1822 in New Zealand

← 1821 1820 1819 1822 in New Zealand → 1823 1824 1825
Decades:	1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s
See also:	Other events of 1822 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

Events

• 22 January – Samuel Leigh and his wife arrive in the Bay of Islands to start the first Wesleyan mission. They stay at Te Puna with the Hall family of the Church Missionary Society for the next 16 months.^[1][2]
• January–February
  • – Hongi Hika leads 2000 Ngā Puhi south to attack Matakitaki pa near Pirongia.^[3]
• February–March
  • – Ngāti Toa under Te Raparaha leave the Taranaki and move to the Horowhenua-Kapiti region.
• March^[4] or May^[5]
  • – The Ngā Puhi, armed with muskets, capture Matakitaki with great slaughter. Many of the defenders have not experienced musket warfare before and flee in panic trampling many to death.^[3][5][6] Te Wherowhero is one of the leaders of the defenders.^[3]
• August
  • – The Church Missionary Society decides to dismiss Thomas Kendall.^[7] (see 1823)
• November–December
  • – The sloop Snapper, Captain W. L. Edmondson, calls into Chalky Inlet (southwestern Fiordland) and meets James Caddell, a tattooed European living with local Maori. Caddell guides them to Ruapuke Island and then to Bluff.^[8] (see 1810)
• 27 December – The Snapper is the first deep-sea vessel to enter what will become the port at Bluff.^[9] (see also 1813)

Undated

• The Mission House is completed.^[10]
• Ngāti Toa under senior chief Te Pēhi Kupe capture Kapiti Island.^[11][12]

Births

• 10 March (in England): Charles Carter, contractor, philanthropist.^[13]
• 22 September (in England): James Crowe Richmond, politician and painter.^[14]
• 8 October (in France): Francis Dillon Bell, politician.^[15]

Unknown date

• Edward Connolly, politician.^[16]
• William Cutten, politician and newspaper publisher.^[16]

Approximate

• Tāwhiao, 2nd Māori king.^[17]

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 New Zealand Biography: Samuel Leigh
2. New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Samuel Leigh Biography
3. New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Hongi Hika Biography
4. A Manukau Timeline
5. Dictionary of New Zealand Biography: Te Wherowhero
6. Dictionary of New Zealand Biography: Hongi Hika
7. Dictionary of New Zealand Biography: Thomas Kendall
8. Dictionary of New Zealand Biography: James Caddell
9. Bluff History, The Port
10. Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p.185.
11. Dictionary of New Zealand Biography: Te Rauparaha
12. Dictionary of New Zealand Biography: Te Pehi Kupe
13. Bagnall, A.G. (1966). "CARTER, Charles Rooking". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock. Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 21 June 2009.
14. Bagnall, A.G. (1966). "RICHMOND, James Crowe". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock. Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 21 June 2009.
15. Morrell, W.P. (1966). "BELL, Sir Francis Dillon". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock. Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 21 June 2009.
16. Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
17. Mahuta, R. T. (22 June 2007). "Tawhiao, Tukaroto Matutaera Potatau Te Wherowhero ? - 1894". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Archived from the original on 8 June 2009. Retrieved 21 June 2009.

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