1. ^Dictionary of Australian Biography Sir Thomas Brisbane
2. ^¹ {{Cite web |url=http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~teecee/1846table.htm |title=Early European Visits to NZ |access-date=13 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071109095657/http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~teecee/1846table.htm |archive-date=9 November 2007 |dead-url=yes |df=dmy-all }}
3. ^New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: George Clarke Biography
4. ^{{cite book |last1= Carleton |first1=Hugh |authorlink1= |title= The Life of Henry Williams|format= |accessdate= |year= 1874 |publisher= Early New Zealand Books (ENZB), University of Auckland Library|location= |language= |isbn= |oclc= |doi= |id= |pages= 43–53|chapter= Vol. I |chapterurl=http://www.enzb.auckland.ac.nz/document?wid=1038&action=null|quote= |ref= |bibcode= }}
5. ^{{cite web| last = McLean | first = Gavin| work= 'Shipbuilding - The wooden era', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand |title= Launching the Herald |date = 20 July 2015 |url= http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/5460/launching-the-herald| accessdate=14 February 2017}}
6. ^Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p.185.
7. ^According to Family of John Kelly {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050326141817/http://www.fortunecity.com/oasis/aspen/582/gen00008.htm |date=26 March 2005 }} they were married on 29 January 1844 at Ruapuke Island by Bishop Selwyn. They had a son in 1828 (later baptised), so the 1824 date is probably correct for marriage according to Māori custom and the later date that of the Christian confirmation.
8. ^Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 386.
9. ^Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 38.
10. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.bluff.co.nz/history2.html |title=Bluff History |access-date=13 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080810233400/http://www.bluff.co.nz/history2.html |archive-date=10 August 2008 |dead-url=yes |df=dmy-all }}
11. ^This claim can be argued on at least two grounds. The mission at Kerikeri was undoubtedly earlier and is now considerably larger than Bluff. There is also no indication that there is more than one European at Bluff at this time which might not be sufficient to qualify as a settlement.
12. ^{{cite web|author=Foster, B.J.|title=Waterhouse, Hon. George Marsden|work=An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock|year=1966|publisher= Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand|url=http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/1966/W/WaterhouseHonGeorgeMarsden/en}}
13. ^nature 37, 87-87 (24 November 1887)
14. ^Barcham family website
15. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb/default.asp?Find_Quick.asp?PersonEssay=1H5|author=Gardner, W. J.|title=Hall, John 1824 - 1907|work=Dictionary of New Zealand Biography|date=22 June 2007}}
16. ^{{cite web|author=McKinnon, AD.|title=Potts, Thomas Henry|work=An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock|date=1966|url=http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/1966/P/PottsThomasHenry/en}}
17. ^{{cite book |ref = harv |last= Wilson |first= James Oakley |title= New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 |edition= 4th |origyear=First published in 1913 |year= 1985 |publisher= V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer |location= Wellington |oclc=154283103 |page=}}
18. ^{{cite web|author=Jones, Ronald|title=Read, Gabriel|work=An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock|year=1966|publisher=Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand|url=http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/1966/R/ReadGabriel/en}}