1832 in New Zealand

Decades:	1810s; 1820s; 1830s; 1840s; 1850s;
See also:	History of New Zealand; List of years in New Zealand; Timeline of New Zealand history;

The following lists events that happened during 1832 in New Zealand.

Incumbents

British Resident in New Zealand – James Busby is appointed in March^[1] but does not arrive in New Zealand until 10 May 1833.

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.^[2]

The Weller brothers whaling station at Otakou is destroyed by fire before whaling operations have begun. It is soon rebuilt.^[3] (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.^[4]
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.

14 March (in Scotland): Sir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet, 6th Governor of New Zealand.^[5]
20 November William Gilbert Mair, soldier and judge

Frederic Jones, politician.^[6]
(in England): John Davies Ormond, politician.^[7]
Elizabeth Mary Palmer, New Zealand music and singing teacher, performer, composer, and entertainment promoter.^[8]
Arthur Seymour, politician, Superintendent of Marlborough.^[6]
Alexander Sligo, politician.^[6]
Thomas Thompson, politician.^[6]

^ New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: Busby Biography
^ SuperSport: New Zealand Cricket Team
^ Weller family Tree: Joseph Brooks
^ "Tauranga History Timeline". Archived from the original on 14 January 2006. Retrieved 9 October 2007.
^ V. A. Edgeloe (2006). "Fergusson, Sir James (1832 - 1907)". Australian Dictionary of Biography, Online Edition. Australian National University.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
^ Foster, B.J. (1966). "ORMOND, Hon. John Davies". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock. Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand.
^ Simpson, Adrienne. "Elizabeth Mary Palmer". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
^ Binney, Judith - Redemption songs: a life of Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Turuki, Auckland University Press, Auckland, 1995. ISBN 1-86940-131-X, ISBN 978-1-86940-131-3. p 16
^ Binney, Judith. (22 June 2007). "Kendall, Thomas 1778? - 1832". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography.

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