Kōrero: Diverse religions

Māori baptism, 1852

Māori baptism, 1852

This 1853 painting depicts the baptism of the leading Te Āti Awa chief Te Puni-kōkupu by the Reverend Octavius Hadfield, an Anglican missionary. The old chief lived beside Wellington Harbour at Petone, where he was baptised in 1852. However, the ceremony is shown here in the more impressive surroundings of Rangiātea, Hadfield's church at Ōtaki. Standing behind the minister are Governor George Grey and his wife Eliza. Grey commissioned this painting, perhaps to record the assimilation of Māori into European settler society.

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National Library of Australia
Reference: nla.pic-an2273028
Oil on canvas by Charles Decimus Barraud

Permission of the National Library of Australia must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Paul Morris, 'Diverse religions - Religious diversity in New Zealand', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/artwork/32239/maori-baptism-1852 (accessed 29 March 2024)

He kōrero nā Paul Morris, i tāngia i te 5 May 2011, reviewed & revised 12 Jul 2018