1806 in New Zealand

1806 in New Zealand
Decades:
  • 1800s
  • 1810s
  • 1820s
See also:

Sealing continues at Bass Strait and the Antipodes Islands. At the end of the year there is a new sealing rush to the Bounty and Auckland Islands. Few sealers, if any, are known to have visited the Foveaux Strait area at this time, although this may be due in part to the secrecy of the captains and owners in reporting where they operate and/or the existence of the Strait not yet being widely known. Whaling continues off the east coast of the North Island. Ships are now visiting the Bay of Islands on a reasonably regular basis. The first reports about the poor behaviour of ships crews are sent to the Church Missionary Society in London.[1]

Between 1800 and 1806, £200,000 worth of whale oil is taken from the New Zealand area by British whaling ships operating from Sydney.[2]

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal[3]

Events

Undated

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 Salmond, Anne. Between Worlds. 1997. Penguin Books (NZ) Ltd. ISBN 0-670-87787-5.
  2. "Speeches by Sir Paul Reeves - Trafalgar Night Dinner, HMNZS Philomel, Auckland". 20 October 1989.
  3. The colony of New South Wales encompasses New Zealand from 1788 to 1840. Therefore the head of state is the monarch of the United Kingdom represented by the Governor of New South Wales. However, British sovereignty was not established over New Zealand per se until 1840, at which point the Treaty of Waitangi retroactively recognised that it had been an independent territory until then. Furthermore, the Declaration of the Independence of New Zealand signed by a number of Maori chiefs in 1835 was formally recognised by the British government at the time, indicating that British sovereignty did not yet extend to New Zealand. (New Zealand Ministry of Culture and Heritage)
  4. 4.0 4.1 Dictionary of Australian Biography: William Bligh
  5. 5.0 5.1 Dictionary of Australian Biography: Philip Gidley King
  6. Dictionary of New Zealand Biography: Te Pahi
  7. 7.0 7.1 Mutiny Aboard the Venus
  8. See also 1795-97 in New Zealand.
  9. Early European Visits to NZ
  10. Dictionary of New Zealand Biography: Charlotte Badger
  11. New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Te Morenga Biography
  12. Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p.18.
  13. New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Ruatara Biography