Kōrero: Germans

Johann Dierks

Johann Dierks

Some early German arrivals were ministers of religion sent out to convert Māori to the ways of Christ. Johann Dierks worked at the Lutheran mission at Waitōtara in Taranaki for 20 years until his death in 1898.

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Alexander Turnbull Library
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James N. Bade, 'Germans - Early settlements', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/541/johann-dierks (accessed 29 March 2024)

He kōrero nā James N. Bade, i tāngia i te 8 Feb 2005, updated 1 Mar 2015