Story: Māori education – mātauranga

This printing press belonged to the Anglican missionary William Colenso. He set up a printing press at Paihia, in the Bay of Islands, in 1834, but until this Columbian printing press arrived in 1842 he found it difficult to prepare material quickly and in large quantities. The printing of early material used for teaching was religious in nature. Passages of the Bible were used to teach Māori how to read.