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Correspondence between Prebendary Cash of Church Missionary Society and Lord Bledisloe re exoneration of Henry Williams' role in land purchases in New Zealand. Includes resolution of the CMS absolving Henry Williams of any wrongdoing. Associated materials: Church Missionary Society. Records 1799- 1884.University of Auckland Library. Microfilm 79- 286/356.

Scope and Contents This collection comprises 71 reels of microflim containing a selection of Church Missionary Society records which relate to the work of the Australian and New Zealand Missions from 1808-1884. The collection includes: committee and sub-committee minutes, 1799-1884 (both with indexes): mission books, 1820-1880; bishop's correspondence, 1830-1880; missionaries reports, 1836-1858 and New Zealand letters, 1822-1860.The records filmed were selected by Michael Hitchings with CMS...

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'Echoes of long ago (or the past)' is a description of the life of missionary families in the Hot Lakes District; the visit of Dr Hochstetter, 1859; the flight to Tauranga, 1863; and the assault on Gate Pa, 1864. A typescript transcription is held with the photocopied manuscript.

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The letters of the Rev. John A. Wilson, missionary at Opotiki, Tauranga, Auckland and Puriri, 1833-1865.

Scope and Contents The petition was instigated by Maori chiefs in the Bay of Islands after the arrival of the a French naval vessel 'La Favorite' on 3 October 1831, as they feared retribution by the French for the murder of Marion du Fresne and his crew in 1772. They acknowledged the special trade and missionary contacts with Britain, and requested that the King become a 'friend and the guardian of these islands', defending them from foreign threat, from the 'teazing of the other tribes', and from the...

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Typescript of a journal of a voyage from Port Jackson to New Zealand in the year 1814. Associated material: A-191.