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Incumbents
Regal and Vice Regal
Events
- 22 January – Samuel 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.[1][2]
- January-February – Hongi Hika leads 2000 Ngā Puhi south to attack Matakitaki pa near Pirongia.[3]
- February-March – Ngāti Toa under Te Raparaha leave the Taranaki and move to the Horowhenua-Kapiti region.
- March[4] or May[5] – 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.[3][5][6] Te Wherowhero is one of the leaders of the defenders.[3]
- August – The Church Missionary Society decides to dismiss Thomas Kendall.[7] (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.[8] (see 1810)
- 27 December – The Snapper is the first deep-sea vessel to enter what will become the the port at Bluff.[9] (see also 1813)
Undated
- The Mission House is completed.[10]
- Ngāti Toa under senior chief Te Pehi Kupe capture Kapiti Island.[11][12]
References
- ^ Dictionary of New Zealand Biography: Samuel Leigh
- ^ New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Samuel Leigh Biography
- ^ a b c New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Hongi Hika Biography
- ^ A Manukau Timeline
- ^ a b Dictionary of New Zealand Biography: Te Wherowhero
- ^ Dictionary of New Zealand Biography: Hongi Hika
- ^ Dictionary of New Zealand Biography: Thomas Kendall
- ^ Dictionary of New Zealand Biography: James Caddell
- ^ Bluff History, The Port
- ^ Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p.185.
- ^ Dictionary of New Zealand Biography: Te Rauparaha
- ^ Dictionary of New Zealand Biography: Te Pehi Kupe
Births
- Edward Connolly, politician.
Deaths
See 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
