1828 in New Zealand

The following lists events that happened during 1828 in New Zealand.

Regal and viceregal

 * Head of State – King George IV
 * Governor of New South Wales – General Ralph Darling

Events

 * 3, 6 or 7 March - Ngāpuhi rangatira (chief) and war leader Hongi Hika dies at Whangaroa.
 * 4 May - The 40-ton schooner Enterprise, the second sailing ship built in New Zealand, is wrecked in a storm north of the Hokianga, with the loss of all hands.
 * 6 May - The 55-ton schooner Herald, the first sailing ship built in New Zealand, is wreaked on the Hokianga bar, with no loss of life.


 * Undated
 * John Guard establishes a subsidiary whaling station at Kakapo Bay in Port Underwood.  (see 1827)
 * Phillip Tapsell sets up a flax trading post at Maketu.
 * Whalers Dicky Barrett, Jacky Love and others establish a trading post at Ngamotu Beach, the first Europeans to settle in the New Plymouth area.

Births

 * 15 February (in Prussia): Gustavus von Tempsky, adventurer, soldier and painter.
 * 23 March (in Scotland): Charles O'Neill, politician and philanthropist.
 * Undated
 * Thomas Gillies, politician.
 * Approximate
 * Tohu Kākahi, Māori prophet and pacifist leader.

Deaths

 * 3, 6 or 7 March (see above) Hongi Hika, New Zealand Chief (born 1772)
 * Undated
 * Te Whareumu, Ngati Manu chief.