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Mission stations to 1845, northern New Zealand

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Mission stations to 1845, northern New Zealand

During the 1830s missionary influence grew among Māori. This map shows the location of Church Missionary Society (Anglican) stations, along with those of the Wesleyans (Methodists) and Catholics.

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Source: Judith Binney, Judith Bassett, and Erik Olssen, The people and the land. Wellington: Allen & Unwin, 1990, p. 23

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Jock Phillips, History of immigration – A growing settlement: 1825 to 1839, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/map/1557/mission-stations-to-1845-northern-new-zealand (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Jock Phillips, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 August 2015.