1836 in New Zealand#Undated

The following lists events that happened during 1836 in New Zealand.

Incumbents

British Resident in New Zealand – James Busby
Additional British Resident in New Zealand – Thomas McDonnell until his resignation in July.[http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/M/McdonnellThomas/McdonnellThomas/en New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966:McDonnell Snr. Biography]

July
– Additional British Resident in New Zealand, Thomas McDonnell resigns.
26 December – John Hughes, W.I. Haberfield and others from the Weller brothers whaling station at Otakou arrive in the Magnet and set up a whaling station on the north side of Moeraki Point.Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 265.

;Undated

Captain John Howell is sent by whaler and merchant Johnny Jones to establish a whaling station at Riverton to replace that recently abandoned at Preservation Inlet.Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 377.1937 also suggested (see also 1829 and 1835)
The Stone Store at Kerikeri, the oldest stone building in New Zealand, is completed mid-year.
Late in the year Alfred Nesbitt Brown closes the mission at Matamata.[http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/B/BrownAlfredNesbitt/BrownAlfredNesbitt/en New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Brown Biography] (see also 1835 & 1838)