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Kōrero: Cultural go-betweens

Bishop Frederick Bennett

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Bishop Frederick Bennett

The first Anglican Māori bishop, Frederick Bennett of Te Arawa (centre), is seen here speaking at the tangi in 1950 of another great cultural go-between, Sir Apirana Ngata. A distinguished orator in both English and Māori, Bennett was consecrated Bishop of Aotearoa in 1928.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, New Zealand Free Lance Collection (PAColl-0785)

Reference: 1/2-127881-F

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.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Mark Derby, Cultural go-betweens – Missionaries, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/26795/bishop-frederick-bennett (accessed 26 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Mark Derby, i tāngia i te 22 March 2011.