1821 in New Zealand

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

Events

12 July Ã¢ÂÂ 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).
20 July Ã¢ÂÂ Grass is sown for the first time in New Zealand, on land cleared from fern at Kerikeri.
5 September Ã¢ÂÂ Hongi Hika and 2000 NgÃÂ Puhi, armed with 1000 muskets, lay siege to Mauinaina pÃÂ at Tamaki. The pÃÂ is taken and the inhabitants massacred.
September
Ã¢ÂÂ John Gare Butler and his family move into the Kerikeri Mission House even though it is still unfinished.

Undated

Construction of the Kerikeri Mission House is started.
Late in the year Hongi Hika and NgÃÂ Puhi lay siege to the NgÃÂti Maru pÃÂ at Te Totara (Thames), but after 2 days they make peace with the defenders and withdraw. They return that night and take the pÃÂ without difficulty.
Te Rauparaha and NgÃÂti Toa move south from Kawhia to resettle in Taranaki after several defeats by Waikato and NgÃÂti Maniapoto.

21 February (in Scotland): James Menzies, Superintendent of Southland Province.
12 July (in England): William Richmond, politician.
10 August (in England): John Turnbull Thomson, engineer and surveyor.
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.

Undated

Approximate