Story: Volcanic Plateau places

Old mission house, Te Ngae

Old mission house, Te Ngae

Missionary Thomas Chapman and his wife Ann were based at Te Ngae from 1840 to 1851, when they left for Maketū, on the Bay of Plenty coast. The dwelling was no longer a mission house when John Kinder made this drawing of it in 1858.

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: A-113-031
Indigo ink and wash by John Kinder

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Malcolm McKinnon, 'Volcanic Plateau places - Around Rotorua city', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/artwork/15032/old-mission-house-te-ngae (accessed 5 May 2024)

Story by Malcolm McKinnon, updated 25 May 2015