycharts.jpgHansen-King Family Tree] ]

Births

Deaths

References

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 1816 not specifically related to New Zealand see": 1816