1821 in New Zealand explained

The following lists events that happened during 1821 in New Zealand.

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).^{[1] [2]}
• 20 July – Grass is sown for the first time in New Zealand, on land cleared from fern at Kerikeri.^[3]
• 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.^[2]
• September
  • – John Gare Butler and his family move into the Mission House even though it is still unfinished.^[3]

Undated

• Construction of the Mission House is started.^[3]
• 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.^[2]
• Te Rauparaha and Ngāti Toa move south from Kawhia to resettle in Taranaki after several defeats by Waikato and Ngāti Maniapoto.

Births

• 21 February (in Scotland): James Menzies, Superintendent of Southland Province.
• 12 July (in England): William Richmond, politician.^[4]
• 10 August (in England): John Turnbull Thomson, engineer and surveyor.^[5]
• 29 August (in Kerikeri): Elizabeth Fairburn (later Elizabeth Colenso), missionary and Bible translator.
• 10 September (in England): William Jervois, 10th Governor of New Zealand
• 2 November (in Ireland): George Bowen, 5th Governor of New Zealand.^[6]

Undated

• John Bacot, politician.
• (in England): Samuel Bealey, runholder and politician.^[7]
• (in England): Thomas Brunner, explorer.^[8]
• (in Scotland): John Cargill, politician.^[9]
• Oswald Curtis, politician.
• George Hunter, politician.
• (in England): Charles Kettle, surveyor of Dunedin.^[10]
• Reader Wood, politician.

Approximate

• (in England): William Montgomery, politician and merchant.
• (in Ireland): George O'Brien, painter.

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

Notes and References

1. http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/K/KendallThomas/KendallThomas/en New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Thomas Kendall Biography
2. http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/H/HongiHika/HongiHika/en New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Hongi Hika Biography
3. Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p.185.
4. Web site: Bagnall, A.G.. Richmond, Christopher William. An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock. 1966. Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand.
5. Web site: Strathern, G.M.. Thomson, John Turnbull. An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock. 1966. Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand.
6. http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=WH18990223.2.8.3 Death of Sir George Bowen
7. Web site: Macdonald, G.R.. Bealey, Samuel. An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock. 1966. Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand.
8. Nancy M. Taylor (ed.), Early travellers in New Zealand, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1959.
9. Book: Wilson, James Oakley . New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 . 4th . First published in 1913 . 1985 . V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer . Wellington . 154283103 .
10. Hocken T.M. (1898) Contributions to the Early History of New Zealand [Settlement of Otago] London, UK: Sampson Low, Marston and Company.