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Mission station, Paihia

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Mission station, Paihia

In 1823 the Church Missionary Society established a mission station at Paihia, and Reverend Henry Williams and his family took up residence. In March 1827 Louis Auguste de Sainson visited with a French expedition led by Jules Sébastien César Dumont d’Urville, and this image records his impressions.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: B-052-019

by Louis Auguste de Sainson

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Claudia Orange, Northland places – Paihia and Waitangi, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/7795/mission-station-paihia (accessed 11 June 2026).

Story by Claudia Orange, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 May 2015.