1823 in New Zealand
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The following lists events that happened during 1823 in New Zealand.
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Incumbents
Regal and viceregal
Events
- 7 May â John Kent arrives in Foveaux Strait to investigate the possibility of setting up a flax trade.[1]
- 16 May â William White and others arrive in the St Michael to reinforce the Wesleyan missionaries in the Bay of Islands.[2]
- 6 June[3] â Samuel Leigh and William White establish the first Wesleyan mission at Kaeo, near Whangaroa, which they call 'Wesleydale' (var. Wesley-Dale).[2][4][5][6]
- 17 July â John Kent on the naval cutter Mermaid visits Otago Harbour and, not knowing it has already been named, calls it Port Oxley.
- 23 June â Phillip Tapsell is married for the first time, to Maria Ringa of NgÄ Puhi, by Thomas Kendall. The bride runs away later the same day.[7][8] This is probably the first Christian wedding in New Zealand (as later claimed by Tapsell himself).
- 3 August â The Brampton arrives at the Bay of Islands. On board are Samuel Marsden, Henry Williams and family, and the Wesleyan missionaries John Hobbs and Nathaniel Turner (and family).[9][10]
- 9 August â Reverend Marsden, in person, delivers the letter sacking Thomas Kendall from the Church Missionary Society.[11][12] (see 1822)
- 19 August â After the arrival of John Hobbs and Nathaniel Turner, Samuel Leigh leaves the Kaeo mission.[4]
- 7 September[13] â The Brampton runs aground on leaving the Bay of Islands. On board are Samuel Marsden, Thomas Kendall and Samuel Leigh.[4][12]
- 14 September[13] â Samuel Marsden and Samuel Leigh resume their departure from New Zealand. Thomas Kendall changes his mind and stays.[4][12]
- November
- â John Gare Butler, the original owner of Kemp House, leaves the Kerikeri mission.[14]
- Undated
- The Sealers' War, also known as 'The War of the Shirt', in the Otago region, finally comes to an end (before July). (see also 1810)
- Reverend Marsden starts the third Church Missionary Society mission at Paihia with Henry Williams in charge.[15]
- The first church in New Zealand is built at Paihia. The original, made of raupo, is not replaced until 1855.[15]
- John Kent on HMS Elizabeth Henrietta is the first identified European visitor to the Taranaki. Traders and/or whalers had recently visited the area.[16] Others who visited this year include the barque William Stoveld which is reported to have traded at the Waitara river mouth, and John Guard in the Waterloo.[17]
- Hongi Hika leads NgÄpuhi in an attack on Te Arawa at Mokoia Island.[18][19]
Births
- 27 February: (in Scotland) James Hume, medical doctor.
- 9 May (in England): Frederick Weld, 6th Premier of New Zealand.
- 29 June (in Australia): George Clarke, educationalist.[20]
- 13 August (in Scotland): Thomas Dick, merchant and politician.[21]
- 17 November (in Tasmania): William Clayton, architect.[22]
- Undated
- Dingley Askham Brittin, politician.[23]