Skip to main content

Story: Missions and missionaries

North Island mission stations, 1845

  • Church Missionary Society (Anglican)

  • Wesleyan Missionary Society (Methodist)

  • Catholic

By 1845 three major churches – Anglican, Wesleyan and Catholic – had mission stations in New Zealand. Click on this map to see the location of each church's missions.

Using this item

Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

This item has been provided for private study purposes (such as school projects, family and local history research) and any published reproduction (print or electronic) may infringe copyright law. It is the responsibility of the user of any material to obtain clearance from the copyright holder.

All images & media in this story

How to cite this page

Peter J. Lineham, Missions and missionaries – Methodist, Catholic and other missions, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/interactive/28009/north-island-mission-stations-1845 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Peter J. Lineham, published 23 March 2011.