Sealing continues atBass Strait but declines atDusky Sound which is still used for provisioning. There is a new rush to theAntipodes Islands. The existence ofFoveaux Strait is not reported inPort Jackson until early the following year sosealers are still travelling via the south ofStewart Island / Rakiura which some also visit. At Stewart Island / Rakiura, and its smaller surrounding islands, the sealers often encounter Māori which they have not done at all at Dusky Sound. As many as 16 whalers are operating around the north of New Zealand, occasionally visiting theBay of Islands and taking an increasing number ofMāori on board as crew.^[1]

• Head of State – KingGeorge III.
• Governor of New South Wales –Philip Gidley King

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• March –William Bligh is appointed to be the nextGovernor of New South Wales.^[3]
• March/April – TheAlexander arrives in the Bay of Islands. Teina enthusiastically rejoins the crew. After several months whaling theAlexander returns to the Bay of Islands where Maki also joins the ship which leaves for England, viaCape Horn, before the end of the year.^[1]
• May – After complaints about some of the treatment ofPacific Islanders and New Zealanders (Māori) crewing on whaling ships, GovernorKing issues a 'Government and General Order', published on the front page of theSydney Gazette which gives them some of the civil rights of British subjects.^[1]
• June – Maa-Tara arrives inPort Jackson on board theFerret. He is introduced to Governor King.^[1]
• 5 July – Governor King invites all the Pacific Islanders living in Sydney, including Maa-Tara, to a meeting at Government House. He offers compensation far any ill-treatment, passage home or training in European trades to any that want it.^[1]
• 29 July – TheVenus,Captain William Stewart, leaves Port Jackson with Maa-Tara on board. Governor King has given Maa-Tara tools and other gifts for his fatherTe Pahi. After collecting animals atNorfolk Island for Te Pahi she lands Maa-Tara and the animals at the Bay of Islands.^[1]
• Mid-September – Te Pahi and four of his sons board theVenus intending to thank in person both ActingCommandantPiper at Norfolk Island and Governor King for the animals they have been sent. TheVenus drops them at Norfolk Island and departs.^[1][4]
• 20 September – TheFerret, Captain Philip Skelton, arrives in the Bay of Islands with John Savage aboard. After 1 or 2 months theFerret departs. Captain Skelton sees a European (probably James Cavanagh, see 1804) on shore and Savage hears about him from local Māori. Te Mahanga boards the ship for its return to London. From his brief visit and conversations with Te Mahanga during the voyage Savage subsequently publishes the first book devoted entirely to New Zealand, the 100-pageSome Account of New Zealand.^[1][5]
• October – After collecting 8 pigs from Norfolk Island for Te Pahi theArgo arrives in the Bay of Islands to find that Te Pahi has left for Norfolk Island and Port Jackson.Ruatara and 2 other Māori join the crew while it goes whaling off the coast for the next 5 months.^[1][6][7] (see 1806)
  • – Te Pahi and his sons are taken by HMSBuffalo to the Derwent (Hobart) and then to Port Jackson.^[1][4]
• 27 November – HMSBuffalo arrives at Port Jackson. Governor King is impressed by Te Pahi, whom he mentions toJoseph Banks, and makes plans to visit New Zealand. These plans are cancelled when King receives news that he is to be relieved as Governor by William Bligh. Te Pahi also visitsSamuel Marsden atParramatta and is sufficiently taken with the farm and various other aspects of European culture to want to bring them to New Zealand. Marsden in turn is also impressed by the Maori and passes this on to theChurch Missionary Society.^[1][4][8][9] (see 1806)

Undated

• In approximately this year sealer and ex-convict Thomas Fink leaves a sealing ship that stops inFoveaux Strait nearBluff. He later marries into a local tribe and has many children.^[1][10] Fink is most likely the first European/pakeha to settle permanently in theSouth Island.

• 5 May (in England):William Gilbert Puckey, missionary and translator.^[11]
• 21 May (in England):Richard Taylor, missionary and author.^[12]
• 5 July (in England):Robert FitzRoy, 2nd Governor of New Zealand
• 24 September (in England):Algernon Tollemache, land speculator^[13]

Undated

• John Cuff, politician.^[14]
• Thomas Outhwaite, first supreme court registrar.^[15]

Approximate

• Wiremu Tamihana, Māori leader^[16]

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