1804 in New Zealand

none August 2023 August 20231804 As most sealing is taking place in Bass Strait, although the rookeries there are declining, there is little interest in Dusky Sound, the rookeries of which are also declining. It is however still being used as a provisioning stop and rendezvous by sealers looking for new sealing grounds to the south and east of New Zealand. Foveaux Strait is discovered in December but its existence does not become widely known for some time. There is a marked increase in the number of whalers operating in the north of New Zealand, due in part to attacks on British boats in the South Atlantic as a result of the Napoleonic wars.Te ARa Encyclopedia of New Zealand: Whaling There is also an increase in American ships from New England.Salmond, Anne. Between Worlds. 1997. Penguin Books (NZ) Ltd. 0-670-87787-5. Incumbents Regal and viceregal Head of State – King George III. Governor of New South Wales – Philip Gidley King The colony of New South Wales encompasses New Zealand from 1788 to 1840. Therefore the head of state is the monarch of the United Kingdom represented by the Governor of New South Wales. However, British sovereignty was not established over New Zealand per se until 1840, at which point the Treaty of Waitangi retroactively recognised that it had been an independent territory until then. Furthermore, the Declaration of the Independence of New Zealand signed by a number of Maori chiefs in 1835 was formally recognised by the British government at the time, indicating that British sovereignty did not yet extend to New Zealand. (New Zealand Ministry of Culture and Heritage) Events ?March or July – The Alexander returns Teina to the Bay of Islands along with the gifts from Governor King including probably the first pigs in the area. May – In an attempt to maintain a British monopoly of trade in Australian waters Governor King prohibits the construction of unauthorised boats of more than fourteen feet long in New South Wales. June – James Cavanagh, a prisoner on the government vessel Lady Nelson 1798 2, Lieutenant James Symons, runs from the ship when it stops near the Cavalli Islands. He lives with Māori in the Bay of Islands, becoming one of the earliest recorded Pākehā Māori, but avoids any further European contact.http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~teecee/1846table.htm Early European Visits to NZ 2007-10-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20071109095657/http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~teecee/1846table.htm 2007-11-09 dead December – Owen Folger Smith on board Honduras Packet 1800 ship 2, Captain Owen Bunker,Cousin of Eber Bunker. See 1792 in New Zealand discovers Foveaux Strait which he names Smith's Strait.Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p.106. – Maa-Tara is recorded as crewing on the Ferret. He has been sent by his father Te Pahi to visit the settlement at Port Jackson. Undated Samuel Marsden becomes the local agent for the London Missionary Society in the Pacific.Dictionary of New Zealand Biography: Samuel Marsden The first sealing gang is left on the Antipodes Islands by the Independence, Captain Isaac Pendleton. The Independence and all its crew are lost in Fiji and the sealing gang is not rescued for over a year.http://www.heritage-expeditions.com/travel/antipodes-islands/ Heritage Expeditions: Antipodes 2007-11-04 https://archive.today/20070811001114/http://www.heritage-expeditions.com/travel/antipodes-islands/ 2007-08-11 dead Births 30 September (in England): Willoughby Shortland, colonial administrator Boase G. C. George Clement Boase Shortland, Willoughby (1804–1869), naval officer and colonial administrator Dictionary of National Biography Vol. XVII Smith, Elder & Co. 1897 http://www.oxforddnb.com/templates/olddnb.jsp?articleid=25468 2007-12-21 undated James Mackay, politician 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 1804 in yes Category:1800s in New Zealand Category:1804 by country Category:1804 in Oceania Category:1804 in the British Empire Category:Years of the 19th century in New Zealand