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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
- January – Hongi Hika returns from his expedition to East Cape and the Bay of Plenty with 2000 prisoners. [1]
- 5 May[2] – Samuel Leigh arrives on the Active to recuperate from ill-health at Reverend Samuel Marsden’s invitation.[3][4]
- 17 June[2][5] – Samuel Leigh returns to New South Wales. While in New Zealand he has conceived the idea of establishing a Wesleyan mission to the Māori. He returns to England before the end of the year with this proposition in mind. His report to Reverend Marsden leads to the appointment of John Gare Butler to head the second Church Missionary Society mission.[3][4]
- 24 July – Governor Macquarie appoints Reverend Butler Justice of the Peace for New Zealand.[6]
- 12 August – Reverend Samuel Marsden arrives in New Zealand on the General Gates on his second visit accompanied by Reverend Butler and James Kemp and their families. Marsden accepts the offer of land at Kerikeri from Hongi Hika to start the second Church Missionary Society mission. Reverend Butler will be in charge. He is the first resident ordained clergyman in New Zealand.[7][6]
- 25 September - Samuel Marsden plants the first grape vines in New Zealand.[8][9]
- 9 November – Reverend Marsden leaves at the end of his second visit.[7]
- 20[6] or 21[10] December – The Butlers and Kemps take up residence in Kerikeri.
Undated
- Te Rauparaha joins a Ngā Puhi attack on Ngāti Maru in Taranaki. The Ngā Puhi have enough muskets to soon win several battles (the Ngāti Maru have never seen muskets before) and capture a number of pa before continuing on to Cook Strait. When they pass through Kawhia on their return the Ngā Puhi give the Ngāti Toa some muskets. Later in the year Ngāti Toa (possibly led by Te Rauparaha) return to the Cook Strait region looking for a new place to settle as they are under severe pressure from Waikato and Ngāti Maniopoto at Kawhia.[11]
Births
- William Henry Eyes, politician. [12]
Deaths
References
- ^ New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Hongi Hika Biography
- ^ a b Early European Visits to NZ
- ^ a b Dictionary of New Zealand Biography: Samuel Leigh
- ^ a b New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Samuel Leigh Biography
- ^ The New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Samuel Leigh Biography states that Leigh stayed for nine months, but this cannot be correct as he was married in England on 14 December.
- ^ a b c New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: John Gare Butler Biography
- ^ a b Dictionary of New Zealand Biography: Samuel Marsden
- ^ Culinary Journeys
- ^ NZHistory: The Christian Missionaries
- ^ Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p.185.
- ^ Dictionary of New Zealand Biography: Te Rauparaha
- ^ rulers.org
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 1819 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1819
