11 January – Hannah King Hansen (later Letheridge, then Clapham) is born at Oihi,
Rangihoua Bay. She is the second female European child born in New Zealand.[1] Her gravestone at Christ Church in
Russell claims she was the first female child,[2] and she is certainly the first female child to attain her majority and whose subsequent history is known. (see
1815)
January –
Hongi Hika leads 800
Ngāpuhi in a fleet of 30 canoes to make peace with the
North Cape tribes. He quarrels with tribes at
Whangaroa on the way and immediately returns to the
Bay of Islands in case they attack the Rangihoua mission in his absence.[3][4]
11 December –
William Tucker (see
1815) returns to
Otago Harbour from
Hobart on the Sophia,
Captain Kelly, with other intending settlers. They later land at
Whareakeake but Tucker and 2 others are killed and eaten, probably as part of the
War of the Shirt (see
1810). In retaliation Kelly fires on the Māori, killing as many as 70, and destroys the
kāinga (village) at nearby
Otakou. The beach is subsequently given the name Murdering Beach.[5]
Undated
Brothers-in-law Charles Gordon and William Carlisle and their wives arrive to bolster the
CMS mission at Rangihoua.[6]
The school at Rangihoua has a roll of 70, half boys, half girls, ranging in age from 7 to 17.[7]
11 January – Hannah King Hansen (later Letheridge, then Clapham) is born at Oihi,
Rangihoua Bay. She is the second female European child born in New Zealand.[1] Her gravestone at Christ Church in
Russell claims she was the first female child,[2] and she is certainly the first female child to attain her majority and whose subsequent history is known. (see
1815)
January –
Hongi Hika leads 800
Ngāpuhi in a fleet of 30 canoes to make peace with the
North Cape tribes. He quarrels with tribes at
Whangaroa on the way and immediately returns to the
Bay of Islands in case they attack the Rangihoua mission in his absence.[3][4]
11 December –
William Tucker (see
1815) returns to
Otago Harbour from
Hobart on the Sophia,
Captain Kelly, with other intending settlers. They later land at
Whareakeake but Tucker and 2 others are killed and eaten, probably as part of the
War of the Shirt (see
1810). In retaliation Kelly fires on the Māori, killing as many as 70, and destroys the
kāinga (village) at nearby
Otakou. The beach is subsequently given the name Murdering Beach.[5]
Undated
Brothers-in-law Charles Gordon and William Carlisle and their wives arrive to bolster the
CMS mission at Rangihoua.[6]
The school at Rangihoua has a roll of 70, half boys, half girls, ranging in age from 7 to 17.[7]