The following lists events that happened during 1828 in New Zealand.
Incumbents
Regal and viceregal Head of State – King George IV Governor of New South Wales – General Ralph Darling
Events 3, 6 or 7Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p.508 March - Ngāpuhi rangatira (chief) and war leader Hongi Hika dies at Whangaroa. 4 May - The 40-ton schooner Enterprise, the second sailing ship built in New Zealand, is wrecked in a storm north of the Hokianga, with the loss of all hands. 6 May - The 55-ton schooner , the first sailing ship built in New Zealand, is wreaked on the Hokianga bar, with no loss of life.
Undated John Guard establishes a subsidiary whaling station at Kakapo Bay in Port Underwood.New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Guard BiographyWises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 173Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 457 (see 1827) Phillip Tapsell sets up a flax trading post at Maketu.Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 221 Whalers Dicky Barrett, Jacky Love and others establish a trading post at Ngamotu Beach, the first Europeans to settle in the New Plymouth area.Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 291Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 293
Births 15 February (in Prussia): Gustavus von Tempsky, adventurer, soldier and painter. 23 March (in Scotland): Charles O'Neill, politician and philanthropist.Captain Charles, engineer of charity: the remarkable life of Charles Gordon O'Neill by Stephen Utick (2008, Allen & Unwin, NSW) Undated Thomas Gillies, politician. Approximate Tohu Kākahi, Māori prophet and pacifist leader.
Deaths 3, 6 or 7 March (see above) Hongi Hika, New Zealand Chief (born 1772) Undated Te Whareumu, Ngati Manu chief.
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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