1830 in New Zealand

[edit] Incumbents

10 January – The first whaling ship, the Antarctic, enters Lyttelton Harbour, which Captain Morell calls 'Cook's Harbour'.^[1]
3 February – John Guard arrives in Sydney with a cargo of whale oil, the first to be shipped from the South Island.^[2]^[3]
21 April – Phillip Tapsell is married to Karuhi, sister of a Nga Puhi chief, by Samuel Marsden.^[4]
31 July – William Yate returns from 6 months 'training' in printing at Sydney with a printing press. His attempts at printing are not particularly successful.^[5]^[6] (see also 1834 & 1835)
19 August – Captain William Stewart leaves for Kapiti Island, where Te Rauparaha has promised him a cargo of flax in return for transporting a large Ngāti Toa party to Akaroa.^{[citation needed]}
26 October – Te Rauparaha and 120 Ngāti Toa warriors leave Kapiti Island for Akaroa on the hired brig Elizabeth.^[7]
6 November – After 3 or 4 days hidden aboard the Elizabeth while anchored in Akaroa, Te Rauparaha and his warriors attack and massacre a village^[8] of local Kāi Tahu, and then cannabilise them.^[7]
November
- – Phillip Tapsell settles in Maketu in the Bay of Plenty and begins trading for flax.^[4] (see also 1828)

John Guard marries Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Parker in Sydney. She^[9] leaves Sydney on the schooner Waterloo on 7 November and arrives at Te Awaiti before the end of the year. Betty Guard is the first European women to settle permanently in the South Island.^[10]
A whaling station is operating from Porirua.
Jack Duff, a trader, is the first known European to visit the Palmerston North area. He travels by whaleboat up river as far inland as Woodville and returns to Porirua.^[11]
The first inland mission is started at Waimate North.^[12]

For world events and topics in 1830 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1830