1816 in New Zealand

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[edit] Summary

A summary of the year should go here.

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] 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

[edit] Events

• 22 January – There are large numbers of Māori from North Cape, Whangaroa and Thames visiting the mission Rangihoua.^[1]
• 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.^[2][3]
• 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.^[1]
• 16 August – Thomas Kendall starts the first school in New Zealand, at Rangihoua. The opening roll is 33.^[4][5]

[edit] Undated

• John Wheeler King born, the first European male born in New Zealand to reach adulthood.^[3]

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b} NZETC: Maori Wars of the Nineteenth Century, 1816
2. ^ Ancestry.com: Thomas Hansen Biography
3. ^ ^{a b} Hansen-King Family Tree
4. ^ Dictionary of New Zealand Biography: Thomas Kendall
5. ^ New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Thomas Kendall Biography

Category: 1816 in New Zealand