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Biography: Williams, Henry

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Williams pedigree chart

This family chart explains how the members of the Williams family are related to one another.

The governor (1977) on NZonScreen

Watch a dramatisation of the events surrounding the signing of Te Tiriti ō Waitangi in 1840, and its aftermath, featuring Grant Tilley as Henry Williams. The governor was a landmark television series about the life of Sir George Grey, and was both ambitious and highly controversial at the time of its release.

Bibliography

Carleton, H. F. The life of Henry Williams. 2 vols. Auckland, 1874–77

Fisher, R. 'Henry Williams' leadership of the CMS mission to New Zealand'. New Zealand Journal of History 9, No 2 (1975): 142–153

Rogers, L. M. Te Wiremu. Christchurch, 1973

Williams, H. Te Wiremu – Henry Williams, early years in the north. Ed. C. Fitzgerald, Wellington, 2011

Williams, H. The early journals of Henry Williams, 1826–40. Ed. L. M. Rogers. Christchurch, 1961

Williams, M. Letters from the Bay of Islands: the story of Marianne Williams. Ed. C. Fitzgerald, Auckland, 2010

How to cite this page

Robin Fisher. 'Williams, Henry', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1990. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/129242/sources (accessed 25 June 2026).