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1832 in New Zealand
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1832
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 Marchhttp://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/B/BusbyJames/BusbyJames/en New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Busby Biography 9 October 2007 12 January 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080112022218/http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/B/BusbyJames/BusbyJames/en dead 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.SuperSport: New Zealand Cricket Team
Undated
The Weller brothers whaling station at Otakou is destroyed by fire before whaling operations have begun. It is soon rebuilt.Weller family Tree: Joseph Brooks (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.http://ourcity.tauranga.govt.nz/heritage/timeline/ Tauranga History Timeline 9 October 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20060114050630/http://ourcity.tauranga.govt.nz/heritage/timeline/ 14 January 2006 dead
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.V. A. Edgeloe Fergusson, Sir James (1832 - 1907) Australian Dictionary of Biography, Online Edition 2006 Australian National University https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/fergusson-sir-james-3512
20 November William Gilbert Mair, soldier and judge
Unknown date
Frederic Jones, politician.
(in England): John Davies Ormond, politician.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 http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/1966/O/OrmondHonJohnDavies/en
Elizabeth Mary Palmer, New Zealand music and singing teacher, performer, composer, and entertainment promoter.Elizabeth Mary Palmer Adrienne Simpson 2p2 23 April 2017
Arthur Seymour, politician, Superintendent of Marlborough. Wilson Jim Jim Wilson (librarian) New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 4th First published in 1913 1985 V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer Wellington 154283103
Alexander Sligo, politician.
Thomas Thompson, politician.
Approximate
Te Kooti, Māori leader, religion founder and guerilla.Binney, Judith - Redemption songs: a life of Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Turuki, Auckland University Press, Auckland, 1995. 1-86940-131-X, 978-1-86940-131-3. p 16
Deaths
6 August: Thomas Kendall, Missionary and Pākehā Māorihttp://www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb/default.asp?Find_Quick.asp?PersonEssay=1K9 Binney, Judith. Kendall, Thomas 1778? - 1832 Dictionary of New Zealand Biography 22 June 2007
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
External links
1832 in yes
Category:1830s in New Zealand
Category:1832 by country
Category:1832 in Oceania
Category:1832 in the British Empire
Category:Years of the 19th century in New Zealand