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The following lists events that happened during 1820 in New Zealand.
Incumbents
Regal and viceregal
Any reference to New Zealand in a legal rather than geographic sense prior to 1840 is complex and unclear. When the British colony of New South Wales was founded in 1788 it nominally included New Zealand as far as 43°39'S (approximately halfway down the South Island).
Head of State – King George III dies on 29 January. He is succeeded by King George IV who has been the prince regent since 1811.
Governor of New South Wales – Lachlan Macquarie's offer to resign is finally accepted at the end of the year but he does not leave New South Wales until 12 February 1822.Australian Dictionary of Biography: Lachlan Macquarie His successor, Major-General Sir Thomas Brisbane, is advised of his appointment on 3 November, but does not arrive in Sydney until 7 November 1821.Dictionary of Australian Biography Sir Thomas Brisbane
Events
27 February – Samuel Marsden arrives on his third visit to New Zealand aboard HMS Dromedary. He unsuccessfully attempts to dissuade Thomas Kendall from his impending visit to England.Parsonson G. S. 1M16 Marsden, Samuel 1765–1838 5 April 2011 The Dromedary spends 5-month getting timber in Whangaroa Harbour.http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~teecee/1846table.htm Early European Visits to NZ 15 October 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20071109095657/http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~teecee/1846table.htm 9 November 2007 dead
2 March – Kendall, Hongi Hika, and Hongi's nephew Waikato from Rangihoua, sail for England in the whaler New Zealander 1808 ship 2. Kendall confers with Professor Samuel Lee at Cambridge on the publication of Grammar and Vocabulary of the New Zealand Language. The book is published at the end of the year. The well known painting of Kendall with the two chiefs is painted by James Barry. Hongi's main purpose in this trip is to obtain muskets, at which he is eventually successful.New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Thomas Kendall BiographyBinney Judith 1K9 Kendall, Thomas 1778?–1832 5 April 2011Ballara Angela 1H32 Hongi Hika 1772–1828 5 April 2011http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/H/HongiHika/HongiHika/en New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Hongi Hika Biography 15 October 2007 25 June 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080625041606/http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/H/HongiHika/HongiHika/en dead
3 May – A plough is used for the first time in New Zealand when John Gare Butler drives a team of six bullocks at Kerikeri.Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p.185.
14 July – Marsden's second visit to Tamaki Makaurau (Auckland), on HMS Coromandel. He climbs Maungarei / Mount Wellington and is the first European to sight Manukau Harbour. He may also have preached at or near Maraetai at this time. Marsden returns to the Bay of Islands via the Kaipara Harbour and is one of the first Europeans to see the harbour and the site of future Dargaville.Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p.169.
27 August – Captain R.A. Cruise of the 84th Regiment visits Tamaki Makaurau on the colonial schooner Prince Regent.
9 November – Marsden again visits Tamaki Makaurau, this time with Butler. They visit Tamaki River and cross the isthmus to Manukau Harbour and visit Onehunga and the Manukau Heads but cannot exit the harbour because of the bar at the entrance.Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 237.
12 November – Kendall is ordained as a priest by Bowyer Sparke, Bishop of Ely.
5 December – Marsden leaves at the end of his third visit.
Undated
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, a naval officer for the Russian Empire, visits the Marlborough Sounds for nine days in Mirnyi and Vostock. His ships may have been those seen by Te Rauparaha around this time.Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 242Oliver Steven 1T74 Te Rauparaha ?–1849 5 April 2011
Marsden is the first European to see Tauranga Harbour.http://ourcity.tauranga.govt.nz/heritage/timeline/ Tauranga History Timeline 15 October 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20060114050630/http://ourcity.tauranga.govt.nz/heritage/timeline/ 14 January 2006 dead
Waikato and Ngāti Maniapoto defeat Ngāti Toa in two battles near at Kāwhia Harbour. After a siege at the harbour Ngāti Toa agree to cede their land and move south. Te Wherowhero is one of the leaders of Waikato, Te Rauparaha and Te Pēhi Kupe lead Ngāti Toa.Oliver Steven 1T88 Te Wherowhero, Potatau ?–1860 5 April 2011Oliver Steven 1T55 Te Pehi Kupe ?–1828 5 April 2011
Births
11 March (in England): Walter Mantell, scientist and politician.Sorrenson Keith Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant 1820 – 1895 1M11 5 April 2011 Keith Sorrenson
25 June (in England): Jerningham Wakefield, politician and writerHall, D.O.W. WAKEFIELD, Edward Jerningham from An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock 1966 Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/1966/W/WakefieldEdwardJerningham/en
27 October (in Scotland): Donald McLean, politician.
Undated
(in India): Charles Borlase, politician.No Mean City by Stuart Perry (1969, Wellington City Council)
Charles Brown, politician.
Robert Graham, politician.
(in Scotland): William Hutchison, politician. Wilson Jim Jim Wilson (librarian) New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 4th First published in 1913 1985 V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer Wellington 154283103
(in Scotland): James Mckenzie, outlaw.Marr Cathy 1M30 Mackenzie, James 1820? – ? 5 April 2011
Loughlin O'Brien, politician.
Alfred Saunders, politician.
Approximate
(in England): Charles Heaphy, surveyor, VC.Fitzgerald Michael Heaphy, Charles 1820 – 1881 1H14 5 April 2011
(in England): Mary Ann Müller, suffragistDalziel Raewyn Müller, Mary Ann 1M59 5 April 2011 Raewyn Dalziel
Deaths
19 June (in England): Joseph Banks, naturalist on Cook's first voyage.O'Brian, P. 1987 Joseph Banks: A Life Collins Harvill 0-00-217350-6
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
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Category:Years of the 19th century in New Zealand