Biography: Williams, Henry

CMS mission house at Paihia, known affectionately as the 'Williams Hotel'

Two buildings set among trees with a lawn and path in front.

Henry Williams painted this watercolour of the house at Paihia in which he and his wife Marianne Williams lived from 1830.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: A-048-007

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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/photograph/2145/cms-mission-house-at-paihia-known-affectionately-as-the-williams-hotel (accessed 4 June 2026).