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. *

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Lachlan Macquarie Major-general (United Kingdom), Major General Lachlan Macquarie, Companion of the Order of the Bath, CB (; gd, Lachann MacGuaire; 31 January 1762 – 1 July 1824) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator from Scotland. Macquarie se ...

Events

*January (early)New Zealand Electronic Text Centre: Te Morenga and Hongi Hika's Expeditionto the East Cape, 1818
/ref> – Te Morenga leads 400 against Ngāiterangi and Ngāti Porou. They destroy the Matarehu pā on Motiti 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 Biography
/ref>The two raids by Te Morenga and Hongi Hika are retaliation for events resulting from the ''Venus'' incident in

1806 Events January–March * January 1 ** The French Republican Calendar is abolished. ** The Kingdom of Bavaria is established by Napoleon. * January 5 – The body of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, lies in state in the Painted Hall ...

. * 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

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.New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Hongi Hika Biography
/ref> *November – 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
/ref> *Kendall sends a manuscript spelling book of Māori to the Church Missionary Society but Professor Lee raises some doubts over it. (see

1820 Events January–March *January 1 – Nominal beginning of the Trienio Liberal in Spain: A constitutionalist military insurrection at Cádiz leads to the summoning of the Spanish Parliament (March 7). *January 8 – General Maritime T ...

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Births

* 28 July (in England): Thomas Mason, horticulturist and politician. :undated * (in England): James FitzGerald, politician. * Frederick Merriman, politician.

Deaths

References