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.[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[9] of local
Kāi Tahu, and then
cannibalise them.[8]
John Guard marries Elizabeth 'Betty' Parker in
Sydney. She[10] 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.[11]
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.[12]