1830 in New Zealand
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Incumbents
Regal and viceregal
- Head of State – King George IV dies on 26 June and is succeeded by his brother King William IV.
- Governor of New South Wales – General Ralph Darling
Events
- 10 January – The first whaling ship, the Antarctic, enters Lyttelton Harbour, which Captain Morell calls 'Cook's Harbour'.[1]
- 3 February – John Guard arrives in Sydney with a cargo of whale oil, the first to be shipped from the South Island.[2][3]
- 21 April – Phillip Tapsell is married to Karuhi, sister of a Nga Puhi chief, by Samuel Marsden.[4]
- 31 July – William Yate returns from 6 months 'training' in printing at Sydney with a printing press. His attempts at printing are not particularly successful.[5][6] (see also 1834 & 1835)
- 19 August – Captain William Stewart leaves for Kapiti Island, where Te Rauparaha has promised him a cargo of flax in return for transporting a large Ngāti Toa party to Akaroa.[7]
- 26 October – Te Rauparaha and 120 Ngāti Toa warriors leave Kapiti Island for Akaroa on the hired brig Elizabeth.[8]
- 6 November – After 3 or 4 days hidden aboard the Elizabeth while anchored in Akaroa, Te Rauparaha and his warriors attack and massacre a village[9] of local Kāi Tahu, and then cannibalise them.[8]
- November
- – Phillip Tapsell settles in Maketu in the Bay of Plenty and begins trading for flax.[4] (see also 1828)
- Undated
- John Guard marries Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Parker in Sydney. She[10] leaves Sydney on the schooner Waterloo on 7 November and arrives at Te Awaiti before the end of the year. Betty Guard is the first European women to settle permanently in the South Island.[11]
- A whaling station is operating from Porirua.
- Jack Duff, a trader, is the first known European to visit the Palmerston North area. He travels by whaleboat up river as far inland as Woodville and returns to Porirua.[12]
- The first inland mission is started at Waimate North.[13]
Births
- 2 May (in Ireland): Maurice O'Rorke, politician.[14]
- 29 August (in Ireland): Charles Bowen, politician.[15]
- 22 October (in Scotland): Arthur John Burns, businessman and politician.
- Unknown date
- (in Ireland): Charles Bowen, politician.
- Henry Miller, politician.[16]
- (in Ireland) Thomas Russell, founder of the Bank of New Zealand
See also
- List of years in New Zealand
- Timeline of New Zealand history
- History of New Zealand
- Military history of New Zealand
- Timeline of the New Zealand environment
- Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica
References
- ↑ Christchurch: a chronology
- ↑ New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Guard Biography
- ↑ New Zealand Electronic Text Centre: The Old Whaling Days 1
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Dictionary of New Zealand Biography: Phillip Tapsell
- ↑ Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 185
- ↑ New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Printing
- ↑ New Zealand Hhiistory online: 'Captain Stewart and the Elizabeth - a frontier of chaos?'
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 New Zealand Electronic Text Centre: The Old Whaling Days 2
- ↑ This village is not to be confused with the much larger pā at Onawe which Te Rauparaha destroyed in late 1831 or early 1832.
- ↑ It is not known if her husband travelled with her or had already left for New Zealand.
- ↑ Dictionary of New Zealand Biography: Elizabeth Guard
- ↑ New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Palmerston North
- ↑ Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 474.
- ↑ Rogers, Frank. (1993). "O'Rorke, George Maurice 1830 - 1916". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography.
- ↑ Lineham, Peter J. (1990). "Bowen, Charles Christopher 1830 - 1917". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography.
- ↑ Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
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