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Haurongo: 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.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: A-048-007

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Robin Fisher. 'Williams, Henry', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1990. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/2145/cms-mission-house-at-paihia-known-affectionately-as-the-williams-hotel (accessed 4 June 2026).