1821 in New Zealand

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Decades:	1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s
See also:	Other events of 1821 Timeline of New Zealand history

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

• Head of State – King George IV
• Governor of New South Wales – Major-General Sir Thomas Brisbane, advised of his appointment on 3 November 1820, arrives in Sydney on 7 November.^[1] His predecessor, Lachlan Macquarie, whose resignation had finally been accepted at the end of 1820 does not leave New South Wales until 12 February 1822.^[2]

Events

• 12 July – Thomas Kendall, Hongi Hika and Waikato arrive back in the Bay of Islands from their trip to England. While in England they have helped to compile a Maori dictionary, met King George IV who gave Hongi a suit of armour, and Hongi has acquired a number of muskets (his primary purpose).^[3][4][5][6]
• 20 July – Grass is sown for the first time in New Zealand, on land cleared from fern at Kerikeri.^[7]
• 5 September – Hongi Hika and 2000 Ngā Puhi, armed with 1000 muskets, lay siege to Mauinaina pā at Tamaki. The pā is taken and the inhabitants massacred.^[6][8]
• September
  • – John Gare Butler and his family move into the Mission House even though it is still unfinished.^[7]

Undated

• Construction of the Mission House is started.^[7]
• Late in the year Hongi Hika and Ngā Puhi lay siege to the Ngāti Maru pā at Te Totara (Thames), but after 2 days they make peace with the defenders and withdraw. They return that night and take the pā without difficulty.^[6]
• Te Rauparaha and Ngāti Toa move south from Kawhia to resettle in Taranaki after several defeats by Waikato and Ngāti Maniapoto.^[9][10]

Births

• 21 February (in Scotland): James Menzies, Superintendent of Southland Province.^[11]
• 12 July (in England): William Richmond, politician.^[12]
• 10 August (in England): John Turnbull Thomson, engineer and surveyor.^[13]
• 29 August (in Kerikeri): Elizabeth Fairburn (later Elizabeth Colenso), missionary and Bible translator.^[14]
• 10 September (in England): William Jervois, 10th Governor of New Zealand^[15]
• 2 November (in Ireland): George Bowen, 5th Governor of New Zealand.^[16]

Undated

• John Bacot, politician.^[17]
• (in England): Samuel Bealey, runholder and politician.^[18]
• (in England): Thomas Brunner, explorer.^[19]
• (in Scotland): John Cargill, politician.^[17]
• Oswald Curtis, politician.^[17]
• George Hunter, politician.^[17]
• (in England): Charles Kettle, surveyor of Dunedin.^[20]
• Reader Wood, politician.^[17]

Approximate

• (in England): William Montgomery, politician and merchant.^[21]
• (in Ireland): George O'Brien, painter.^[22]

See also

• List of years in New Zealand
• Timeline of New Zealand history
• History of New Zealand
• Military history of New Zealand
• Timeline of the New Zealand environment
• Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica

References

1. Dictionary of Australian Biography Sir Thomas Brisbane
2. Dictionary of Australian Biography: Lachlan Macquarie
3. New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Thomas Kendall Biography
4. Binney, Judith. "Kendall, Thomas 1778?–1832". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
5. Ballara, Angela. "Hongi Hika 1772–1828". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
6. New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Hongi Hika Biography
7. Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p.185.
8. A Manukau Timeline
9. Oliver, Steven. "Te Rauparaha ?–1849". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
10. Oliver, Steven. "Te Pehi Kupe ?–1828". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
11. Hall-Jones, John. "Menzies, James Alexander Robertson 1821 – 1888". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
12. Bagnall, A.G. (1966). "Richmond, Christopher William". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock. Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand.
13. Strathern, G.M. (1966). "Thomson, John Turnbull". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock. Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand.
14. Murray, Janet E. "Colenso, Elizabeth 1821 – 1904". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
15. McGibbon, Ian. "Jervois, William Francis Drummond 1821 – 1897". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
16. Death of Sir George Bowen, Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9676, 23 February 1899, Page 2
17. Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
18. Macdonald, G.R. (1966). "Bealey, Samuel". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock. Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand.
19. Nancy M. Taylor (ed.), Early travellers in New Zealand, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1959.
20. Hocken T.M. (1898) Contributions to the Early History of New Zealand [Settlement of Otago] London, UK: Sampson Low, Marston and Company.
21. Gardner, W. J. "Montgomery, William 1821? – 1914". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
22. Collins, R. D. J. "O'Brien, George 1821? – 1888". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 5 April 2011.