1827 in New Zealand
The following lists events that happened during 1827 in New Zealand. Incumbents Regal and viceregal Head of State – King George IV Governor of New South Wales – General Ralph Darling Events 23 – 28 January - Jules Dumont d'Urville is the first European to make the passage through the notoriously dangerous French Pass thus determining the insularity of the island which now bears his name. On 23rd he discovers the passage; on 25th he sails it in a ship's boat; and on 28th he takes the corvette Astrolabe through, considered a 'masterful feat of seamanship'. 30 January – The Rosanna leaves the Hokianga Harbour for Sydney signalling the end of the attempt by the 1825 New Zealand Company to settle New Zealand. January – Ngāpuhi chief Hongi Hika is shot during a minor engagement at Mangamuka beach in the Hokianga. The wound is serious but Hongi survives for 14 months. – The Wesleyan mission at Kaeo, near Whangaroa, is sacked by Ngāti Uru as they leave the area after the attack by Ngāpuhi. October - The second sailing ship built in New Zealand, the 40-ton schooner Enterprise, is completed in the Horeke shipyard (also known as Deptford) in the