Boyd Incident Aotearoa

Māori of Ngāti Pou from Whangaroa Harbour in Aotearoa (New Zealand) killed ~70 Europeans on the British brigantine Boyd. This was the highest number of Europeans killed by Māori in a single event in New Zealand. The attack was retaliation for the whipping of a Māori on board named Te Ara. The ship had just brought convict settlers to Australia and was stopping in Aotearoa for wood. Local people were already tense and inflamed due to the fact that a year earlier, the crew of the Commerce had caused an outbreak of disease that killed a number of Māori. News of the events delayed the first missionary visits to the country, and caused the number of shipping visits to fall to "almost nothing" over the next few years. A pamphlet in Europe warned sailors to ‘avoid if at all possible’.