1828 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 IV
• Governor of New South Wales – General Ralph Darling

[edit] Events

• 3^[1], 6^[2] or 7^[3] March - Ngā Puhi rangatira (chief) and war leader Hongi Hika dies at Whangaroa.

[edit] Undated

• John Guard establishes a subsidiary whaling station at Kakapo Bay in Port Underwood.^[4][5][6] (see 1827)
• Phillip Tapsell sets up a flax trading post at Maketu.^[7][8]
• Whalers Dicky Barrett, Jacky Love and others establish a trading post at Ngamotu Beach, the first Europeans to settle in the New Plymouth area.^[9][10]

[edit] References

1. ^ New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Hongi Hika Biography
2. ^ Dictionary of New Zealand Bography: Hongi Hika
3. ^ Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p.508
4. ^ New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Guard Biography
5. ^ Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 173
6. ^ Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 457
7. ^ New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Tapsell Biography
8. ^ Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 221
9. ^ Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 291
10. ^ Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 293

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