1816 in New Zealand
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1816 in New Zealand:

Other years in New Zealand

1813 • 1814 • 1815 • 1816 • 1817 • 1818 • 1819

Incumbents

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

Events

• 22 January – Large numbers of Māori from North Cape, Whangaroa and Thames visit the mission at 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 (see 1815) 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]

Undated

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

Births

Deaths

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 1816 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1816

References