1821 in New Zealand

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1821
in
New Zealand

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

Events

  • 12 July – 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 – Grass is sown for the first time in New Zealand, on land cleared from fern at Kerikeri.
  • 5 September – Hongi Hika and 2000 Ngā Puhi, armed with 1000 muskets, lay siege to Mauinaina at Tamaki. The pā is taken and the inhabitants massacred.
  • September
Undated

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