6 June[3] – Samuel Leigh and William White establish the first Wesleyan mission at Kaeo, near Whangaroa, which they call 'Wesleydale' (var. Wesley-Dale).[2][4][5][6]
17 July – John Kent on the naval cutter Mermaid visits Otago Harbour and, not knowing it has already been named, calls it Port Oxley.
23 June – Phillip Tapsell is married for the first time, to Maria Ringa of Ngā Puhi, by Thomas Kendall. The bride runs away later the same day.[7][8] This is probably the first Christian wedding in New Zealand (as later claimed by Tapsell himself).
3 August – The Brampton arrives at the Bay of Islands. On board are Samuel Marsden, Henry Williams and family, and the Wesleyan missionaries John Hobbs and Nathaniel Turner (and family).[9][10]
The first church in New Zealand is built at Paihia. The original, made of raupo, is not replaced until 1855.[15]
John Kent on HMS Elizabeth Henrietta is the first identified European visitor to the Taranaki. Traders and/or whalers had recently visited the area.[16] Others who visited this year include the barqueWilliam Stoveld which is reported to have traded at the Waitara river mouth, and John Guard in the Waterloo.[17]
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