Story: Missions and missionaries

North Island mission stations, 1845

By 1845 three major churches – Anglican, Wesleyan and Catholic – had mission stations in New Zealand. Click on this map to see the location of each church's missions.

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Source: Judith Binney, Judith Bassett, and Erik Olssen, The people and the land. Wellington: Allen & Unwin, 1990, p. 23

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Peter J. Lineham, 'Missions and missionaries - Methodist, Catholic and other missions', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/interactive/28009/north-island-mission-stations-1845 (accessed 3 May 2024)

Story by Peter J. Lineham, published 5 May 2011, reviewed & revised 8 Aug 2018