1822 in New Zealand

1822 in New Zealand

Incumbents

Regal and Vice Regal

*Head of StateKing George IV
*Governor of New South WalesMajor-General Sir Thomas Brisbane

Events

*22 JanuarySamuel 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. [http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb/default.asp?Find_Quick.asp?PersonEssay=1L6 Dictionary of New Zealand Biography: Samuel Leigh] ] [ [http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/L/LeighSamuel/LeighSamuel/en New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Samuel Leigh Biography] ]
*January-February – Hongi Hika leads 2000 Ngā Puhi south to attack Matakitaki pa near Pirongia. [http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/H/HongiHika/HongiHika/en New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Hongi Hika Biography] ]
*February-March – Ngāti Toa under Te Raparaha leave the Taranaki and move to the Horowhenua-Kapiti region.
*March [http://manukau.infospecs.co.nz/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpub.dll?BU=http%3A%2F%2Fmanukau.infospecs.co.nz%2Fjourney%2Fhome.htm&QF0=Year&QI0=1769:1839&TN=timeline&AC=QBE_QUERY&RL=1&RF=English&MR=20&NP=3 A Manukau Timeline] ] or May [http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb/default.asp?Find_Quick.asp?PersonEssay=1T88 Dictionary of New Zealand Biography: Te Wherowhero] ] – 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. [http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb/default.asp?Find_Quick.asp?PersonEssay=1H32 Dictionary of New Zealand Biography: Hongi Hika] ] Te Wherowhero is one of the leaders of the defenders.
*August – The Church Missionary Society decides to dismiss Thomas Kendall. [http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb/default.asp?Find_Quick.asp?PersonEssay=1K9 Dictionary of New Zealand Biography: Thomas Kendall] ] (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. [http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb/default.asp?Find_Quick.asp?PersonEssay=1C1 Dictionary of New Zealand Biography: James Caddell] ] (see 1810)
*27 December – The "Snapper" is the first deep-sea vessel to enter what will become the port at Bluff. [http://www.bluff.co.nz/port.html Bluff History, The Port] ] (see also 1813)

Undated

*The Mission House is completed.Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p.185.]
*Ngāti Toa under senior chief Te Pehi Kupe capture Kapiti Island. [http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb/default.asp?Find_Quick.asp?PersonEssay=1T74 Dictionary of New Zealand Biography: Te Rauparaha] ] [http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb/default.asp?Find_Quick.asp?PersonEssay=1T55 Dictionary of New Zealand Biography: Te Pehi Kupe] ]

References

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Births

* Edward Connolly, politician.

Deaths

ee also

*List of years in New Zealand
*Timeline of New Zealand history
*History of New Zealand
*Military history of New Zealand
*Timeline of environmental history of New Zealand
*Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica

"For world events and topics in 1822 not specifically related to New Zealand see": 1822


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