1831 in New Zealand

none November 2019 April 2017 1831 The following lists events that happened during 1831 in New Zealand. 3 Incumbents Regal and viceregal Head of State – King William IV Governor of New South Wales – Major-General Sir Richard Bourke succeeds General Ralph Darling on 22 October Events 14 January – Traders led by Joe Rowe are the first non-Māori to visit the Wanganui area. The party includes Rowe, Andrew Powers, a man named Tom, and an African or African-American sailor.Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 494.Te Ika a Maui, or New Zealand and its inhabitants, 1855, Chapter XXIII, p.370. https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-TayTeik-t1-body-d1-d23.html#name-400008-mention 16 April – Trade in preserved Māori heads as curios is outlawed by the Governor of New South Wales.The New Zealand Book of Events McLauchlan Gordon King Michael Keith Hamish Walker Ranginui Barber Laurie Reed Methuen 1986 1 OctoberDictionary of New Zealand Biography: Elizabeth Guard – John and Betty Guard's son, John Guard, is born at his father's whaling station at Te Awaiti in Tory Channel. He is the first European child born in the South Island.New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Guard BiographyNew Zealand History online: The Harriet Affair 1834Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 427.Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 10. 11 October – The first marriage between two Europeans in New Zealand is performed at Waimate North. William Gilbert PuckeyThe Wises entry erroneously has William GEORGE Puckey who was in fact William and Mathilda's first child. marries Mathilda Davis.Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 474.http://www.raylong.plus.com/monique/d531.html The Family Research of Monique Jones 12 October 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20110715093753/http://www.raylong.plus.com/monique/d531.html#P9170 15 July 2011 dead November – The Weller brothers return (see below) in the Lucy Ann and establish a whaling station at Otakou. 25 December – John Guard Junior baptised in Sydney. (see above) Undated Joseph Brooks Weller commissions a vessel from shipbuilders on Stewart Island.This vessel may have been the Joseph Weller mentioned in Wises New Zealand Guide 7th Edition, 1979. p.405. as having been the first ship built on the island some time after 1826. Joseph Brooks Weller arrives in Otago Harbour on the Sir George Murray and makes an agreement with local Māori claiming territory for King William IV before returning to Sydney. Ngāti Toa under chief and war leader Te Rauparaha besiege Ngāi Tahu stronghold of Kaiapoi pā. Births 8 January (in England): William Garden Cowie, first Anglican bishop of Auckland.http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/DNZB/alt_essayBody.asp?essayID=2C36 Davidson, Allan K. Cowie, William Garden 1831 - 1902 Dictionary of New Zealand Biography 1993 19 September (in England): William Rolleston, politician.Gardner, W. J. Rolleston, William 1831 - 1903' Dictionary of New Zealand Biography http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/DNZB/alt_essayBody.asp?essayID=1R17 1990 1 November (in England): Henry Albert (Harry) Atkinson, 10th premier of New Zealand.Armstrong, W.R. ATKINSON, Sir Harry Albert, K.C.M.G. An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock 1966 Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/1966/A/AtkinsonSirHarryAlbertKcmg/en 24 November (in Dublin): Rose Whitty, convent founder.Catholic Encyclopedia See also List of years in New Zealand Timeline of New Zealand history History of New Zealand Military history of New Zealand Timeline of the New Zealand environment Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica References 1831 in yes Category:1830s in New Zealand Category:1831 in Oceania