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Wesley-Dale, 1824

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Wesley-Dale, 1824

Wesley-Dale was New Zealand’s first Wesleyan mission station, established at Kaeo in 1823. This watercolour was painted by Daniel Tyerman the year after the station was established, and shows the mission buildings dwarfed by the surrounding trees (probably kauri) and jagged hills.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: A-263-001

by Daniel Tyerman

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Claudia Orange, Northland places – Whangaroa and district, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/7710/wesley-dale-1824 (accessed 4 June 2026).

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