1827 in New Zealand
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[edit] Incumbents
[edit] Regal and Vice Regal
[edit] Events
- 23 - 28 January - Jules Dumont d'Urville is the first European to make the passage through the notoriously dangerous French Pass thus determining the insularity of the island which now bears his name. On the 23rd he discovered the passage; on the 25th he sailed it in a ship's boat; and on the 28th he took the corvette Astrolabe through, considered a 'masterful feat of seamanship'.[1][2]
- 30 January – The Rosanna leaves the Hokianga Harbour for Sydney[3] signalling the end of the attempt by the 1825 New Zealand Company to settle New Zealand.[4][5]
- January - Ngā Puhi chief Hongi Hika is shot during a minor engagement at Mangamuka beach in the Hokianga.[6] The wound is serious but Hongi survives for 14 months.
- - The Wesleyan mission at Kaeo, near Whangaroa, is sacked by Ngāti Uru as they leave the area after the attack by Ngā Puhi.[7]
- September – Captain William Wiseman in the Elizabeth on a flax trading voyage, names Port Cooper (now Lyttelton Harbour) after one of the owners of the Sydney trading firm, Cooper & Levy.[8]
[edit] Undated
- John Guard establishes a whaling station at Te Awaiti on the Arapawa Island shore of the Tory Channel. This is the first permanent land-based whaling station in New Zealand and the first European settlement in the South Island.[9][10][11][12] (previous whaling stations have been seasonal or temporary; other settlements with Europeans have been predominantly Māori)
- Ngāti Toa chief Te Rauparaha begins attacks on South Island tribes.
[edit] References
- ^ Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 91.
- ^ Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 109.
- ^ A Manukau Timeline
- ^ New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: 1825 New Zealand Company
- ^ Early European Visits to NZ
- ^ New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Hongi Hika Biography
- ^ Dictionary of New Zealand Biography: Hongi Hika
- ^ Early Christchurch
- ^ New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Guard Biography
- ^ Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 427
- ^ Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 10
- ^ Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 342
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
[edit] See 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 1827 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1827
