1830 in New Zealand

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See also:
  • Other events of 1830
  • Timeline of New Zealand history

The following lists events that happened during 1830 in New Zealand.

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[]

Unknown date
  • (in England): Edwin Blake, Member of Parliament
  • (in Ireland): Charles Bowen, politician.
  • (in England): Henry Miller, politician.[16]
  • (in Ireland) Thomas Russell, founder of the Bank of New Zealand

Deaths[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Christchurch: a chronology
  2. ^ New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Guard Biography
  3. ^ New Zealand Electronic Text Centre: The Old Whaling Days 1
  4. ^ a b Dictionary of New Zealand Biography: Phillip Tapsell
  5. ^ Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 185
  6. ^ New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Printing
  7. ^ New Zealand Hhiistory online: 'Captain Stewart and the Elizabeth - a frontier of chaos?'
  8. ^ a b New Zealand Electronic Text Centre: The Old Whaling Days 2
  9. ^ This village is not to be confused with the much larger pā at Onawe which Te Rauparaha destroyed in late 1831 or early 1832.
  10. ^ It is not known if her husband travelled with her or had already left for New Zealand.
  11. ^ Dictionary of New Zealand Biography: Elizabeth Guard
  12. ^ New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Palmerston North
  13. ^ Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 474.
  14. ^ Rogers, Frank. (1993). "O'Rorke, George Maurice 1830 - 1916". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography.
  15. ^ Lineham, Peter J. (1990). "Bowen, Charles Christopher 1830 - 1917". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography.
  16. ^ 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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