5/5/1839 - 20/9/1839

Transported NZ co advance party, then on cruise with Col Wakefield, purchasing land, to Kapiti Island, Taranaki, Kaipara, where grounded and Hokianga; to Sydney on 19/4/1840 for repair, under Chief Officer; Research notes & book, "Put him in the Longboat, a Biography of Edward Main Chaffers, 1806-1845", by Douglas Edwards (published by Govt Printer, Wellington