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Mission stations to 1845

  • Catholic

  • Church Missionary Society (Anglican)

  • Wesleyan Missionary Society (Methodist)

This interactive map shows the locations of the main mission stations in the North Island by 1845 – those of the Catholic, Methodist and Anglican churches.

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Rory Sweetman, Catholic Church – First Catholic missionaries, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/interactive/29270/mission-stations-to-1845 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Rory Sweetman, published 26 April 2011.