1832 in New Zealand explained

The following lists events that happened during 1832 in New Zealand.

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

• Head of State – King William IV
• Governor of New South Wales – Major-General Sir Richard Bourke

Government and law

• British Resident in New Zealand – James Busby is appointed in March^[1] but does not arrive in New Zealand until 10 May 1833.

Events

• 19 April – Construction of the Stone Store at Kerikeri begins.
• December – Missionary Henry Williams records the first mention of cricket being played in New Zealand, on the beach at Paihia.^[2]

Undated

• The Weller brothers whaling station at Otakou is destroyed by fire before whaling operations have begun. It is soon rebuilt.^[3] (see 1831 & 1835)
• Ngāti Toa under chief and war leader Te Rauparaha capture and destroy the Ngāi Tahu stronghold of Kaiapoi pa.
• Te Rauparaha and Ngāti Toa capture the Ngāi Tahu pā at Onawe on Akaroa harbour and massacre the inhabitants.
• Ngā Puhi attack Otumoetai pā.^[4]
• British merchant and ship owner Captain James Clendon buys land and sets up a trading station at Okiato in the Bay of Islands. The location would be renamed Russell and become the first capital of New Zealand in 1840.

Births

• 14 March (in Scotland): Sir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet, 6th Governor of New Zealand.^[5]
• 20 November William Gilbert Mair, soldier and judge

Unknown date

• Frederic Jones, politician.
• (in England): John Davies Ormond, politician.^[6]
• Elizabeth Mary Palmer, New Zealand music and singing teacher, performer, composer, and entertainment promoter.
• Arthur Seymour, politician, Superintendent of Marlborough.^[7]
• Alexander Sligo, politician.
• Thomas Thompson, politician.

Approximate

• Te Kooti, Māori leader, religion founder and guerilla.^[8]

Deaths

• 6 August: Thomas Kendall, Missionary and Pākehā Māori^[9]

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/B/BusbyJames/BusbyJames/en New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Busby Biography
2. http://www.supersport.com/cricket/content.aspx?id=20410 SuperSport: New Zealand Cricket Team
3. http://www.weller.org.uk/cgi-bin/FamilyTree/ShowFamily.pl?ShowPerson=Active&PersonID=384&SortPeopleBy=GivenName Weller family Tree: Joseph Brooks
4. Web site: Tauranga History Timeline . 9 October 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060114050630/http://ourcity.tauranga.govt.nz/heritage/timeline/ . 14 January 2006 . dead .
5. Web site: V. A. Edgeloe. Fergusson, Sir James (1832 - 1907). Australian Dictionary of Biography, Online Edition. 2006. Australian National University.
6. Encyclopedia: Foster, B.J.. ORMOND, Hon. John Davies. An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock. 1966. Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand.
7. Book: Wilson, James Oakley . New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 . 4th . First published in 1913 . 1985 . V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer . Wellington . 154283103 .
8. [Judith Binney|Binney, Judith]
9. Web site: Kendall, Thomas 1778? - 1832. Binney, Judith.. Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. 22 June 2007.