1830 in New Zealand

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1830 in New Zealand:
Other years in New Zealand
1827 • 1828 • 1829 • 1830 (1830) • 1831 • 1832 • 1833

1 Incumbents
- 1.1 Regal and Vice Regal
2 Events
3 Births
4 Deaths
5 See also
6 References

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

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.^{[citation needed]}
26 October – Te Rauparaha and 120 Ngāti Toa warriors leave Kapiti Island for Akaroa on the hired brig Elizabeth.^[7]
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^[8] of local Kāi Tahu, and then cannabilise them.^[7]
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^[9] 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.^[10]
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.^[11]
The first inland mission is started at Waimate North.^[12]

Births

2 May (in Ireland): Maurice O'Rorke, politician. ^[13]
29 August (in Ireland): Charles Christopher Bowen, politician. ^[14]
22 October (in Scotland): Arthur John Burns, businessman and politician.

Unknown date

(in Ireland): Charles Bowen, politician.
Henry Miller, politician. ^[15]
(in Ireland) Thomas Russell, founder of the Bank of New Zealand

Deaths

References

^ Christchurch: a chronology
^ New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Guard Biography
^ New Zealand Electronic Text Centre: The Old Whaling Days 1
^ ^a ^b Dictionary of New Zealand Biography: Phillip Tapsell
^ Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 185
^ New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Printing
^ ^a ^b 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. http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb/default.asp?Find_Quick.asp?PersonEssay=2O9.
^ Lineham, Peter J. (1990). "Bowen, Charles Christopher 1830 - 1917". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb/default.asp?Find_Quick.asp?PersonEssay=1B26.
^ New Zealand Parliamentary Record 1840-1984 by J. O. Wilson (1985, Government Printer, Wellington)

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