1826 in New Zealand

none November 2019August 2023 1826 The following lists events that happened during 1826 in New Zealand. 3 Incumbents Regal and viceregal Events 24 January - The first sailing ship built in New Zealand, the schooner Herald 1826 ship 2, is launched. Fitzgerald Caroline Te Wiremu: Henry Williams – Early Years in the North 2011 Huia Publishers, New Zealand 978-1-86969-439-5 65–66 Fitzgerald Caroline Marianne Williams: Letters from the Bay of Islands 2004 Penguin Books, New Zealand 0-14-301929-5 97–99 McLean Gavin 'Shipbuilding - The wooden era', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand Launching the Herald 20 July 2015 http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/5460/launching-the-herald 14 February 2017 25 March - William Williams, missionary brother of Henry Williams, arrives in the Bay of Islands on the Brampton with his wife and daughter.http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~teecee/1846table.htm Early European Visits to NZ 12 October 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20071109095657/http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~teecee/1846table.htm 9 November 2007 dead Fitzgerald Caroline Marianne Williams: Letters from the Bay of Islands 2004 Penguin Books, New Zealand 0-14-301929-5 103 25 March – The 1825 New Zealand Company vessels Rosanna, Captain James Herd, and Lambton, Captain Barnett, arrive at Stewart Island and undergo refitting for a month.http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/N/NewZealandCompany/FirstNewZealandCompany/en New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: 1825 New Zealand Company 12 October 2007 6 July 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090706204911/http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/N/NewZealandCompany/FirstNewZealandCompany/en dead April or May – Thomas Shepherd, agricultural superintendent with the New Zealand Company expedition, interviews James Caddell (see 1810). The location is unknown, possibly Ruapuke Island or Bluff or Otago Harbour (see next entry).Hall-Jones John 1C1 Caddell, James fl. 1810–1826 5 April 2011 May – Thomas Shepherd explores the future site of Dunedin and produces the oldest surviving drawings of Otago Harbour and surrounding coasts including Waikouaiti. – The Rosanna and the Lambton (see above) are the first European ships enter Wellington Harbour. Captain Herd names the harbour Port Nicholson after his friend John Nicholson, harbourmaster at Port Jackson (Sydney).Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 499.New Zealand Encyclopaedia: Wellington 23 June - The Herald is the first European ship to enter Tauranga Harbour.http://ourcity.tauranga.govt.nz/heritage/timeline/ Tauranga History Timeline 12 October 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20060114050630/http://ourcity.tauranga.govt.nz/heritage/timeline/ 14 January 2006 dead 23 September – The New Zealand Company agents aboard the Rosanna complete the purchase of 'Pakatu' (Pakatoa), 'Taratora' (Rotoroa), 'Ponue' (Ponui) and 'Pake' (Pakihi) Islands in the Hauraki Gulf. They then become frightened of the local Māori, change their minds almost immediately, sell up and leave for the Bay of Islands. Undated William Stewart establishes a timber, flax and trading settlement at Port Pegasus on Stewart Island.Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p.405. Sealers visit Cloudy Bay and set up stations in Port Underwood. Whalers visit later the same year.Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 67Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 242 Jules Dumont d'Urville arrives in New Zealand on the Astrolabe during his circumnavigation. He charts much of New Zealand that Cook did not, in particular the Marlborough Sounds. (see also 1827). A European trading and shipbuilding enterprise is established at Horeke in the Hokianga.http://www.teara.govt.nz/NewZealanders/NewZealandPeoples/Scots/1/en Before 1840: sailors and missionaries Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand 16 January 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080106074000/http://www.teara.govt.nz/NewZealanders/NewZealandPeoples/Scots/1/en 6 January 2008 live Births 10 December (in England): James Prendergast, judge.Bassett, Judith & J.G.H Hannan Prendergast, James 1826 - 1921 1P29 5 April 2011 Undated (in England): Josiah Firth, farmer and businessman.Waterson, D. B. Firth, Josiah Clifton 1826 - 1897 1F7 5 April 2011 John Patterson, one of the first four Māori MPs Wilson Jim Jim Wilson (librarian) New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 4th First published in 1913 1985 V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer Wellington 154283103 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 1826 in yes Category:1820s in New Zealand Category:1826 by country Category:1826 in Oceania Category:1826 in the British Empire Category:Years of the 19th century in New Zealand