The following lists events that happened during 1818 in New Zealand.
Incumbents
Regal and viceregal Head of State – King George III. With Prince George, Prince of Wales as prince regent. Governor of New South Wales – Lachlan Macquarie
Events January (early)New Zealand Electronic Text Centre: Te Morenga and Hongi Hika's Expeditionto the East Cape, 1818 – Te Morenga leads 400 against Ngāiterangi and Ngāti Porou. They destroy the Matarehu pā on Mōtītī Island but the Ngāiterangi chief, Te Waru, is absent. They proceed to East Cape and campaign for several months against Ngāti Porou.New Zealand Encuclopaedia 1966: Te Morenga BiographyThe two raids by Te Morenga and Hongi Hika are retaliation for events resulting from the Venus incident in 1806. 7 February – Hongi Hika leads a second Ngā Puhi campaign against Ngāti Porou. They ravage many villages in the Bay of Plenty before passing East Cape and attacking Ngāti Porou in Hicks Bay. NovemberOr early 1819 according to NZETC. – Te Morenga returns to the Bay of Islands. 12 November – Thomas Holloway King, the first European born in New Zealand, dies, and is buried at Rangihoua.Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p.309.Hansen-King Family Tree Undated Thomas Kendall's school at Rangihoua closes.Dictionary of New Zealand Biography: Thomas Kendall Kendall sends a manuscript spelling book of Māori to the Church Missionary Society but Professor Lee raises some doubts over it. (see 1820)
Births 28 July (in England): Thomas Mason, horticulturist and politician. undated (in England): James FitzGerald, politician. Frederick Merriman, politician.
See also History of New Zealand List of years in New Zealand Military history of New Zealand Timeline of New Zealand history Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica Timeline of the New Zealand environment
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