Original papers, 1880-1914
- Component identifier:
- File G4 N/O
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Correspondence and other papers received from New Zealand by the Group Committee, 1880-1914. The chief correspondent was Archdeacon W.L. Williams (Gisborne), the Secretary of the New Zealand Mission Board, 1882-1895 and Reverend A.F. Williams (Napier). Other correspondents include Bishop E.C. Stuart (Napier), Bishop W.G. Cowie (Auckland), Bishop O. Hadfield (Wellington), Bishop A.B. Suter (Nelson), Reverend R. Burrows (Auckland), Reverend J. Matthews (Kaitaia), Reverend G. Maunsell (Tauranga), Reverend B. Ashwell (Auckland), Reverend J. McWilliam (Otaki), Reverend S.M. Spencer (Rotorua), Archdeacon E. Clarke (Waimate), Reverend J.S. Hill (Napier), Reverend W. Goodyear (Tauranga), Reverend T.S. Grace (Wanganui), Reverend F. Baker (Auckland), Bishop M.R. Neligan (Auckland), Bishop F. Wallis (Wellington), A.H. Turnbull (Wellington), and Bishop W.L. Williams (Napier). Several of the old missionaries died during these years, including R. Burrows (1897), S.M. Spencer (1898), Hadfield (1904), Clarke (1900), Maunsell (1909), McWilliam (1907) and Goodyear (1914).
The correspondence deals with the activities of the Church Missionary Society missionaries, the travels of bishops and their visits to Maori settlements, the distribution and control of missionaries, a report on the Maori population in the Diocese of Dunedin, the Society's properties in New Zealand, the establishment of the New Zealand Mission Board in 1882 and its work, the training of Maori clergy, grants to schools and parishes and their cessation in 1903, financial appeals, Te Rau College (Gisborne), the retirement and deaths of missionaries, the appointment of W.L. Williams as Bishop of Waiapu in 1894 and the appointment of A.F. Williams as Secretary of the Mission Board in 1895. The number of letters diminishes after 1902. In addition to correspondence, there are minutes, resolutions and statistical returns of the Mission Board and reports of general and diocesan synods. There are also extracts from printed reports of the Maori Mission, the New Zealand Church Missionary Gleaner.
- Processing information:
- M1826-M1827
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Parkes PlaceCanberra ACT 2600, Australia
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