1831 in New Zealand

1831 in New Zealand

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

*Head of State – King William IV
*Governor of New South Wales – Major-General Sir Richard Bourke succeeds General Ralph Darling on 22 October.

Events

*1 October [http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb/default.asp?Find_Quick.asp?PersonEssay=1G23 Dictionary of New Zealand Biography: Elizabeth Guard] ] - John Guard Junior born at his father's whaling station at Te Awaiti in Tory Channel. He is the first European child born in the South Island. [http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/G/GuardJohn/GuardJohn/en New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Guard Biography] ] [http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/culture/maori-european-contact-pre-1840/the-harriet-affair New Zealand History online: The Harriet Affair 1834] ] Wises 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 Puckey [The 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#P9170 The Family Research of Monique Jones] ]
*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.
*Traders led by Joe Rowe are the first Europeans to visit the Wanganui area.Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 494.]

Births

* 24 November (in Dublin): Rose Whitty, convent founder. [ [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15615a.htm Catholic Encyclopedia] ]

Deaths

References

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ee also

*List of years in New Zealand
*Timeline of New Zealand history
*History of New Zealand
*Military history of New Zealand
*Timeline of environmental history of New Zealand
*Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica

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