The following lists events that happened during 1816 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 22 January – Large numbers of Māori from North Cape, Whangaroa and Thames visit the mission at Rangihoua.NZETC: Maori Wars of the Nineteenth Century, 1816 February – Thomas and Elizabeth Hansen arrive at Oihi, Rangihoua from Port Jackson on the Active. They are the first non-missionary European family to settle in New Zealand. They eventually raised 11 children who all lived to at least their late 60s. March – Tui and Tītore, who arrived the previous year, leave Port Jackson (Sydney) for England in HMS Kangaroo. While there they may have helped Professor Samuel Lee start his Maori dictionary. 16 August – Thomas Kendall starts the first school in New Zealand, at Rangihoua. The opening roll is 33.Dictionary of New Zealand Biography: Thomas KendallNew Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Thomas Kendall Biography
Births 31 July (in Ireland): Trevor Chute, leader of British forces in the Second Taranaki War. Undated
William Daldy, politician (in England): Edward Dobson, Canterbury provincial engineer William Guyton, Mayor of WellingtonNo Mean City by Stuart Perry (1969, Wellington City Council) John Wheeler King, the first European male born in New Zealand to reach adulthood Henry Tancred, politician
Deaths approximate Charlotte Badger; one of the first two female settlers in New Zealand.
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
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