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A whaleship named New Zealander, under Captain Parker, may have taken part in the attack on Te Pahi’s pa in the Bay of Islands in late March 1810. She had come to the Bay from the fishery. There she found five other ships; Speke, Atlanta, Inspector, Diana, and Perseverance, and before long they launched their mistaken but deadly attack against the Maori chief and his people. Sometime during New Zealanders early visits to New Zealand, Philip Tapsell was on board as first mate. Tapsell became a well known figure in the Bay of Islands and was the groom in the first christian wedding service to be held in New Zealand.
Eight years later, the whaleship New Zealander, sailed from England under Captain Mark Munro. In February of 1819, New Zealander hove into the Bay of Islands in company of Foxhound and Ann, all having come from the fishery. New Zealander and Ann left again later in the month. By this time New Zealander had taken about 80 ton of oil. New Zealander sailed to Sydney in August where she stayed for almost three weeks before leaving for the fishery.
The ship made a brief call at the Bay of Islands in December 1819, and again the following February. While there HMS Dromedary arrived and New Zealander’s crew rowed over to meet the impressive naval vessel. This was New Zealander’s last visit to the Bay of Islands, but when she left she took two of the region’s most powerful chiefs, Hongi Hika and Waikato, along with the Missionary Thomas Kendall, back to England. This journey by the Maori chiefs on a ship named after the land their people inhabited, was the catalyst for a dramatic turn in the fate of the warrior society. The weapons given to Hongi Hika by the King of England turned violent skirmishes into musket wars that enabled Maori chief to seek utu, or revenge, on a devastating scale.
In 1829, a ship called New Zealander traded around the coast of New Zealand, under Captain Clarke. In March, she was trading at Tauranga where she found another trader Haweis in a state of extreme emergency having been overtaken by local Maori. Captain Clarke and his crew retook Haweis, then made stops at the Bay of Islands and Hokianga before sailing onto Sydney where they reported the story of Haweis. New Zealander’s trade cargo included potatoes and flax.
For the next two years, New Zealander continued to trade between New Zealand and Sydney. Captain Skelton took over from Clarke in 1830, followed by Captain Stewart later that year but it was under Captain Clarke that New Zealander arrived in Sydney in April 1831 with 36,000' pine, and 14,000' floor boards ready to sell on the market. That winter New Zealander was fitted out for whaling and joined several other ships in the Cloudy Bay area, on the north eastern corner of the South Island. Captain Gardner brought her back into Sydney in December with 17 tuns of oil. New Zealander’s command had passed onto Captain Rapsey by December 1831 when she brought 60 tons of sperm oil into Sydney from the South Seas. In March 1835 it was Captain Cole who sailed her to Sydney from Preservation Station.
Eight years later, the whaleship New Zealander, sailed from England under Captain Mark Munro. In February of 1819, New Zealander hove into the Bay of Islands in company of Foxhound and Ann, all having come from the fishery. New Zealander and Ann left again later in the month. By this time New Zealander had taken about 80 ton of oil. New Zealander sailed to Sydney in August where she stayed for almost three weeks before leaving for the fishery.
The ship made a brief call at the Bay of Islands in December 1819, and again the following February. While there HMS Dromedary arrived and New Zealander’s crew rowed over to meet the impressive naval vessel. This was New Zealander’s last visit to the Bay of Islands, but when she left she took two of the region’s most powerful chiefs, Hongi Hika and Waikato, along with the Missionary Thomas Kendall, back to England. This journey by the Maori chiefs on a ship named after the land their people inhabited, was the catalyst for a dramatic turn in the fate of the warrior society. The weapons given to Hongi Hika by the King of England turned violent skirmishes into musket wars that enabled Maori chief to seek utu, or revenge, on a devastating scale.
In 1829, a ship called New Zealander traded around the coast of New Zealand, under Captain Clarke. In March, she was trading at Tauranga where she found another trader Haweis in a state of extreme emergency having been overtaken by local Maori. Captain Clarke and his crew retook Haweis, then made stops at the Bay of Islands and Hokianga before sailing onto Sydney where they reported the story of Haweis. New Zealander’s trade cargo included potatoes and flax.
For the next two years, New Zealander continued to trade between New Zealand and Sydney. Captain Skelton took over from Clarke in 1830, followed by Captain Stewart later that year but it was under Captain Clarke that New Zealander arrived in Sydney in April 1831 with 36,000' pine, and 14,000' floor boards ready to sell on the market. That winter New Zealander was fitted out for whaling and joined several other ships in the Cloudy Bay area, on the north eastern corner of the South Island. Captain Gardner brought her back into Sydney in December with 17 tuns of oil. New Zealander’s command had passed onto Captain Rapsey by December 1831 when she brought 60 tons of sperm oil into Sydney from the South Seas. In March 1835 it was Captain Cole who sailed her to Sydney from Preservation Station.