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Sealing continues at
Bass Strait
and the
Antipodes Islands
. At the end of the year there is a new sealing rush to the
Bounty
and
Auckland Islands
. Few sealers, if any, are known to have visited the
Foveaux Strait
area at this time, although this may be due in part to the secrecy of the captains and owners in reporting where they operate and/or the existence of the Strait not yet being widely known. Whaling continues off the east coast of the
North Island
. Ships are now visiting the
Bay of Islands
on a reasonably regular basis. The first reports about the poor behaviour of ships crews are sent to the
Church Missionary Society
in
London
.
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Between 1800 and 1806, £200,000 worth of whale oil is taken from the New Zealand area by British whaling ships operating from
Sydney
.
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- 25 February ? The
Lady Nelson
leaves
Port Jackson
to return
Te Pahi
and his sons to the
Bay of Islands
. Te Pahi has been given bricks and a frame for a European house, and other goods. During the journey Te Pahi becomes ill and is nursed by ex-convict George Bruce.
[1]
- 18 March ? The
Argo
,
Captain
John Bader, again visits the Bay of Islands but Te Pahi is still absent.
Ruatara
(and possibly the two other M?ori) remain with the ship.
[1]
(see
1805
)
- 20 April ? The
Lady Nelson
stops near
North Cape
where George Bruce jumps ship after being flogged a week earlier. He begins to make his way south to the Bay of Islands.
[1]
- 27 April ? The
Ferret
arrives in
London
with Te Mahanga (Moehanga) aboard. He is the first M?ori known to have visited
England
. In London he is rejoined by John Savage who left the ship at
Cork
. While in London Te Mahanga meets
King George III
and
Queen Charlotte
.
[1]
- Late April ? The
Lady Nelson
arrives in the Bay of Islands returning Te Pahi and his sons. The ship's carpenter begins (and finishes?) erecting Te Pahi's house.
[1]
[6]
- 12 June ? The
Alexander
arrives at
Portsmouth
with Teina and Maki aboard.
[1]
- 13 June ? The
Ferret
leaves London for Port Jackson with Te Mahanga aboard.
[1]
- 17 June ? The
Venus
, Captain Samuel Chace, is taken piratically at Port Dalrymple (
Launceston
) and sails for New Zealand. There are two women,
Charlotte Badger
and convict Catherine Hagerty, among those who take over the ship.
[1]
[7]
- 27 June ? The
Alexander
arrives in London. Teina and Maki come under the care of
Reverend
Joseph Hardcastle of the
London Missionary Society
who tries to arrange for their return to
New South Wales
. However, before he can do so Teina dies and Maki is kidnapped by a
crimp
, his later fate unknown.
[1]
- July/August ? The
Venus
arrives at the Bay of Islands. Two men, convicts Richard Evans and John Lancashire, the two women Badger and Hagerty, and two children, Badger's young daughter and possibly the aboriginal cabin boy William Evans, are left at
Rangihoua Bay
. Hegarty and Badger are the first
p?keh?
women to stay voluntarily in New Zealand.
[8]
The two men are returned to
Port Jackson
by visiting ships, possibly before the end of the year. The
Venus
with its six remaining crew then travels down the east coast of the
North Island
, kidnapping several M?ori women along the way and selling them to rival tribes who eventually kill them. These women included the sister and niece of Te Morenga and a relative of
Hongi Hika
’s. Their deaths are the cause of the retaliatory raids by these two chiefs in
1818
.
[1]
[7]
[9]
[10]
[11]
- 6 August ? The new Governor of New South Wales,
William Bligh
, arrives.
[3]
[4]
- 18 August ? The
Ocean
, Captain Abraham Bristow, discovers the
Auckland Islands
.
[1]
[12]
- August/September ? November/December
- 8 September ? The
Richard and Mary
, Captain Leikins leaves Port Jackson for England with (Maa-)Tara, son of Te Pahi, aboard.
[1]
- September ? The
Argo
returns to Port Jackson. Captain Bader discharges
Ruatara
without pay. Ruatara meets
Samuel Marsden
for the first time.
[1]
[13]
- 12 October ? The whaling ship
Albion
, Cuthbert Robertson, leaves Port Jackson. Ruatara joins the crew.
[1]
- December ? The
Ferret
returns to Port Jackson from England with Te Mahanga.
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- Undated
- In the latter half of the year the
P?keh? M?ori
George Bruce marries Te Pahi's youngest daughter, Te Atahoe, and is tattooed as a warrior. He later (his memoirs are dictated in England about 1818) becomes one of the earliest sources of insight into M?ori culture at that time.
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