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Story: Māori–Pākehā relations

Mission station, Paihia

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Mission station, Paihia

This is the Church Missionary Society's mission station at Paihia, Bay of Islands, in the 1830s. The buildings are a mixture of Māori and European architecture, and two Māori canoes lie on the beach.

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Auckland Council Libraries − Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero o Tāmaki Makaurau, Sir George Grey Special Collections

Reference: 4-1273

by James D. Richardson

Permission of Auckland City Libraries Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Mark Derby, Māori–Pākehā relations – Missions and Māori, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/28554/mission-station-paihia (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Mark Derby, published 22 March 2011.