1818 in New Zealand
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The following lists events that happened during 1818 in New Zealand.
Incumbents
Regal and viceregal
- Prince George, Prince of Wales as prince regent.
- Governor of New South Wales – Lachlan Macquarie
Events
- January (early)[1] – Te Morenga leads 400 against Ngāiterangi and Ngāti Porou. They destroy the Matarehu pā on Mōtītī Island but the Ngāiterangi chief, Te Waru, is absent. They proceed to East Cape and campaign for several months against Ngāti Porou.[2][3][4]
- 7 February
- November[6] – Te Morenga returns to the Bay of Islands.[2]
- 12 November – Thomas Holloway King, the first European born in New Zealand, dies, and is buried at Rangihoua.[7][8]
- Undated
- Rangihoua closes.[9]
- Kendall sends a manuscript spelling book of Māori to the )
Births
- 28 July (in England): Thomas Mason, horticulturist and politician.
- undated
- (in England): James FitzGerald, politician.[10]
- Frederick Merriman, politician.[11]
Deaths
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See also
- History of New Zealand
- List of years in New Zealand
- Military history of New Zealand
- Timeline of New Zealand history
- Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica
- Timeline of the New Zealand environment
References
- ^ a b New Zealand Electronic Text Centre: Te Morenga and Hongi Hika's Expeditionto the East Cape, 1818
- ^ a b New Zealand Encuclopaedia 1966: Te Morenga Biography
- ^ "Tauranga History Timeline". Archived from the original on 14 January 2006. Retrieved 15 October 2007.
- ^ a b The two raids by Te Morenga and Hongi Hika are retaliation for events resulting from the Venus incident in 1806.
- ^ New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Hongi Hika Biography
- ^ Or early 1819 according to NZETC.
- ^ Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p.309.
- ^ Hansen-King Family Tree Archived 28 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Dictionary of New Zealand Biography: Thomas Kendall
- ^ "James Edward Fitzgerald: Biography". Ministry for Culture and Heritage. 8 November 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
- OCLC 154283103.
