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'.
• 3 February – John Guard arrives in Sydney with a cargo of whale oil, the first to be shipped from the South Island.
• 21 April – Phillip Tapsell is married to Karuhi, sister of a Ngā Puhi chief, by Samuel Marsden.
• 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. (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.
• 26 October – Te Rauparaha and 120 Ngāti Toa warriors leave Kapiti Island for Akaroa on the hired brig Elizabeth.
• 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 of local Kāi Tahu, and then cannibalise them.
• November
  • Phillip Tapsell settles in Maketu in the Bay of Plenty and begins trading for flax. (see also 1828) ;Undated
• John Guard marries Elizabeth 'Betty' Parker in Sydney. She leaves Sydney on the schooner Waterloo on 7 November, arrives at Te Awaiti before the end of the year, and is the first European women to settle permanently in the South Island.
• 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.
• The first inland mission is started at Waimate North.

Births

• 2 May (in Ireland): Maurice O'Rorke, politician.
• 29 August (in Ireland): Charles Bowen, politician.
• 22 October (in Scotland): Arthur John Burns, businessman and politician. ;Unknown date
• (in England): Edwin Blake, Member of Parliament
• (in Ireland): Charles Bowen, politician.
• (in England): Henry Miller, politician.
• (in Ireland) Thomas Russell, founder of the Bank of New Zealand

References

References

1. [http://library.christchurch.org.nz/Heritage/Chronology/Year/1830.asp Christchurch: a chronology]
2. [http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/G/GuardJohn/GuardJohn/en New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Guard Biography]
3. [https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-McNOldW-t1-body-d1-d1.html New Zealand Electronic Text Centre: The Old Whaling Days 1]
4. [http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb/default.asp?Find_Quick.asp?PersonEssay=1T11 Dictionary of New Zealand Biography: Phillip Tapsell]
5. Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 185
6. [http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/P/Printing/GeneralSurvey/en New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Printing]
7. [https://nzhistory.govt.nz/culture/maori-european-contact-pre-1840/captain-stewart-and-the-elizabeth New Zealand Hhiistory online: 'Captain Stewart and the Elizabeth - a frontier of chaos?']
8. [https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-McNOldW-t1-body-d1-d2.html 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. [http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb/default.asp?Find_Quick.asp?PersonEssay=1G23 Dictionary of New Zealand Biography: Elizabeth Guard]
11. [http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/P/PalmerstonNorth/PalmerstonNorth/en New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Palmerston North]
12. Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 474.
13. Rogers, Frank.. (1993). "O'Rorke, George Maurice 1830 - 1916". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography.
14. Lineham, Peter J.. (1990). "Bowen, Charles Christopher 1830 - 1917". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography.
15. Wilson, Jim. (1985). "New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984". V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer.