Herald (jirgi na 1826)

***Herald*** jirgin ruwa ne mai nauyin tan 55 wanda aka kaddamar a ranar 24 ga watan Janairun 1826 a Paihia a cikin Bay of Islands, New Zealand .   Duk da yake *Herald* shine jirgin ruwa na farko da aka gina a New Zealand, an gina wani karamin jirgin ruwa mai suna Providence a Dusky Sound a cikin shekara ta 1792-93 ta hanyar ma'aikatan jirgin ruwa mai rufewa kuma an kammala shi a watan Janairun shekara ta 1796 ta hanyar ma-aikatan wani jirgin ruwa mai hatimi wanda ya rushe a Dusky sound a shekarar da ta gabata. A watan Oktoba na shekara ta 1827, an kammala jirgin ruwa mai nauyin tan 40 na Enterprise a filin jirgin ruwa na Horeke (wanda aka fi sani da Deptford) a Tashar jiragen ruwa ta Hokianga . Kamfanin ya rushe a cikin guguwa a arewacin Hokianga Heads a ranar 4 ga Mayu 1828 tare da asarar dukkan hannaye. Kwanaki biyu bayan haka *Herald* ya rushe a kan mashaya na Hokianga.

## Gina ''Herald''
An gina *Herald* a kan ikon Revd. Samuel Marsden ta amfani da tsare-tsaren da William Hall ya zana. Revd. Henry Williams, shugaban kungiyar Church Missionary Society (CMS) a New Zealand, ya shimfiɗa keel don jirgin a ranar 31 ga watan Agusta 1824. Ya sami horo a cikin ginin jirgi kafin a tura shi New Zealand. Williams yana buƙatar jirgi don samar da Ofishin Jakadancin Paihia da kuma ziyartar yankuna masu nisa na New Zealand don kawo Linjila ga Mutanen Māori. Lokacin da Gilbert Mair, ya ziyarci New Zealand a karo na uku, Williams ya nemi ya taimaka wajen gina *Herald*. Masu ginin jirgin sun kasance:

* William Hall, masassaƙin jirgin ruwa; 
* William Puckey (Senior) mai gina jirgin ruwa, masassaƙi kuma masassaƙi; 
* William Gilbert Puckey, wanda ya zama abokin *Herald*;  
* Gilbert Mair, wanda ya zama Mai kula da jirgin ruwa na *Herald*;  
* Masassaƙa na Māori suna aiki a kan gina *Herald*. 

Itacen ya fito ne daga gandun daji a Kawakawa, tare da *Brampton*,  wanda ya rushe a Bay of Islands a 1823, kuma ya samar da wasu katako. 

## Tafiye-tafiye
*Herald* ya tafi Sydney, Australia sau hudu da Bay of Plenty sau hudu. Ta kuma yi tafiya sau uku a kusa da Arewacin Cape, zuwa Hokianga Harbour a yammacin tsibirin Arewacin New Zealand . 

### Tafiyar budurwa (1826)
A ranar 16 ga Fabrairu 1826 Herald ta tashi daga Paihia zuwa Sydney (Port Jackson) don kammala kayan aikinta da kuma samun kaya na shagunan don aikin. A cikin jirgin akwai ma'aikatan maza uku na Māori da yara maza uku, ma'aikatan jirgin ruwa biyu na Ingila, William Fairburn a matsayin supercargo, William Puckey a matsayin abokin, Gilbert Mair a matsayin kyaftin, da Henry Williams. Har ila yau a cikin jirgin a matsayin fasinjoji, akwai Mr da Mrs Puckey da 'yarsu, Rangituke (ɗan Ana Hamu da Te Koki, shugaban Ngāpuhi) da William Hall, wanda ya yi rashin lafiyaNgāpuhi

* 7 Maris - ya isa Port Jackson.
* 30 ga Mayu - ya isa Paihia.

### Tafiye-tafiye na biyu (1826)
A ranar 20 ga Yuni *Herald* ta tashi daga Paihia a tafiyarta ta farko zuwa Tauranga don cinikin naman alade da dankali don aikin. Fasinjojin sun kasance Henry Williams, Richard Davis, George Clarke, James Shepherd, Rangituke da Te Koki. Da karfe 9 na safe a ranar Jumma'a 23 ga Yuni 1826 *Herald* ya zama jirgin Turai na farko da ya shiga Tashar jiragen ruwa ta Tauranga. Henry Williams ya gudanar da hidimar Kirista a Otamataha Pā.

A ranar 3 ga Yuli *Herald* ya isa Paihia.

### Tafiye-tafiye na uku (1826)
A ranar 19 ga watan Satumba *Herald* ya tashi daga Paihia zuwa Hokianga. Koyaya teku mai haɗari ya hana *Herald* shiga tashar jiragen ruwa.

### Tafiye-tafiye na huɗu (1826)
A ranar 12 ga Oktoba Herald ta tashi daga Paihia a tafiyarta ta biyu zuwa Hokianga, ta isa ranar 15 ga Oktoba.

### Tafiye-tafiye na biyar (1826)

* 28 ga Nuwamba - ya tashi daga Paihia zuwa Tauranga, don cinikin dankali. Henry Williams da Richard Davis sun sauka a Whakaari / White Island .
* 2 ga Disamba - ya isa Tauranga kuma ya koma Paihia a ranar 12 ga Disamba.

### Tafiye-tafiye na shida (1826-27)

* 28 Disamba 1826 - ya tashi daga Paihia zuwa Port Jackson don samun shagunan don aikin.
* 17 Janairu 1827 - a Sydney.
* 15 Maris 1827 - ya isa Paihia, tare da shagunan. [ƙananan alpha 1]

### Tafiye-tafiye na bakwai (1827)

* 26 Maris - ya tashi daga Paihia zuwa Tauranga. An aika Richard Davis da James Shepherd don kasuwanci tare da Māori.
* 7 ga Afrilu - ya isa Paihia tare da kaya na dankali da wasu flax.

### Tafiye-tafiye na takwas (1827)

* 23 ga Yuli - ya tashi daga Paihia zuwa Port Jackson. An aika Richard Davis don shirya buga matani na addini.
* 8 ga Oktoba - ya isa Paihia tare da kaya na shagunan. James Stack ya kasance fasinja. Stack ya kasance mishan na Wesleyan Methodist wanda daga baya ya shiga CMS.

### Tafiye-tafiye na tara (1827-28)

* 19 Nuwamba - ya tashi daga Paihia zuwa Port Jackson, ya isa 4 Disamba.
* 19 Janairu - ya isa Paihia, tare da Revd. William Yate a matsayin fasinja.

### Tafiye-tafiye na goma (1828)

* 4 ga Afrilu - ya tashi daga Paihia zuwa Bay of Plenty don dawo da wasu Rotorua Māori. *Herald* ta ziyarci Tuhua (Major Island). Bayan saukowar Rotorua Māori a Maketu, tafiyar ta ci gaba zuwa Whakatāne da Ōpōtiki a gabashin Bay of Plenty. *Herald* ya koma tashar jiragen ruwa ta Tauranga kuma ya rataye Te Papa inda Williams ya yi ciniki tare da Māori don dankali.
* 18 ga Afrilu - ya isa Paihia.

### Tafiye-tafiye na goma sha ɗaya (1828)

* 3 Mayu - ya tashi daga Paihia zuwa Hokianga Harbour tare da William Fairburn da aka aika don cinikin dankali.

## Rushewar ''Herald''
A ranar 6 ga Mayu 1828 *Herald* ya rushe a kan mashaya na Hokianga. Ta kasance daga tashar jiragen ruwa na kwana biyu, tana jiran dama mai kyau, yayin da babban teku ke gudana. A ranar 6, kadan kafin faɗuwar rana, tana tafiya zuwa mashaya tare da iska mai kyau; amma, lokacin da a kan mashaya, iska ba zato ba tsammani ta gaza, kuma an bar ta ga ikon masu fashewa, kuma an ɗauke ta a kan duwatsu. Maigidan da ma'aikatan sun manne wa rigging har zuwa safe; lokacin da hawan ruwa ya ba su damar tafiya a bakin teku - babu asarar rayuka. Cif Mate William Lewington, ya yi wata sanarwa a 1828, wanda James Norton ya tabbatar, yana ba da cikakkun bayanai game da fashewar *Herald* kuma yana nuna rashin amincewa da cewa ba saboda rashin kula da aikin ba.

## Abin Tunawa
An gina dutse na tunawa da *Herald* a kan rairayin bakin teku a Paihia.

*Herald* ya bayyana a kan hatimi na 5c wanda New Zealand Post ta bayar a 1975.

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## Manazarta

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* (2004) - *Wasiƙu daga Bay of Islands*, Sutton Publishing Limited, United Kingdom;   (Hardcover). Littattafan Penguin, New Zealand, (Paperback)     
* (2011) - *Te Wiremu - Henry Williams: Shekaru na Farko a Arewa*, Huia Press, New Zealand, (Paperback)