At the John Kinder Theological Library, we hold a copy of Reverend Wiki Te Paa’s journal made available for students and researchers by Dr. Jenny Te Paa, granddaughter of Wiki Te Paa. The original is held in private hands. Our Kaiwhakamana, Colenso Eramiha, has been studying the passages in Te… Read More »Rev Wiki Te Paa Witnesses the Eruption of Mt. Tarawera
Here at the John Kinder Theological Library, our wonderful archives volunteer, Lea Tovey, is currently processing and sorting the personal papers of Sir Paul Reeves, Archbishop of New Zealand from 1980 to 1985 then Governor-General of New Zealand from 1985 to 1990 (ref. KIN 91). The scope of the collection… Read More »Notes from Queen Elizabeth II to Sir Paul Reeves
The Missionary Field in New Zealand has now faithful Labourers to cultivate it: and we may hope for the Divine Blessing. God has been very gracious to them all. The Mission has now been established about thirteen years; and no man, woman, or child, who were sent out to the… Read More »Early Church Missionary Society publications
The creation of the early Mission printing press was a significant moment For many Māori, learning to read was a powerful incentive in accepting the early missionaries’ religious message. As demand for printed material increased, the missionary-printer William Colenso was sent to New Zealand, arriving in 1834. The early mission… Read More »Early Mission Printing Press in New Zealand
Matthew and Mark were revised in 1843 In 1838, 5,000 copies were produced of this first edition of the New Testament, which was translated mainly by William Williams. The second edition of the complete New Testament in Maori, published in 1841, was printed in London with a print run of… Read More »1843 Revision of the New Zealand New Testament
Researchers are used to the bulk of the early records from the Church Missionary Society only being available on microfilm unless one is willing to travel to Birmingham, England. However, amongst the records of the General Synod are a few volumes that provide copies of correspondence from the London based… Read More »Early Records of the Church Missionary Society
The Kinder Library now holds the New Zealand Church Missionary Society archive When the New Zealand Church Missionary Association was formed in 1892, the constitution of the Association defined its aims and objectives as “… a society of members of the Church of the Province of New Zealand, based upon… Read More »The New Zealand Church Missionary Society Archive
Mangugu Mission Sation and its old documents Mangungu Mission Station was established in 1828 as the second Wesleyan Mission station in New Zealand, the first being destroyed in 1827. The existing house was built ca 1838 for the head of the Methodist Mission in New Zealand, the Rev. Nathaniel Turner.… Read More »Mangungu Mission Station
Recently accessioned in the Methodist Archive at the Library is this print of W.H.Y.Titcomb’s acclaimed work, Primitive Methodists. Titcomb, a figurative oil painter, was particularly known for his depictions of Cornish fisherfolk. His painting, the full title of which is Primitive Methodists at Prayer, was first displayed at the Dudley… Read More »PrimitIve Methodists, W.H.Y. Titcomb [MET 64/2/2]
In October 1842 Bishop Selwyn established an Anglican presence in Taranaki, by obtaining a Crown grant for the land on which the Taranaki Cathedral of St Mary’s church, the oldest stone church in New Zealand, now stands. Selwyn’s intention was to set up a Diocese of Taranaki with its own… Read More »Records of St Mary’s Church New Plymouth
