Story: Catholic Church

More links and websites

• Catholic Church in New Zealand

  The official website of the New Zealand Catholic Church.

• Catholic Diocese of Christchurch

  The website of the Catholic Diocese of Christchurch.

• Catholic Women’s League Aotearoa New Zealand

  The website of the organisation for Catholic women.

• The Hibernians

  The website of the Hibernian Catholic Benefit Society.

• Marist Seminary Auckland

  The training centre for Marist priests.

• Pompallier Hokianga

  The Pompallier Hokianga Trust preserves and promotes the memory of Jean Baptiste François Pompallier, the first Catholic Bishop of New Zealand.

• Pompallier Mission and Printery

  This page on the Heritage New Zealand website gives a history of Pompallier House in Russell, the oldest surviving Catholic building in New Zealand.

More suggestions and sources

• King, Michael. God’s farthest outpost: a history of Catholics in new New Zealand. Auckland: Penguin , 1997.

• Reid, Nicholas. James Michael Liston: a life. Wellington: Victoria University Press, 2006.

• Reid, Nicholas. The bishop’s paper: a history of the Catholic press of the Diocese of Auckland. Orewa: Catholic Publications Centre, 2000.

• Sweetman, Rory. 'A fair and just solution'?: a history of the integration of private schools in New Zealand. Palmerston North: Dunmore Press, 2002.

• Sweetman, Rory. Bishop in the dock: the sedition trial of James Liston. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 1997.