1821 in New Zealand

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

← 1820 1819 1818 1821 in New Zealand → 1822 1823 1824
Decades:	1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s
See also:	Other events of 1821 Timeline of New Zealand history

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][3][4]
• 20 July – Grass is sown for the first time in New Zealand, on land cleared from fern at Kerikeri.[5]
• 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.[4][6]
• September
  • – John Gare Butler and his family move into the Mission House even though it is still unfinished.[5]

Undated

• Construction of the Mission House is started.[5]
• 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.[4]
• Te Rauparaha and Ngāti Toa move south from Kawhia to resettle in Taranaki after several defeats by Waikato and Ngāti Maniapoto.[7][8]

Births

• 21 February (in Scotland): James Menzies, Superintendent of Southland Province.[9]
• 12 July (in England): William Richmond, politician.[10]
• 10 August (in England): John Turnbull Thomson, engineer and surveyor.[11]
• 29 August (in Kerikeri): Elizabeth Fairburn (later Elizabeth Colenso), missionary and Bible translator.[12]
• 10 September (in England): William Jervois, 10th Governor of New Zealand[13]
• 2 November (in Ireland): George Bowen, 5th Governor of New Zealand.[14]

Undated

• John Bacot, politician.[15]
• (in England): Samuel Bealey, runholder and politician.[16]
• (in England): Thomas Brunner, explorer.[17]
• (in Scotland): John Cargill, politician.[15]
• Oswald Curtis, politician.[15]
• George Hunter, politician.[15]
• (in England): Charles Kettle, surveyor of Dunedin.[18]
• Reader Wood, politician.[15]

Approximate

• (in England): William Montgomery, politician and merchant.[19]
• (in Ireland): George O'Brien, painter.[20]

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