New Zealand clues 232 to 1877

New Zealand 232 to 1877


No date – Find your family on the internet. Ros Henry. A NZ guide. ISBN 1-877361-09-7.

232 AD – An eruption of Lake Taupo. Central north island. The effects of ash and debris were felt across the world. Taupo's Caldera volcano. Rotorua Daily Post. Research eruption Lake Taupo. 30 May 2016.

1350 – Maori ancestors arrived in New Zealand on seven canoes from Hawaiki. The mother island of east Polynesians. First ancestors of Maori came from Hawaikki.

15th century – The records of Maori in the memory of the Tohungas, was handed down from generation to generation. This dates their landing in NZ at the beginning of the 15th century. (Canterbury old and new. Whitcombe and Tombs ltd).

15th century – Victoria uni archeologist Bruce McFardge said there is evidence of huge waves hitting NZ in the 15th century. Maori legend says waves reached up to the clifftops and tsumani. (Chch Star NZ. 25 Sept 2015 Gabrielle Stuart).

1550-1689 - Rongotute. The Ruamahanga ... wreck at Te Kawakawa. Now Cape Palliser east of southen Wairarapa valley. Portugal and New Zealand. 100 years Tasman. London map maker William Faden. The Pacific as far as NZ. 1642 Tasman known to Portugal 1550. pre Tasman European voyages to NZ. (Shipwreck NZ. Lynton Diggle 2009-2014).

1576 - Spain and New Zealand. Juan Fernandez 1576. Portugal Philip III King of Spain. Pacific exploration. (Shipwreck NZ. Lynton Diggle. 2009-2014).

1617 – Transportation of poor children or orphans to Australia, Canada and New Zealand began in 1617. (The peoples detective. Tom McGregor UK).

1619-1689 - 23 Oct 2004. Human skull Ruamahanga river southern Wararapa. Before 1642 Abel Tasman. A woman on a European vessel visited NZ. 1619 to 1689 European woman southern Wairarapa. Te Rumahanga skull bullet hole in skull. 2 large vessels. Also in 1773 other vessels and 1777 other ships reported. A vessel arrived at Arapaua, Queen Charlotte sounds before Captain Cook. Rongo Tute. (Shipwreck NZ. Lynton Diggle 2009-2014).

1619-1689 - The Ruamahanga skull. Artefact the Tamil bell. A stone bird Korotangi skull female age 40-45. European. 1619 to 1689 NZ. 23 years before Tasman in 1642. From 1650s NZ was on maps of the world. A 17th century European vessel to NZ. Finds of European skeletons, other pre historic human remains found in NZ. (Shipwreck NZ. Lynton Diggle. 2009-2014).

1640-1846 – Pakeha presence, British in the 1640s. By 1840 NZ was annexed by the UK, there were 7,000 British traders, whalers and settlers before 1846. (Family history monthly. August 2003 p74).

1642 - NZ was first visited by Europeans in the reign of King Charles 1. In 1642 by a Dutch explorer named Abel Jansen Tasman. (Canterbury old and new 1850-1900. Whitcombe and Tombs ltd).

1694-1772 - The ship Ridderschap van Holland 1694 Jakata Indonesia left Australia. women were on board NZ. Many early maps show location of NZ. Rongotute. NZ first known shipwreck 12 June 1772 Nascarini gig castrie longboat. Bay of islands 12 June 1772. (Shipwreck NZ. Lynton Diggle. 2009-2014).

1717 – The Alpine fault in the South island there was an 8 quake. The last one was in 1717. (Chch Star NZ. 7 Jan 2015).

1769-1779 – Captain Cook in 1769, more than 100 years after the visit by Tasman. Hawaii where captain Cook died in 1779. (Canterbury old and new. Whitcombe and Tombs ltd).

1769-1869 – A people’s history. Dept internal affairs. From the dictionary of NZ biography vol 1 ©1992 ISBN 0-908912-20-x.

Oct 1769 – Europeans arrived on the Endeavour with canons and muskets. (Asia making of NZ. H Johnson B Moloughney).

1770 - French map of Cook strait. Trade me. Documents maps. Benard Dir French. 28 Oct 2017.

1771-1772 - 13 June 1772 Castrie longboat 12 men Otokawa bay on Moturoa island. Bay of islands Yves Thomas massacre. Several hundred well armed Maori people. Marcon. Orokawa bay Castrie longboat. On 7 July 1772 Mr Marioni boat on 15 April 1771 in Spirits bay. A gale, Motutoa island. Waipao bay. (Shipwreck NZ. Lynton Diggle. 2009-2014).

1773-1811 - 17 Dec 1773 Queen Charlotte sounds. Captain Tobias. Furneaux the ''Ádventure''. John Rowe and 10 men. Grass cove Wharhunga bay. Maori epidemic. Te Upoko O Te Rewharewha in late 1700s. Shipwrecks. In 1811 the ship ''Ádventure'' was wrecked in the St Lawrence river. Missing. (Shipwreck NZ. Lynton Diggle 2009-2014).

1778 - Rare Rigobert lithogrphic map of New Zealand. 1772 cartography. Cook. Trade me NZ. 28 Oct 2017.

1784-1910 - Murdering beach Whareakeake  ... north west of Otago harbour. Medals and plates found. 1840. Artifacts. 1784 plate, 1820. On 25 July 1910 Robert McNab in ... Crass cove. Musket pieces. 1840s. Musket found at Burneys beach on Arapawa island. (Shipwreck NZ. Lynton Diggle. 2009-2014).

1787-1968 – About 60,000 ships sailed in Australian and New Zealand waters between 1787 and 1968. Website run by Peter Larson. (Family history monthly. August 2003 p62).

1790’s – New Zealand was settled by whalers and traders. First free settlers arrived in Australia. (The people detective. ©2001 T McGregor UK).

1792-1859 – NZ trade with China dates back to 1792 with a shipment of sealskins. China was still a market for NZ exports when the first trade meeting was published in 1859. (Asia making of NZ. H Johnson B Moloughney).

1796-1852 – James Cook explored NZ on the Endeavour in 1796. New Zealand was under New South Wales Australia until it became a British colony in 1840. Fencible soldiers and families arrived between 1847 and 1852. Irish settlers with pensions from the British army, escaped from the great famine in Ireland, they were given free passage for their families. (How to trace your Irish ancestors. ©2008 Ian Maxwell UK)

July 1796 – Charlotte Badger, one of the first two pakeha women to live in NZ. In July 1796 she was sentenced to seven years transportation to Australia, exile for life. (Convicts NZ. M.Wright ©2012).

1798 – 1844 is 46 years after 1798. When Jesus began his ministry on earth. (Daniel. Larry W Wilson (c)2003 US).

1798 - The 4th seal and the killing of 25 % of the world’s population. The start of the Great tribulation. The great earthquake. In 1798 the great convocation was held. God knows everything. Jesus broke the first seal of the seven seals on the Book of life in 1798. In 2004 three seals had been broken and the 4th seal in next. The 4th seal as the authority of Jesus. (A study of the seven seals and the 144,000. Larry W Wilson ©2004).

1800-1945 - Settlers in New Zealand were immigrants from England, Ireland and Scotland by Hearn Terry Phillips Jock. ISBN 1869404017 Publication date 1/4/2008 Trade me $40.

April June 1801 - Royal Admiral longboat 13 May 1801. Thames river. Abandoned 16 June 1801. A violent storm, dark high seas. 8 armed men. 18 April 1801 a storm. The Royal Admiral in Hauraki gulf. (Shipwreck NZ. Lynton Diggle. 2009-2014).

1803 - Missing ship Venus between Sydney and southern New Zealand.

1805 - Missing ship Independence. Antipodis islands south east of New Zeaand.

1806 – First British women arrived in New Zealand. (Timeline NZ internet).

1810-1814 – In 1814 John Lidiard Nicholes who sailed on the “Active” to the Bay of Islands. Met an Indian Lascar who had jumped ship from the ‘City of Edinburgh’ in 1810 and who lived with the Maoris, runaway Lascars were from India. (Asia making of NZ. H Johnson B Moloughney).

22 Dec 1814 – Samuel Marsden arrived in the Bay of islands. NZ's first mission station. Sheep, cattle, horses and poultry were introduced. (Chch Star NZ. Today in history 22 Dec 2015).

1815 – Thomas Holloway King became the first British child born in New Zealand. (NZ in history. internet).

1815 – The chief at Waimate was Horomona Pobie. Born at Waimate in 1815, he died there and was buried in the cemetery with a fine tombstone. (Canterbury old and new. Whitcome and Tombs ltd).

1815 – Eruption occurred near Green lake Kermadec islands. Teara govt NZ, video 2006 eruptions.

June 1819 - Capt 2nd  .. Bellingshausen commander of 3 masted scully sloop east, head of expedition to search for south continent. Alexander 1 capt of second sloop, Peace, Lieut Mikhail Lazarev 4 July 1819. Kronstadt.

4 Nov 1819 – Maori chiefs Hongi Hika and Rewa sold 13,000 acres at Kerikeri to the Christian missionary society for 48 felling axes. (Chch Star NZ. Today in history. 4 Nov 2015).

1820’s – Whaling stations began up the East Coast of the South Island, in Marlborough, on Cook Strait and the Kapiti coast, Hawkes Bay and East Cape in the 1820’s. Whale oil was in demand for lighting and heating, soap and tanning leather. (Trackless sea. ©2008 Megan Hutching).

1820 - Russian expedition to New Zealand. Radio Live. 17 June 2018. 11.22pm. Russian navy shps in the British colony of New Zealand. Storms. 18 May 1820 Queen Charlotte sounds. Parrots. Russian ships in New Zealand. Fabian. Maori tribes and trade. Rangitani Maori invited them to go to shore. Bartering artifacts. Also Ragitera Maori. St Petersburg artifacts. Russian explorers. New Zealand flax was planted in Crimea, iin the mid 19th century, from Marlborough New Zealand. 2 June 1820 huge waves, lightening and thunder. Back in Russia Aug 1821. More info appeared in a 1907 book. The basement of St Petersburg museum. Ethnographic. Bone needles, fish hooks and Maori weaving.

1820-1839 – History of the Jews in New Zealand. As early as 1820s Jewish traders were among the groups of whalers, mariners, escaped convicts from Australia and missionaries who explored New Zealand. Solomon and Bevan Levy, were cabinet makers, who arrived on the ship “Oriental” in 1839. Wikipedia.

16 Jan 1820 - Bellingshausen and Lazarev. Princess Martha coast. Discovery of Antarctica, 3 times they crossed the . .. Antarctica c ... Princess Astrid coast. Nov 1820. A second ship headed for Antarctica from Pacific .. islands Shishkov Mordvinova Peter 1, Alexander 1, land.

24 July 1821 -  Sloop east sprung a leak. Bellingshausen north and through Rio de Janeiro and Lisbon. Kronstadt. Expedition Thaddeus Bellingshausen discoverer of Antarctica?

1823-1846 – Maori warrior Te Rauparaham  with allied tribes from North Taranaki, settled in Kapati in 1823, at Taupo Pa. Te Rauparaha was arrested in July 1846. (NZ Memories. Feb March 2014).

1825-26 – In 1825 the first NZ association was formed in London UK. The ship “Rosanna” conveyed settlers here. Captain Herd arrived in Hauraki Gulf in 1826. (Canterbury old and new. 1850-1900 Whitcombe & Tombs ltd).

16 Feb 1827 – Pre 1839 foreigners in NZ. Skidmore. Sydney Gazette.  NSW Advertiser.

26 March 1828 – Pre 1839 foreigners. The Australian 26 March 1828. Ellen Walker at Pittwater, taken by prisoners, rocks at Tucpoia.

1830s – The Colonization of New Zealand began. (Hope for all. The hidden power. Hope project.co.nz).

1830 – A whaling station was established at Te Awaiti on Cook strait. Also in 1830 Otakou shore whaling station was built in Otago harbour. (NZ a short history. Laurie Barber ©1989).

1830-1834 - Rifleman aka Halfcrown. Wreck 1830. A bell, coins found on the wreck. Sydney Herald 25 Aug 1834. Auckland island. (Shipwreck NZ. Lynton Diggle. 2009-2014).

1830-1840 – In 1830 there had been no more than 300 to 330 Europeans living in NZ. By 1840 the number increased to 2,000. Most came to stay. Most came from New South Wales Australia. In 1840 the year the Treaty was signed, Maori outnumbered Pakeha in NZ by ten to one. (The story of NZ. J Bassett. K Sinclair. M Sienson ©1985).

1831-1832 - Mr Russells letter July 1832. North of Ahipara. 3 Dec 1832. Darling 1832. From Sydney 14 Oct 1831. Capt James Skelton, wrecked at Mercury bay. Jan Feb 1832. Sydney Herald. 2 April 1832 Bay of islands. (Shipwreck NZ. Lynton Diggle. 2009-2014).

17 July 1831 – Horrible cannibalism in NZ. The Observer 1791-1900 London UK.

1 October 1831 - John Guard was the second European child born in the South Island. (Trackless sea. ©2008 Megan Hutching).

1832-1834 - 1833 a gale in the Bay of islands. 31 Aug 1834. Sydney Gazette. 9 Oct 1932. (Shipwreck NZ. Lynton Diggle. 2009-2014).

1834 – William Colenso brought the first printing press to New Zealand. (Hope for all. The hidden power. Hope project.co.nz).

1835 – The “Friendship” ship as wrecked at Norfolk island, prisoners. Norfolk was a Penal Colony at that time, from Sydney NSW 1835. (Trackless sea. ©2008 Megan Hutching).

1835-1836 - Edinburgh 1936. London 2 Aug 1833. Sydney Liverpool 17 March 1836 fire 30 March 1836. Australia 2 Aug 1833. 1 Sept 1836 Sydney. Reaper Whaler 1836, built in 1819. American whaler Nantucket 12 Oct 1835. Capt Timothy Coffin. Nantucket 22 Sept 1835. (Shipwreck NZ. Lynton Diggle. 2009-2014).

1835-40 – Alexander McKenzie 1835 ?-1840. (Migration. Rod Edmond ©2013 NZ).

28 Oct 1835 - Date set for the commemoration of NZ wars. Checkpoint. Radio NZ. 31 Oct 2016. Same date as the declaration of independence was signed in 1835.

21 December 1835 - HMS Beagle sailed to Bay of Islands NZ. (Timeline internet).

1836 - A gale off NZ. Bay of islands 16 April 1836. American whalers. (Shipwreck NZ. Lynton Diggle, 2009-2014).

19 Dec 1836 – Crew of the schooner “Marion Watson” ship. Captain Harwood witheld provisions and water from them and discharged 3 men. (R4086400) Restricted access. Record is missing. Archives NZ. Archway records. British resident.

21 Dec 1836 – Record master of the “Marion Watson” ship. Bay of Islands. 1836 British resident. Archives NZ. Archway records.

27 Dec 1837 – Colonization of NZ. The Manchester Guardian UK.

1839 – The NZ company arrived in Lambton harbour, named it Wellington. (p7 colonial capital Wellington 1865-1910. Terence Hodgson ©1990).

1839 – There were only 2,000 white Europeans in Aotearoa NZ and 114,000 Maori. (NZ a short history. Laurie Barber ©1989).

1839 – After the British voted to abolish the slave trade,  (it still exists in 2016), NZ missionaries, the Reverend Brumby bought 20 slaves to Wellington, to return to their Maori families. (NZ genealogist. May June 2011).

1839-1842 - 30 July to 4 Aug 1840 Java. 20 July 1839. 21 Americans of foreign crew. Sarah Maxwell 1842. Wellington to Auckland April 1842. Thomas Maxwell Waiheke island. (Shipwreck NZ. Lynton Diggle. 2009-2014).

July 1839 – March 1840 – The “Adelaide” with Hunt A Baker from Feoch in Cornwall, arrived in port Nicholson and the “Glenbervie”. These two ships were the last of six ships to reach Petone New Zealand. (Trackless sea. ©2008 Megan Hutching)

1840 – M N Watt. Index to the NZ section of the register of all British ships 1840-1950. NZ ship and marine society Wellington 1961.

1840 – Auckland maritime museum. Ancestors who came to NZ from the UK by ship from 1840’s onwards. The museum holds lists of ships passengers. Poor immigrants. Museums of all kinds in every town. (p64 Writing your family history. A NZ guide. Joan Rosier Jones ©1997).

1840 – Ship the “Magnet” from Sydney to Otago.

1840 – Since 1840 about 10 tsunamis bigger than 5m have hit NZ. A big one in 1868 following a 9 earthquake off Chile. (Chch Star NZ. 25 Sept 2015 Gabrielle Stuart.)

1840 – The NZ population has changed significantly since 1840, when it was nearly 100% Maori. (Against freedom. Valerie Morse. (c)2007 NZ).

1840 - NZ was incorporated into the British empire. London was the biggest city in the world. NZ's colonial capital. In 2012 London had 100,000 New Zealanders. (NZ London. Felicity Barnes (c)2012).

1840 – Hugh and Lyn Hughes were discharged in NZ. Soldiers of the Imperial foot regiments who took their discharge in NZ 1840-1870 NZGE Auckland 1988.

1840’s – Most of the early NZ immigrants were young. Few old people could stand the long sea voyage. The longest route for migrants in the world, of several months. (The story of NZ. Bassett Sinclair Stenson ©1985).

1840-1841 - Acasta American whaler 1840. A gale off cape Brett 31 Aug 1840. US Consul, Bay of islands. 11 Jan 1841 US Consul record. Acasta. Bay of islands 27 Feb 1840. 7 March 1840. Whaler Java. Bay of islands. 7 Sept 1840. (Shipwreck NZ. Lynton Diggle. 2009-2014).

1840s to 1850s – Florence Rebecca Bensemann was born on 27 Jan 1877. All her grandparents emigrated from northern Germany to NZ, to Nelson and spoke German. (NZ Memories June July 2014).

1840-1852 - 1852 Wreck. Ripiro beach in Kaipara harbour. Recorded wrecks. Aurora 1852. Sophia pate. 1840. Columbine. Bay of islands and 38 other vessels. Strong gale on 29 Feb 1840. Sydney Gazette 11 April 1840. (Shipwreck NZ. Lynton Diggle. 2009-2014).

1840-1870 – The Smith Nairn commission reports, from the 1870s. The department of lands and surveys had these documents. Maori lands in the 1840s, 50s and 60s in the South island. Settlements, the legal personality of the group or person, you have signed, but have been ignored. Recognise the legal personality, of who you  are dealing. Dehumanising tactics. (The Bolger years. Margaret Clark ©2008 NZ)_.

1840-1900 - NZ birth records from early newspapers CD extracted from newspapers (Trade me $40).

1840-1902 - Henry Brett. White wings Immigrant ships to NZ. Ed Cyril Bradwell Reed Wellington NZ 1984.

1840-1911 - Emigrant whaling 1849. 1 June 1848 Capt Folger. The Monticello 1 Aug 1849. L'Esparance rock Kermadec. Port Nick 1840 sailed from Kapiti to Sydney. Went missing. No records. Built in Wellington 1843. Evening Post 2 Aug 1911. (Shipwreck NZ. Lynton Diggle 2009-2014).

1840-1944 – MP Lissington. New Zealand and the United States. Wellington 1972. (The great wrong war. Stevan Eldred Grigg ©2010 NZ).

1840-1960 – Between 1840 and 1860, 40,000 British emigrated to New Zealand by assisted passage. From 1890 to 1960 British emigration is found in passenger lists and national archives. (Family tree. Dec 2009 p20).

4 Feb 1840 – Henry Williams and his son Edward translated the Treaty of Waitangi into Maori. (NZ a short history. Laurie Barber ©1989).

6 Feb 1840 – The treaty of Waitangi was signed between 40 Maori chiefs and the British crown at Waitangi. Shared sovereignty. (Chch Star NZ. Today in history. 6 Feb 2015).

12 Feb 1840 – The “Bengal Merchant” Captain Henley carried 120 passengers to NZ arrived on 12 Feb 1840, after a voyage of 104 days. Three other ships the “Ariel”, “Aurora” and “Roxburgh” early settlers. (Canterbury old and new 1850-1900. Whitcombe & Tombes ltd).

18 Apr 1840 – The first newspaper was published in NZ, the NZ Gazette. (Tracing family history in NZ. Anne Bromell).

1841 – The McKenzie family name was recorded as MacKenzie in the 1841 census but not elsewhere. (Migrations. Rod Edmond NZ ©2013).

1841 – The “Blenheim” arrived in NZ. Captain Sinclair. In 1841 John Hay arrived on the “Mandarin”. (Canterbury old and new 1850-1900. Whitcombe & Tombes ltd).

1841-1842 – The voyage to NZ took four months, or longer if the ship struck bad weather. It was crowded and uncomfortable, fresh food was scarce and illness a constant worry. No fresh water for washing. For example the ship “Lloyds”, which sailed for Nelson in 1842, 65 children died during the voyage. 8 died from whooping cough, the rest died from malnutrition, diarrhea and neglect. Small bodies were buried at sea and were a common sight. (The story of NZ. Bassett Sinclair Stenson ©1985).

6 Jan 1841 – Mount Stead cemetery, the first Roman Catholic cemetery in Wellington, in NZ. It  began 6 Jan 1841 Bishop Pompallier. Only about 200 headstones survive in the heritage site. (The NZ Genealogist. Sept Oct 2010. 4.35am 4 Sept 2010 Christchurch Earthquake).

1842 – Old colonists jubilee Auckland NZ 1842 –92.

1842 – Thomas Cole was born in Auckland NZ.

1842 – The Parkhurst boys were sent to Auckland from a British jail in 1842. (Convicts NZ. M Wright ©2012).

1842-1843 - French whaler 1842. 2 Sept 1842 wrecked on Long beach Tinareo. Akaroa. French whaler in NZ. Chapman 1843. 24 July to 9 Aug 1843.. Wreck 12 Aug 1843. Industry 1843. Wreck Tauranga 13 Oct 1843. (Shipwreck NZ. Lynton Diggle 2009-2014).

1842 - 43 - Convicts were sent to New Zealand. On the “St George”, 92 boys arrived in Auckland on 25 October 1842, and the “Mandarin” with 31 boys on 14 November 1843. Boys aged between 12 and 16 were sentenced to prison as convicts.

1842-1844 - Three bees 1843. Wreck Tintiri island 1843, Coromandel. French on Three bees. Maori Davis 1844. Maori Wellington. 5 Aug 1842. Sept 1843. Feb 1844. Palliser bay wreck. (Shipwreck NZ. Lynton Diggle 2009-2014).

1842-62 - NZ Jury lists. (NZ genealogist March April 2011).

9 January 1842 – Juliette Daniell was born in Wellington. Her father Edward Daniell was from a large Cornish family with property called Trelissick which was sold. Corwall UK and settlements in New Zealand. (Trackless sea. ©2008 Megan Hutching).

7 March 1842 – The hanging of Maketu in Auckland. The first person to be executed in NZ. Guilty of murder in November 1841. (NZ crime timeline).

October 1842 – Ship “St George” to Auckland. 92 convicts, boys aged 12 to 19 years from Parkhurst prison on the Isle of Wight in the UK. (Find your family on the internet. Ros Henry a NZ guide no date).

1843 – Aliens naturalised in NZ 1843 – 1916. BAB Microfilming 4 Kathryn ave Auckland. ph: 09-625 9778.

1843 – Newspaper, Daily Southern Cross Auckland 1843-76. Did this newspaper change its name to the NZ Herald?

November 1843 – Parkhurst prison on the Isle of Wight. A second group of 31 convict boys arrived on the “Mandarin”. (Find your family on the internet. Ros Henry a NZ guide. no date).

1844 – Christ's judgement, last days revelation. Judgement in 1844 fulfilment. Daniel 8:14. Its going on now. (Holy bible. King James. CD Stampley ent inc (c)1976 US).

1844 – Spring 1844. Daniel 9. The opening of the books. The 3rd seal. Revelation 6. 1844 is 46 years after 1798. Jesus began his ministry on earth. Passing judgement on the records of the dead. Jesus began going through the books of records. The horn power of Daniel 8 appears after 1844. A stern faced King, a man, antichrist. (Daniel. Larry W Wilson (c)2003 US).

1844 - The seven seals on the ‘Book of life‘. The ‘Book of Deeds’ was opened in 1844. We are judges by the ‘Book of Deeds‘. Your deeds are recorded by angels. Also the 3rd seal of seven seals on the ‘Book of life’ was broken in 1844. In 1844 Jesus began to pass judgement on each dead person. The judgement of the dead began, the third seal. The 4th seal is the judgement of the living, next. The 4th seal, the pale or dappled horse with the face of an eagle. Death and hell. Sword, famine and beasts . (A study of the seven seals and the 144,000. Larry W Wilson ©2004).

1844-1939 – John Jackson, the second Chinese immigrant arrived in 1844, and went to Palmerston North in 1870. More Chinese arrived in Palmerston North in the mid 1870s. Ex miners from Guangzhou, Canton. In 1939 Chinese refugees moved into NZ. (Heritage NZ. Winter 2012 p13).

Jan 1844 – Tom White was an American whaler who lived in Port Levy, later in Pigeon bay. (Canterbury old and new 1850-1900. Whitcombe & Tombes ltd).

1845 – H G Longley. The NZ wars 1845-1866 2 vols. Wellington 1967 navy 1972 army.

1845-1875 – More gold was found than in the whole previous 350 years. California in the late 1840’s. Australia in the 1850’s. New Zealand in the 1860’s and 70’s. (Costly gold. JS & RW Murray. Clutha riches and their human toll. Reed publishers).

11 March 1845 – The Flagstaff war. Chief Hone Heke and Kawiti led 700 Maori to chop down the British flagstaff. For the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi grievances. (Chch Star NZ. Today in history 11 March 2015).

1846-1847 - Nobel American whaler 1846. Severe gales Gulf of Houraki. Cape Colville 29 May 1846. Tiakitai whale boat 1847. Hawkes bay 1 Sept 1847. (Shipwreck NZ. Lynton Diggle 2009-2014).

1846-1863 - Mary Catherine 1846. Kaipara harbour 11 May 1846 wreck. Gale hurricane, wrecked off Gibraltar 7 Jan 1863. (Shipwreck NZ. Lynton Diggle 2009-2014).

7 May 1846 – A devastating landslide at Lake Taupo killed about 60 people. (NZ disasters. timeline internet).

1847 – Begging bread, prison in London and Liverpool. In 1847 nearly 5,000 people emigrated to Australia and New Zealand. More than half left from Liverpool. (A paupers history of England. Peter Stubley (c)2015 UK).

1847-48 – Clementina Burns was the wife of Rev Dr Thomas Burns, a pioneer Presbyterian minister and coloniser of Otago. Scotland 1842 “New Edinburgh” as Dunedin was first named sail on the Philip Laing 27 November 1847. The Philip Laing arrived in Port Chalmers on15 April 1848, about three weeks after the arrival of its sister ship the John Wycliffe. In June the Burns family went to live in their half built house in Dunedin, near Princess street at the intersection of Jetty street. Arthur, son, started farming on land his father chose at Andersons bay. (Petticoat pioneers. ©1980 B Harper).

1847-1850 – The first police magistrate used armed police to collect the census info. In 1847 police magistrates were abolished, but the armed police continued going door to door, under the Superintendant of resident magistrates, as late as 1850 it was their beat. (NZ genealogist May June 2011).

1847-1851 Arrived in NZ in 1851 on the “Cornwall” John Mackenzie emigrated to Australia 1845 and 1847 left Australia for NZ. (Canterbury old and new 1850-1900. Whitcombe & Tombes ltd).

1848 – There was a severe earthquake in Wellington. Otago settlement founded. (Tracing family history in NZ. Anne Bromell ©1996).

1848 – Presbyterian minister, Biography first church of Otago 1848-1920 archives Presbyterian.org.nz (Find your family on the internet. Ros Henry).

1848 – In NZ the registration of UK births and deaths began in 1848. Marriages are registered for 1854 onwards. Before these dates, vital events were recorded in parish registers. (Oxford guide to family history. David Hey ©1993).

1848 – Samuel Finch was born in Milton Otago New Zealand.

1848-49 – In Dunedin and Christchurch the new settlers stayed in special barracks, until they were ready to build their own houses. 1849 Dunedin making damper bread. Landing of the first Otago immigrants in 1848. (The story of NZ. Bassett Sinclair Stenson ©1985).

1848-53 – Christchurch began in 1848. On 1 Sept 1850 the first emigrants, the Canterbury pilgrims arrived. Three days later four ships with 800 passengers left Gravesend for NZ, Lyttelton in December. By the first year of Christchurch, 19 ships and 3,000 immigrants arrived in Lyttelton. James Edward Fitzgerald was the migration agent for the Canterbury association in London. He founded the Press newspaper and was the first Superintendant in July 1853. (History Today. May 2014 UK).

1848-1855 – Earthquakes in 1848 and 1855 destroyed the Fort and only the foundations remain. The Fort was built by troops from Sydney during the Hutt war. Plimmerton area. Fort Paremata or Taupo Pa. (NZ Memories. Feb March 2014).

1848 & 1855 – Two earthquakes in Wellington 1848 and 1855. (Colonial capital Wellington 1865-1910 Terence Hodgson ©1990).

1848-1859 – Settlement of Otago began in 1848. Arrival of the John Wyckliffe and the Phillip Laing. Dunedin was by 1859 a town of  2,262 inhabitants. (NZ a short history. Laurie Barber ©1989).

1848-1898 – NZ in 1848 the colonial office began to collect details of births, deaths and marriage registration. ACT 1854 established a registry of marriages. Divorce in NZ began in 1867. The 1898 NZ six pence stamp with a kiwi. (Family tree. Dec 2009 p19-20).

Jan 1848 – Emily McNamara was born in Liverpool, she went to NZ on the “Clifton” in Jan 1848, with her parents, John McNamara, a Fencible and his wife Mary (nee Drayton) retired soldiers from the UK.

June 1848 – The chiefs and people of the Ngai Tahu met at Akaroa and sold lands, to the NZ company, from Kaiapoi to Port Chalmers. (Canterbury old and new. Whitcombe and Tombs ltd).

17 June 1848 – Joseph Burns was hanged on the site of the murders. The first pakeha convicted of murder in NZ. (Law breakers mischief. ©2009 Bronwyn Sell).

17 June 1848 – The hanging of Joseph Burns, Devonport Auckland. The first European to be hanged in NZ under British law. He was convicted of murder. (NZ crime timeline).

October 1848 – The earthquakes of October 1848. The first quake was big and caused much damage in Wellington. Many brick buildings were damaged and half of the chimneys fell down. The Wesleyan chapel, the jail and other public buildings were badly damaged. Frightening aftershocks. Then on 17 October 1848 there was another sharp quake. The Wellington Independent described it, several buildings fell down and two children were killed by falling bricks. (Trackless sea. ©2008 Megan Hutching)

1849 – “Ajax” London UK to Otago NZ ship.

30 June 1849 – The NZ company brought out the French in Akaroa from the Nanto Bordelaise company. Chch Star. 30 June 2016.

1850s and 1860s – Jessie Finnie was one of a large number of, sex slaves, in Auckland NZ. Constable Thomas Powley of Auckalnd province. armed police, was a regular visitor at the brothels. Most of the Auckland brothels were in Chancery st. Early sex slavery in NZ. (A peoples history. ©1992 p71 & 72 NZ).

1850 – worldatlas.com Christchurch was founded.

1850s – Pioneer days when many homes had patchwork bedcovers. Women were thrifty and saved old clothing fabrics. Candles and lamps were used at night. Sewing and mending  clothes and bedcovers. Sewing was part of a woman’s daily work. (Patchwork. Lauri Tapsell ©1979 NZ).

1850-1867 – By the late 1850’s there were 1.5 million sheep in New Zealand, with most in Canterbury and Hawkes Bay. Wool was central to New Zealand’s economy. By 1867 sheep numbers grew to 8.5 million, mainly in the South Island. (Trackless sea. ©2008 Megan Hutching).

1850-1900 – Canterbury old and new 1850-1900. Whitcombe and Tombs ltd., Old pioneers early history of Canterbury.

16 Dec 1850 – The ships the Charlotte Jane and Radolph brought the first Canterbury settlers to Lyttelton Christchurch. (Chch Star NZ. Today in history. 16 Dec 2015).

1851 – Clues about family history in old newspapers. The earliest census was taken in NZ in 1851. (Find your family on the internet. Ros Henry. p39 no date).

1851 – Some headstones date back 150 years. Established in 1851 the Barbadoes st cemetery was the first in Christchurch, it was severely damaged in the 2011 earthquakes. (NZ genealogist July Aug 2011).

1851 – 1900 – Otago death records from early newspapers CD (Trade me $20).

1851 – 1900 – Canterbury death records from early newspapers CD Colonial books (Trade me $20).

11 Jan 1851 – The first issue of the Lyttelton Times was on a Saturday. (Canterbury old and new 1850-1900. Whitcombe & Tombs ltd).

22 July 1851 – History. A storm wrecked six ships in Lyttelton harbour Christchurch. Chch star 28 July 2016.

1852 – Canterbury, a few sheep in the settlement. Sheep, cattle and horses were being brought from Australia, imported by Charles Sidey. Also stock brought by Sefton Moorhouse. (Canterbury old and new. Whitcombe abd Tombs ltd.).

1852 – 1923 – Passenger lists Victoria Australia outwards to NZ. Gold miners moving.  a CD, ISBN 9781877217517 (Trade me $30).

1853 – James George Deck, his wife and 8 surviving children arrived on the “Cornwall” in Wellington . (A peoples history. ©1992 p58 NZ).

Sept 1853 – Elections for Christchurch provincial council. Christchurch, until the earthquake of 2011. (History Today. May 2014 UK).

23 June 1854 – Pioneer John Deans Riccarton Christchurch. Deans bush. Chch Star Canterbury past. 23 June 2016.

1855 – Wairarapa 8.2 quake. NZs most powerful recorded quake in which about nine people died. (NZ newswire Te Ara).

1855 – Malay mail online Malaysia. 6 Jan 2015 AFP. Wellington NZ most powerful quake 8.2 quake. Four people died. It pushed the shoreline up 650 feet and the harbour floor up.

1855 – Highway to the Hutt valley, the 1855 earthquake pushed up the shoreline by about a metre, making more land available for a road. (Trackless sea. ©2008 Megan Hutching).

23 January 1855 – Wairarapa earthquake. The  8.2 quake struck the lower north island and  killed between 5 to 9 people and altered the Wellington region. (NZ disasters timeline internet).

23 Jan 1855 – The most powerful earthquake recorded in NZ. Altered the geographical landscape of Wellington 8.2 (On this day in NZ. Ron Palenski ©2010).

23 Jan 1855 – Wellington an 8 earthquake. 4 people died. USGS historic world earthquakes.

March 1855 – James Mackenzie shepherd, drover, sheepstealer by Cathy Marr. Mackenzie emigrated to Australia in about 1849. North of Timaru in March 1855. Lyttelton Times 12 May 1855. (A peoples history. ©1992 NZ)

March 1855 – About six weeks before this, there was a large earthquake in Wellington. Windows broken, chimneys fell down, plaster peels from the walls and furniture flying all over the place. Shock after shock continued. (Trackless sea. ©2008 Megan Hutching).

4 March 1855 – James Mackenzie was found with 1,000 sheep stolen from south Canterbury. Mackenzie country named after him. (NZ crime timeline).

4 March 1855 – Sheep rustler James Mackenzie caught in a pass, in the upper Waitaki river basin, with 1,000 sheep missing from the Levels station, north of Timaru. (Today in history. Chch Star NZ. 4 March 2015).

1856 – Auckland Almanack and directory W Lambert. Auckland public library POBox 4138 Auckland NZ.

1856 – Archives NZ. Christchurch was chartered as a city in 1856, the first city in NZ. NZ history.

1856 – William Wilson, Christchurch first mayor. Got married in 1856 to Elizabeth Williams 17 years younger than him, age 20. They had 14 children. He beat her up and was charged with assault. (Chch Mail. Anna Price. 4 Feb 2016).

1856-1862 – Martin Cash was a convict, policeman and brothel keeper. He moved to New Zealand from Hobart Australia in 1856. In 1860 Cash was in Christchurch as a constable in the Canterbury province armed police force, which he joined in 1859. His main line of work was brothel keeping. (He was a pimp), His identity and activities were eventually investigated. In March 1860 Cash was sacked and fined for keeping a brothel. Many others like him moved to NZ after the decline of the Australian goldfields. Cash returned to NZ by December 1862. He continued to operate several brothels in Christchurch, red light districts and Salisbury street, including the Red house. He moved to Otago gold fields then returned to Christchurch. (p35 A peoples history. ©1992 NZ).

1857 – Prince Edward Islanders on the “Gertrude” to NZ. (Australian family tree. September 2010)

1857-1860 – Thomas Hammond’s parents and siblings left Clee Hill in Shropshire UK to migrate to NZ arriving in 1857. Dinah Hammond was born 1838 while in NZ, married James Galbritte children Alice, Lavina, Patty, John and James. During the latter part of the 19th century they returned to the UK. Galbraith in 1860. In the UK in 1881 census. Islington and London from the early 20th century in Surrey. (Practical family history. July 2003 p20).

1857-1863 – For the four years 1857-60 the total gold exported from NZ was nearly 36,000 ounces. In 1861 alone 400,000 ounces. In 1863  625,000 ounces. Most came from the Clutha areas. Gold quantities were expressed in troy ounces. One troy ounce is equal to 31.1035 grams. (Costly gold. JS RW Murray Clutha riches and their human toll).

1857-1898 – On 15 April 1857 the “Maori” laid anchor outside Otago heads. Uncle Donald Borrie’s farm. John the oldest son went to work at James Macandrew’s store in Dunedin. As the news of gold spread, Dunedin began to boom including Macandrew’s store. The port became packed with shipping, and the customs officer was overworked. So John Borrie left the store to join the customs staff. The influx of gold speculators meant the need for more productive farms. On Sunday Janet Borrie attended church, Rev W Gillies was the minister. Janet died in 1898 and was buried in the west Taieri cemetery bedside her husband near the church. (Petticoat pioneers. B Harper ©1980).

1857-1957 – Old historical records The Cromwell Argus weekly from 1869-1947. In the century between 1857 and 1957 NZ exported gold valued at nearly 120 million pounds, most gold was in the Clutha area. (Costly gold. JS RW Murray 1978 Clutha riches and their human tol.l ISBN 0-589-01132-4).

1858-1958 – From distant villages, the lives and times of Croatian settlers in NZ 1858-1958 by Stephen A Jelicich. (NZ society of genealogists inc. Nov-Dec 2011 p253).

1858-1980 – NZ Maori land claims. (NZ genealogist March April 2011).

7 May 1858 – Sarah Jane Finch was born in Milton Otago.

1859 – “Cheviot” From Glasgow Scotland to Port Chalmers Otago, ship.

1859 – The “Strathallah” in 1859 in south Canterbury. The “Lancashire witch” the “Victory” and the “Tiptree” and other ships, each with many immigrants. Those on the “Tiptree” were mostly Cornishmen from Cornwall or from the south of England. Flour was imported from Adelaide Australia. (Canterbury old and new. Whitcombe and Tombs ltd).

1860’s – Iwi receive multimillion dollars settlement, by Rebecca Quilliam 17 December 2012. NZ Herald APMZ. Maori wars of 1860’s.

1860s – Control of NZ. History of the 1860s confiscation of land from Taranaki Maori, A history of exploitation. (Against freedom. Valerie Morse (c)2007 NZ).

1860 – Martin Cash in Christchurch, was a constable in the Canterbury province armed police force, which he joined in 1859. His main line of work was brothel keeping. His identity and activities were ‘eventually’ investigated. In March 1860 Cash was sacked and fined for keeping a brothel. Many others like him moved to NZ after the decline of the Australian goldfields.  (p35 A people history. ©1992 NZ).

1860s – Gold rush of the 1860s with immigrants from Australia and California in the US. 2,000 Chinese moved from the Pearl Delta region of Guangdong province. The Chinese often stayed on as laundrymen and fruiterers. Market gardeners, hawking fruit and veges from door to door. (Chch crime and scandals. Geoffrey W Rice ©2013).

1860-61 – Taranaki records 1860 Taranaki Herald 21 July 1860. 19 May 1860 sent to Nelson. Taranaki war 28 June 1861. 174 Maoris were killed and 14 settlers killed. (NZ genealogist March April 2011).

1860-1862 – The Dunedin’s synagogue was built in the 1860s for Dunedin’s Jewish congregation. The story of the world’s southernmost synagogue began in 1862. Discovery of gold in Otago the previous year, with an increase in Jewish numbers. Among the early congregation was Julius Vogel. (Heritage NZ. Winter 2012 p7).

1860-1900 – Otago marriage records from early newspapers. Otago and Southland CD Colonial books Trade me.

1861 – Melbourne to Port Chalmers Otago the“Oscar”. Also Glasgow to Port Chalmers Otago the “Lady Egidia”.

1861 – Antique 1861 Maori prayers and hymns book. (Trade me NZ. Antiques cultural ethnic. 7 April 2016. Auckland $200).

1861-1911- Berge Picalmot left Italy in 1855 and arrived in NZ in 1861.  In Greymouth 1865. In 1874 he was appointed Italian consul until his death in 1911. (Alan Poletti).

1861-1961 - RB O'Neill. The Press 1861-1961. The story of a newspaper. Christchurch 1963.

4 Oct 1861 – Charles C Cole moved to Dunedin on 4 Oct 1861. Coach company Cobb and co, Cole and co. The Otago gold rush was on. Hundreds of miners supplies needed to be transported into central Otago. (NZ Memories June July 2014).

1862 – Old NZ pics. City road Auckland. Buff.ly/19F1/02 photo. (Twitter. 1 March 2015).

1862-1863 – Gold strike on the Arrow river 1862. The first gold discovered was attributed to Jack Tewa (Maori Jack) Otago. Chinese miners and a speech by Madam Xiutian Tan, Chinese Consul General. The gold escort left Arrow township on 18 Jan 1863 with 12,000 ounces of gold. Subsequent escorts carried over 20,000 ounces. During the winter of 1863, 2,000 miners in Arrow district sent 6,000 ounces of gold a month. One ounce of gold was worth 3 pounds 15 shillings in the 1860s. (NZ Memories Dec Jan 2012 2013).

Sept 1862 – Emigrant ship the “Pladda”  New Zealand from Ireland. 193 girls were on the ship. (NZ Memories Dec Jan 2014).

December 1862 – Martin Cash retuned to NZ by December 1862. He continued to operate several brothels in Christchurch, red light districts and Salisbury street Red house. He moved to the Otago gold fields then returned to Christchurch. (p35 A people history. ©1992 NZ).

1863 – A first year in Canterbury settlement by Samuel Butler London Trade me $188.

1863 – Meeting of settlers and Maori at Hawkes bay.  1863_Meeting_of_Settlers_and_Maoris_at_Hawke's_Bay,_New_Zealand_large.png 

1863 – Otago Dunedin Gold rush, miners from Melbourne and mounted police from Melbourne arrived. Illegitimate children. Villians were now at the goldfields in Otago. Agents in Otago arranged for young single women from Ireland to be sent here as sex slaves. (NZ Memories Dec Jan 2012 2013).

March 1863 – Mr A Raper. City of Hobart – Otago NZ. (Public records office Victoria Australia). (15 July 2013).

13 April 1863 – Official details of the loss of the HMS Orpheus in NZ, list of survivors. Chares Hill. The Observor 1791-1900 London UK.

21 Nov 1863 – Maori Battle of Rangiriri, casualties were among the worst of the NZ wars. 132 British and 70 Maori were killed or wounded. 280 casualties. (Chch Star 21 Nov 2014. Today in history.)

1864 – Auckland Maori tribal boundaries. (Trade me NZ. Antiques documents maps. 7 April 2016. Wellington $110).

1864 – Widespread financial crisis NZ. (A peoples history. ©1992 NZ)

1864 – 1964 – NZ National mortgage and agency co 100 years by G Parry 1st ed 1964 Trade me $5.

26 Aug 1864 – The NZ war. The Manchester Guardian 1828-1900 UK.

17 Oct 1864 – The war in NZ. The Irish Times. Daily Advertiser. Dublin Ireland.

5 December 1864 – Samuel Finch and Elizabeth Strain were married in Milton Otago..

1865 – The Maori land courts were formed to determine the ownership of Maori land.. (Family tree. Dec 2009 p20).

1865 – 1954 - NZ electoral rolls.

1865 – Newspaper, Evening Post Wellington.

19 Jan 1865 –  Otago Princess st. James Pryo.r Clovers, ryegress and lucerne. Bruce Herald p12. Papers past.

4 May 1865 –  Agricultural and garden seeds. Otago seeds. Princess st south near Jetty st Dunedin. James Pryor and co, seeds, clovers, ryegrass and lucerne. Bruce Herald. P12. Papers past.

20 May 1865 – The city of Dunedin paddle steamer boat left ellington for Nelson. Then to Hokitika. It disappeared and no trace was founbd James Parker Boyd and 24 crew, 22 passengers. Wreckage was later found wahed up on the south coast. Mystery sinking. NZ disaster timeline. Papers past 13 June 1865.

Sept 1865 – Otago’s first hanging. William Jarvey from Dunedin prison. (NZ genealogist. March April 2012 p94).

1866 – Directory of the city and suburbs of Auckland 1866-67 Mitchell and Seffern.

1866 – Chinese first arrived in 1866 mainly from Pon Yu regioin of southern China headed for the Otago goldfields. (Th NZ Gnealogist p212 Sept Oct 2010).

1867 – William Wilson Christchurch first mayor. He became Christchurch mayor in 1867. (Chch Mail. 4 Feb 2016. Anna Price).

7 Jan 1867 – The first recorded murder in the region was Military settler Alfred J Campbell Oropi who died of a gunshot wound. (Tauranga murders in history. 23 Sept 2014 Sun Live).

12 June 1867 – The Mongonui murder. Wanganui Herald.

13 June 1867 – The murder of Mr Burke. Wanganui Herald.

20 June 1867 – Death. Wanganui Herald.

30 June 1867 – Abraham Bennett White, a settler in the Bay of Plenty, was murdered at Ohiwa river. The head of Mr White was found in a sandhill near the Ohiwa, his body was never found. (NZ genealogist Jan Feb 2009) (Nelson Examiner and NZ Chronicle 20 July 1867).

July 1867 – Canterbury had a large snow storm which lasted six days. Half a million sheep were killed. Provisions got very low. Storm damage. (Trackless sea. ©2008 Megan Hutching).

2 July 1867 – The earthquake at Mytelene. Wanganui Herald.

3 Aug 1867 – Reported murder of four Europeans and four Maoris. Wanganui Herald.

21 Aug 1867 – The murderers of Mr Burke. Wanganui Herald.

21 Aug 1867 – Death. Wanganui Herald.

1868 – 150 years ago Lyttelton and a 7m wall of water, the tsunami waves smashed ships in the harbour against the wharf. A man in the chatham islands was killed in the tsunami. The tsunami was caused by a 9 earthquake off Chile, which killed thousands of people. Since 1840 about 10 tsunamis larger than 5m have hit NZ. (Chch Star NZ. 25 Sept 2015. Gabrielle Stuart).

1868 – natlib NZ govt journals homocide. The death of Frederick Rasmus Kornerup. NZ Genealogy. Bryan Bang. A Danish migrant who was murdered in 1868.

1868 – The Christchurch Star newspaper has been an integral part of Christchurch since 1868. (Chch Star NZ. 25 Feb 2016 Editors desk).

1868 – Canterbury provincial roll 1868-69, 1870-71, 1972-73, 1873-74. BAB Microfilming.

1869 – 1873 – Tower NZ formed in 1869, as the Government life insurance office, department. Tower corp in 1987. In 1989 Tower brought National insurance company of NZ, head office in Dunedin Otago. Formed in 1873. (Wikipedia. Tower).

7 Sept 1869 – NZ and the colonial office. The Manchester Guardian 1828-1900 UK.

1870 – Eruption occurred near Green lake Kermadec islands. Teara govt nz video 2006 eruptions.

1870s – Photo Lake Rotorua Maori village. (Trade me NZ. Antiques cultural ethnic. 7 April 2016. Australia $5).

1870’s – Chinese immigrants arrived in Palmerston North in the mid 1870’s. Ex miners from Guangzhou (Canton), who went to the Otago goldfields. (NZ Heritage. winter 2012)

1870-1878 – Cardrona was at its peak in the 1870s, the residents were mainly Chinese miners, about 1,000 people, seven stores, a post office, a bank, a school, a jail and a police HQ, 4 butchers, a baker and a blacksmith. By 1878 Cardrona had a population of only 200. (Heritage NZ. Winter 2012 p7).

1870-1977 – Martin Cash autobiography by James Lester Burke published in 1870 The adventures of Martin Cash. He died on 27 august 1877 in Tasmania Australia. (p35 A people history. ©1992 NZ).

1870-1880 – In the 1870s and 1880s the appearance of Russian explorers in the south Pacific and Antarctica waters brought fear of the Russian raids on NZ ports. (NZ a short history. Laurie Barber ©1989).

27 March 1871 – Oreti beach a 150 year old shipwreck. May be from the Hindu. Ran aground on a Southland beach near Invercargill. Oreti beach. On 27 March 1871. The Hindu from Fuzhou, then called Foochow China to Dunedin with a cargo of tea. Stuff.co.nz. 15 Jan 2016. http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/75940243/oreti-beach-discovery-may-be-150yearold-shipwreck

28 September 1871 – Wilfred von Sturmer was born in Auckland.

1872 – Wises NZ Directory NZ Post office 1872, 1880, 1900, 1955.

1872-1873  – Newspaper, Standard and peoples Advocate Gisbourne.

1873 – Susan Love Noone was born in Alexandra Otago.

1873 – Chapmans Auckland directory for 1873 and 1874.

19 April 1873 – Elizabeth Catherine Finch was born in Dunedin Otago.

24 Nov 1873 – Consecration of the Masonic hall Timaru. Press NZ. Papers past.

1874 – Canvas maps of Hawkes Bay. (Trade me NZ. Antiques documents maps. 7 April 2016. Hawkes Bay $20).

1874 – Melbourne to Otago the “Alhambra”. Also London to Port Chalmers the “Christian McAusland”. Photo. Also Gravesend to Port Chalmers the “Sussex”.

1874-75 – Greenock to Otago the “Wild Deer”.

1874-1895 – In 1895 the Bank of NZ bought the Colonial BNZ, which was founded in Dunedin in 1874. The BNZ archives hold the Colonial BNZ staff registers, but it is incomplete. Many were from Scotland. (NZ genealogist March April 2012).

1874-1961 – The university of Auckland was the only degree giving university from 1847 to 1961. Dissolved in 1961. (The Bassett road machine gun murders. Scott Bainbridge (c)2013 NZ).

1874-1968 – Italian migration and settlement in New Zealand. J H Burnley. 30 July 2009.

8 Aug 1874 – The “Adamant” ship arrived in Nelson from Plymouth UK. The trip took 93 days. There were nine voyages of the “Adamant” altogether. (NZ genealogist Jan Feb 2009).

7 January 1875 – Agnes Finch was born in Milburn Otago

4 October 1875 – Thomas Pryor was born in Dunedin Otago.

1876 – St Vincent de Paul industrial school Dunedin. NZ Christian brothers Catholic in NZ since 1876.

1876 – Christchurch in 1876, had a population of about 30,000. (Chch crimes scandals. Geoffrey W Rice (c)2013).

2 April 1876 – Leaders of the first NZ Catholic Christian brothers, br Dunne, Healey and McMahon arrived in Port Chalmers on the “Arawata”. Christian brothers school in Dunedin 1876 to 1886.

1877 – There were 53 Italians in Okura in 1877. (Alan Poletti).

1877 – Charles Kenneth Cotton was born Lyttelton Christchurch. Boer war and World War One. Married Ethel Kate Bromley. NSW Australia info wanted.  (Chch Star NZ. 18 March 2015. public notices).