1832 in New Zealand

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

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 March 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.

Undated

 * The Weller brothers whaling station at Otakou is destroyed by fire before whaling operations have begun. It is soon rebuilt. (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.
 * 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.
 * 20 November William Gilbert Mair, soldier and judge
 * Unknown date
 * Frederic Jones, politician.
 * (in England): John Davies Ormond, politician.
 * Elizabeth Mary Palmer, New Zealand music and singing teacher, performer, composer, and entertainment promoter.
 * Arthur Seymour, politician, Superintendent of Marlborough.
 * Alexander Sligo, politician.
 * Thomas Thompson, politician.
 * Approximate
 * Te Kooti, Māori leader, religion founder and guerilla.

Deaths

 * 6 August: Thomas Kendall, Missionary and Pākehā Māori