1818 in New Zealand
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The following lists events that happened during 1818 in New Zealand.
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Incumbents
Regal and viceregal
Events
- January (early)[1] â Te Morenga leads 400 against NgÄiterangi and NgÄti Porou. They destroy the Matarehu pÄ on MÅtÄ«tÄ« Island but the NgÄiterangi chief, Te Waru, is absent. They proceed to East Cape and campaign for several months against NgÄti Porou.[2][3][4]
- 7 February[1] â Hongi Hika leads a second NgÄ Puhi campaign against NgÄti Porou. They ravage many villages in the Bay of Plenty before passing East Cape and attacking NgÄti Porou in Hicks Bay.[4][5]
- November[6] â Te Morenga returns to the Bay of Islands.[2]
- 12 November â Thomas Holloway King, the first European born in New Zealand, dies, and is buried at Rangihoua.[7][8]
- Undated
- Thomas Kendall's school at Rangihoua closes.[9]
- Kendall sends a manuscript spelling book of MÄori to the Church Missionary Society but Professor Lee raises some doubts over it.[9] (see 1820)
Births
- 28 July (in England): Thomas Mason, horticulturist and politician.
- undated
- (in England): James FitzGerald, politician.[10]
- Frederick Merriman, politician.[11]