Australian whaler Nereus visited Bay of Islands, New Zealand in 1836

Arrived on 5 September 1836, brig, name master Butcher, tonnage 125 tons, belonged to New South Wales, active in the sperm oil fishery, cargo 350 barrels oil

Source

Accounts and papers of the House of Commons: seventeen volumes. Colonies; Emigration; Australia; Prisons, West Indies;etc. Session 15 November 1837-16 August 1838. Vol. XL.