Guide to the Records of the Church Missionary Society (as filmed by the AJCP)

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M173-M243, M1825-1827

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Collection Summary

Creator: Church Missionary Society
Title: Records of the Church Missionary Society (as filmed by the AJCP)
Date Range: 1799 - 1914
Collection Number: M173-M243, M1825-1827
Extent: 384 items
Language of Materials: English
Repository: Australian Joint Copying Project
Sponsor: The Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP) online portal was created with the assistance of the Australian Public Service Modernisation Fund, 2017-2020. The National Library of Australia gratefully acknowledges the contribution of the other foundation AJCP partners, the State Library of New South Wales and The National Archives of the UK, and all other organisations which supported the work of the AJCP, the world's most extensive collaborative copying project, operating from 1948 to 1997.

Introduction

Scope and Contents

Committee and sub-committee meeting minutes 1799-1884. The minutes contain extracts from and summaries of reports, letters and decisions reached. The correspondence includes letters from aspiring missionaries and letters addressing missionary activity. The minutes include lists of expenses, supplies to be forwarded to the mission stations, bequests and donations.

Sub-committee minutes 1799-1818 for Accounts, Correspondence, Funds and Special Committees.

Letterbooks of correspondence from Society officials to missionaries in New Zealand, 1852-1883.

Mission Books 1820-1880 containing copies of incoming correspondence. Also includes annual reports, journals and details of dealing with colonial officials.

Minutes of the Sydney Corresponding Committee, 1821-1841. The minutes include letters and reports especially relating to the Wellington Valley Mission.

Bishops' Correspondence 1830-1880 mainly to Church Missionary Society but also to Colonial officials.

Correspondence of the Sydney Correspondence Committee, 1820-1852. The correspondence is mainly to and from the New Holland Mission and missionaries in New Zealand.

Missionaries joint reports, 1836-1858. Reports of the New Zealand mission stations as well as correspondence.

New Zealand station estimates and accounts, statistics, medical certificates, documents and correspondence, 1821-1880.

Papers and letters of missionaries, agents and layworkers at the various missionary stations.

Home letter books with correspondence both outbound and inbound, 1808-1875.

Indexes to Society minutes, 1799-1900.

Correspondence and precis books, 1879-1914, concerning grants to missionaries in New Zealand.

Conditions Governing Access

Available for access.

Conditions Governing Use

Many of the records digitised as part of the AJCP are still in copyright. Readers wishing to publish or reproduce documents should seek permission, in the first instance, from the owner of the original material.

Preferred Citation

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example:M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February-23 September 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-987654321)

Archival History

Filmed at the Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project, 1960, 1983. (AJCP reel M173-243, M1825-27). Original microfilm digitised as part of the NLA AJCP Online Delivery Project, 2017-2020.

This collection was originally held by the Church Missionary Society, Waterloo Road, London.

Existence and Location of Originals

Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, England.

Colletion Reference: CMS. For further information see Church Missionary Society at the University of Birmingham Library. [https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/cadbury/archives/index.aspx]

Existence and Location of Copies

The original AJCP microfilm of the records filmed from this collection is available at the National Library of Australia [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn8052125] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.

Finding Aid Note

This finding aid is a revised online version of the original finding aid prepared by the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP), published by the National Library of Australia in 2019. The original AJCP finding aids were unpublished typescripts or photocopies available from libraries that held copies of the original microfilm.

Dates used in this finding aid refer to the date range of the records selected for filming rather than to the date range of the Series or Files.

Pieces that were not filmed by the Australian Joint Copying Project have not been included in this Finding Aid.

Advisory Statement

Australian Aboriginal, Maori and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that this Finding Aid contains material and descriptive information which may be considered culturally sensitive and may cause distress. This Finding Aid contains terms that reflect authors' views or those of the historical period, but which may not be considered appropriate today. While the information may not reflect current understanding, it is provided in an historical context.

Subjects

Anglican Church; Australia; Bay of Islands, New Zealand; Broughton, William G., Bishop; Church Missionary Society; Clarke, E.; Clarke, George, Rev.; Colenso, William H., Rev.; Cowie, W.G., Bishop; Cowper, William, Rev.; Education; Goodyear, W.; Great Britain; Hadfield, Octavius, Bishop; Hall, William; Hill, Richard, Rev.; Kempthorne, S.; King, John; Land: New Zealand; Marsden, Samuel, Rev.; Maunsell, Robert, Rev.; McWilliam, J.; Missions and missionaries: Australia; Missions and missionaries: Maori; Missions and missionaries: New Zealand; New Zealand; Norfolk Island; Parramatta, New South Wales; Selwyn, George A., Bishop; Stuart, E.C., Bishop; Vidal, R., Rev.; Williams, A.F.; Williams, Henry, Archdeacon; Williams, John, Rev.; Williams, W.L., Bishop

Bibliography

Originally cited in Australian Joint Copying Project Handbook. Part 8: Miscellaneous (M) Series. Third Edition, published 1998. Entry 100, pp. 35-36. [http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-397322928]

Biographical / Historical

The Church Missionary Society was formed at a meeting in London on 12 April 1899 attended by 16 clergymen and nine laymen. Its original name was 'the Society for Missions to Africa and the East'. The founders belonged to the Evangelical wing of the Anglican Church and included several members of the Clapham Sect, such as William Wilberforce, John Venn, Henry Thornton, Charles Simeon, James Stephen, Charles Grant and Zacharay Macaulay. The Society received contributions from a large number of supporters and was able to send lay and clerical missionaries to many countries and regions: West Africa (1804), New Zealand (1809), India (1814), Ceylon (1818), Constantinople (1819), North-West America (1822), Egypt (1826), West Indies (1826), New South Wales (1830), Smyrna (1830), South Africa (1837) and China (1844).

The Reverend Samuel Marsden, who had emigrated to Sydney in 1794, visited London in 1808 and urged the Church Missionary Society to establish a mission to the Maoris. Three missionaries were appointed in 1809: a carpenter (William Hall), a shoemaker (John King) and a farmer (Thomas Kendall). They had a long wait in Sydney, but in 1814, accompanied by Marsden, they finally arrived in New Zealand. The first ordained missionary, John Butler, arrived in 1819. The early missionaries were based at the Bay of Islands, at Rangihoua, Tepuna and Kerikeri. Their mission was ineffective and divided and they were dependent on Maoris for food and protection. Marsden, who visited New Zealand seven times, provided some leadership, but the situation only began to improve with the arrival of the Reverend Henry Williams in 1823. He settled in Paihia, which became the main centre of the New Zealand Mission for the next decade. In 1830 a station was founded nearby at Waimate, with a farm and model village attached, and it made the missionaries less dependent on the Maori for food and trade.

In the early years the Maoris showed little interest in Christianity and by 1830 there had only been two baptisms. The situation changed dramatically in the 1830s and 1840s and by 1845 it was estimated that 43,000 Maoris were attending Church Missioanry Society services (double the number attending Wesleyan and Catholic services). Moving southwards from the Bay of Islands, a network of mission stations were established: Puriri (1833), Mangapouri (1835), Tauranga (1835), Rotorua (1835), Waikato Heads (1839), Otaki (1839), Poverty Bay (1840), Wanganui (1840) and Taupiri (1843). In 1842 the first missionary arrived at Nelson in the South Island. Some of the missionaries who arrived from England in this period stayed in New Zealand for forty years or more, including Henry Williams, his brother William Williams, Alfred Brown, William Puckey, Richard Taylor, Octavius Hadfield, Robert Maunsell and Robert Burrows. They translated the Bible and other works into Maori and played an influential role in mediating between the Maori and the growing number of European settlers.

After 1840 there were increasing tensions between the missionaries and the Maori, public officials, the New Zealand Company and the first Bishop of New Zealand, G.A. Selwyn. They were antagonistic to many aspects of colonisation, especially the appropriation of Maori lands. Some missionaries, with families to consider, had themselves made large land purchases and were censured by Selwyn, Sir George Grey and others. The dispute eventually led to some missionaries severing their connections with the Church Missionary Society. In 1842-1843 Selwyn made Brown and William Williams archdeacons, but as a High Churchman and an admirer of the Oxford Movement he was distrusted by many of the evangelical missionaries. In the 1850s settler pressure for the acquisition of Maori land increased and while some missionaries were critical of government policies, they were unsure how to respond to Maori nationalism. In the land wars many mission stations were abandoned or destroyed. The Church Missionary Society retained some strength in the northern and south-western districts, but never recovered in the central districts. The last two Church Missionary Society missionaries were sent out from England in 1878.

The first Maori deacon (Rota Waitoa) was ordained in 1855 and by 1900 there were 69 ordained Maori. In 1884 the Church Missionary Society largely withdrew from New Zealand and responsibility for missions to the Maori passed to a local Mission Board. Church Missionary Society grants to New Zealand ceased in 1903, but the Society continued to pay the stipends of its remaining missionaries until the death of W. Goodyear, the last missionary, in 1914.

The involvement of the Church Missionary Society in Australia was short-lived. In 1821 Marsden set up a Church Missionary Society Corresponding Committee and in 1825 he formed a Church Missionary Society Auxiliary in Sydney, with the task of promoting the work of the Society among the Australian Aborigines. In 1830 the Church Missionary Society resolved to send two missionaries, Johann Handt and William Watson, to New South Wales. They arrived in 1832 and were granted 10,000 acres at Wellington Valley, west of Bathurst. For some time, attendances at the church and school were good, many Aboriginal children acquired some literacy and numeracy skills, and a few children were baptised. However, there is no record of any adult conversions. Handt and Watson quarrelled continuously and in 1837 Handt moved to Moreton Bay. His successor, James Gunther, also had poor relations with Watson, as did William Porter, who was in charge of the mission's farm. The mission was abandoned in 1842.

Reference: Robert Glen, ed. Mission and moko: aspects of the work of the Church Missionary Society in New Zealand 1814-1882, Christchurch, 1992.

Secretaries of the Church Missionary Society

Reverend Thomas Scott (1799-1802)
Reverend Josiah Pratt (1802-1824)
Reverend Edward Bickersteth (1824-1830)
Danderson Coates (Lay Secretary) (1830-1845)
Reverend William Jowett (1830-1841)
Reverend Henry Venn (1841-1872)
Reverend Henry Wright (1872-1880)
Reverend Frederic Wingram (1881-1895)
Reverend Henry Fox (1895-1910)

Item Descriptions

Series CSM/G/C 1. Principle Minute Book Series, April 1799 - November 1884

49 items

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP reels M173-M198.

Biographical / Historical

The first two volumes contain minutes of the General Committee of the Church Missionary Society, chaired by the Reverend John Venn. From volume 3 onwards, the minutes of all committees, and also some sub-committees, appear in a single chronological sequence. The long-standing committees were the General Committee, Special Committee, Correspondence Committee and Accounts Committee (which eventually became the Finance Committee). Other committees included the Visitors Committee, Patronage Committee and House Committee.

The minutes are extremely detailed and often included copies or extracts from letters. The early volumes contained lengthy name indexes, but they came to an end in 1854.

Volume 1, April 1799 - May 1813 (File)

Volume 2, May 1813 - March 1817 (File)

Volume 3, March 1817 - May 1819 (File)

Volume 4, May 1819 - August 1820 (File)

Volume 5, September 1820 - January 1822 (File)

Volume 6, June 1822 - April 1824 (File)

Volume 7, April 1824 - August 1825 (File)

Volume 8, August 1825 - January 1827 (File)

Volume 9, January 1827 - July 1828 (File)

Volume 10, July 1828 - July 1830 (File)

Volume 11, January 1829 - July 1831 (File)

Volume 12, July 1831 - April 1833 (File)

Volume 13, April 1833 - November 1834 (File)

Volume 14, November 1834 - January 1836 (File)

Volume 15, January 1836 - March 1837 (File)

Volume 16, March 1837 - May 1838 (File)

Volume 17, May 1838 - May 1839 (File)

Volume 18, May 1839 - June 1840 (File)

Volume 19, June 1840 - April 1841 (File)

Volume 20, April 1841 - April 1842 (File)

Volume 21, April 1842 - April 1843 (File)

Volume 22, May 1843 - April 1844 (File)

Volume 23, May 1844 - April 1845 (File)

Volume 24, May 1845 - May 1846 (File)

Volume 25, May 1846 - April 1847 (File)

Volume 26, May 1847 - March 1849 (File)

Volume 27, March 1849 - November 1850 (File)

Volume 28, November 1850 - June 1852 (File)

Volume 29, June 1852 - December 1853 (File)

Volume 30, January 1854 - September 1855 (File)

Volume 31, September 1855 - June 1857 (File)

Volume 32, July 1857 - February 1859 (File)

Volume 33, March 1859 - October 1860 (File)

Volume 34, November 1860 - August 1862 (File)

Volume 35, August 1862 - April 1864 (File)

Volume 36, May 1864 - April 1866 (File)

Volume 37, May 1866 - March 1868 (File)

Volume 38, April 1868 - March 1870 (File)

Volume 39, March 1870 - February 1872 (File)

Volume 40, February 1872 - November 1873 (File)

Volume 41, November 1873 - June 1875 (File)

Volume 42, June 1875 - July 1876 (File 42)

Volume 43, July 1876 - December 1877 (File)

Volume 44, December 1877 - February 1879 (File)

Volume 45, February 1879 - May 1880 (File)

Volume 46, May 1880 - June 1881 (File)

Volume 47, June 1881 - July 1882 (File)

Volume 48, July 1882 - September 1883 (File)

Volume 49, September 1883 - November 1884 (File)

Series MC (S). Committee minutes, 1799 - 1818

Minutes of the Correspondence Committee (1799-1818), Special Committee (1801-18), Accounts Committee (1808-1818) and Funds Committee (1812-1815), in a single chronological sequence. After 1818 the minutes of committees appear in the minute books of the General Committee.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP reel M199.

Series CN/E. New Zealand Mission: early correspondence, 1809 - 1821

Correspondence includes:

William Hall (Rio de Janeiro) to Thomas Smith, 28 October 1809: tedious voyage. (copy)

William Hall and John King (Parramatta) to Secretary, 25 April 1810: arrival in Sydney; report by S. Pattinson of Boyd disaster; await more favourable report before going to New Zealand.

John King (Parramatta) to Secretary, 25 April 1810: arrival in Sydney; the Boyd massacre, led by their proposed protector; requests tools.

William Hall and John King (Parramatta) to Secretary, 2 November 1811: complaint that Reverend S. Marsden is using them to do his private work rather than pushing forward with New Zealand mission.

Reverend J Williams (Bay of Islands) to Stokes, 22 November. 1821: visit to New Zealand; assistance to T. Kendall with translation of Catechism; commencement of School; W. Hall and J. Butler; visit of Maori chiefs to England. (extract)

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP reel M199.

Series CN/I. Individual letterbooks, 1852 - 1883

2 items

Filmed selectively.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP reel M199.

Letterbook containing copies of letters from the secretaries of the Society to missionaries and clergy in New Zealand, 1852 - 1858 (File 1)

The recipients include B. Ashwell, C. Baker, R. Barker, J. Booth, A.N. Brown, R. Burrows, T, Chapman, W. Colenso, T.G. Grace, O. Hadfield, H. Ireland, J. King, G.A. Kissling, T. Lanfear, R. Maunsell, J. Morgan, W.G. Puckey, J. Stack, R. Taylor, J. Telford, R. Vidal, S. Williams and J.A. Wilson. Part of the volume is in very poor condition. (388pp)

Letterbook containing copies of letters from the secretaries of the Society to missionaries and clergy in New Zealand, 1858 - 1883 (File 2)

The recipients include B. Ashwell, C. Baker, J. Booth, A.N. Brown, T. Chapman, E.B. Clarke, R. Davis, T.G. Grace, O. Hadfield, J. Hamlin, G.A. Kissling, J. Matthews, W. Ronaldson, S.M. Spencer, R. Taylor, C.S. Volkner and W.L. Williams. (230pp)

Series CN/M. Mission books, 1819 - 1880

28 items

The mission books are fair copies of in-letters and associated documents made in London for the convenience of the Church Missionary Society's secretaries and committees. They include not only letters from missionaries, bishops and agents to the secretaries, but also copies of attached correspondence between missionaries, clergy, governors and public officials in New Zealand and Australia. There are also minutes of meetings of the Corresponding Committee in Sydney and meetings of missionaries, district committees and other bodies in New Zealand. Within these minutes there are often reports of individual missionaries. The mission books also contain copies of many journals kept by missionaries, but after 1848 they were no longer transcribed.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP reels M200-M211.

Volume 1, 1819 - 1821 (File)

Correspondents include Reverend John G. Butler (Kerikeri), Robert Campbell (Sydney), William Carlisle (Sydney), Reverend Robert Cartwright (Sydney), John Cowell (Sydney), Francis Hall (Bay of Islands), William Hill (Rangihoua), Captain F. Irvine (Sydney), James Kemp (Kerikeri), Thomas Kendall (Rangihoua), John King (Rangihoua), Reverend Samuel Marsden (Parramatta, Bay of Islands) and John Wylde (Sydney). There are also journals of J. Butler (1820), S. Marsden (1819, 1820) and W. Hill (1819).

Volume 2, 1821 - 1824 (File)

Correspondents include Reverend J.G. Butler (Kerikeri), Reverend R. Cartwright (Sydney), George Clarke (Sydney), John Cowell (Sydney), Reverend William Cowper (Sydney), Francis Hall (Kerikeri), William Hall (Rangihoua), Reverend Richard Hill (Sydney), Captain F. Irvine (Sydney), J. Kemp (Kerikeri), T. Kendall (Rangihoua), J. King (Rangihoua), Reverend Samuel Leigh (Whangaroa), Reverend S. Marsden (Parramatta) and Reverend Henry Williams (Paihia). There are journals of Reverend J. Butler (1821-1823), G. Clarke (1822), F. Hall (1821-1822), J. King (1822) and Reverend S. Marsden (1823).

Volume 3, 1823 - 1825 (File)

Correspondents include Reverend J.G. Butler (Sydney), G. Clarke (Kerikeri), Charles Davis (Paihia), Richard Davis (Bay of Islands), W. Hall (Rangihoua), Reverend R. Hill (Sydney), J. Kemp (Kerikeri), T. Kendall (Matauwhi), J. King (Rangihoua), Reverend S. Leigh (Whangaroa), Reverend S. Marsden (Parramatta), James Shepherd (Bay of Islands), W. White (Whangaroa) and Reverend H. Williams (Paihia). There are journals of C. Davis (1823-1825), R. Davis (1824), J. Kemp (1823-1825), J. King (1824) and Reverend S. Marsden (1823).

Volume 4, 1824 - 1828 (File)

Correspondents include G. Clarke (Kerikeri), C. Davis (Paihia), R. Davis (Paihia), W. Hall (Rangihoua), James Hamlin (Sydney, Bay of Islands), J. Kemp (Kerikeri), T. Kendall (Matauwhi), J. King (Rangihoua), Reverend S. Marsden (Parramatta), J. Shepherd (Kerikeri), Reverend H. Williams (Paihia), Reverend William Williams (Paihia) and Reverend William Yate (Hobart, Sydney). There are journals of G. Clarke (1825-1827), C. Davis (1825-1827), J. Hamlin (1826-1827), J. Kemp (1825-1827), Reverend H. Williams (1826-1828) and Reverend W. Williams (1825-1827).

Volume 5, 1827 - 1830 (File)

Correspondents include C. Baker (Bay of Islands), Reverend Alfred N. Brown (Pahia), Robert Campbell (Sydney), G. Clarke (Kerikeri), Reverend William Cowper (Sydney), R. Davis (Pahia), William Fairburn (Bay of Islands), J. Hamlin (Bay of Islands), Reverend R. Hill (Sydney), J. Kemp (Kerikeri), T. Kendall (Sydney), J. King (Rangihoua), Reverend S. Marsden (Parramatta), J. Shepherd (Rangihoua), Archdeacon Thomas H. Scott (Sydney), Reverend H. Williams (Paihia), Reverend W. Williams (Paihia) and Reverend W. Yate (Kerikeri). There are journals of C. Baker (1828-1829), G. Clarke (1827-1829), R. Davis (1827-1829), J. Hamlin (1827-1830), Reverend S. Marsden (1830), Reverend H. Williams (1828-1829), Reverend W. Williams (1827-1830) and Reverend W. Yate (1828-1830).

Volume 6, 1830 - 1833 (File)

Correspondents include C. Baker (Bay of Islands), Archdeacon William G. Broughton (Sydney), Reverend A.N. Brown (Paihia),Thomas Chapman (Kerikeri), G. Clarke (Waimate), R. Davis (Paihia, Waimate), W. Fairburn (Bay of Islands), J. Hamlin (Kerikeri), Reverend Johann C.S. Handt (Sydney), Reverend R. Hill (Sydney), J. Kemp (Kerikeri), J. King (Rangihoua), Reverend S. Marsden (Parramatta), James Preece (Waimate), J. Shepherd (Rangihoua), Reverend H. Williams (Paihia), Reverend W. Williams (Paihia) and Reverend W. Yate (Kerikeri, Sydney). There are journals of C. Baker (1831), Reverend A.N. Brown (1831-1833), Reverend J.C.S. Handt (1832), Reverend H. Williams (1830-1832), Reverend W. Williams (1830-1833) and Reverend W. Yate (1830-1832).

Volume 7, 1833 - 1834 (File)

Correspondents include C. Baker (Paihia), Reverend A.N. Brown (Paihia),T. Chapman (Paihia), G. Clarke (Waimate), Reverend W. Cowper (Sydney), R. Davis (Waimate), W.T. Fairburn (Bay of Islands), Reverend J.C.S. Handt (Wellington Valley, NSW), Reverend R. Hill (Sydney), J. Kemp (Kerikeri), J. King (Te Puna), Reverend S. Marsden (Parramatta), Joseph Matthews (Waimate), John Morgan (Paihia), J. Preece (Hauraki), William G. Puckey (Waimate),J. Shepherd (Rangihoua), William Watson (Wellington Valley, NSW), Reverend H. Williams (Paihia), Reverend W. Williams (Paihia), John A. Wilson (Paihia, Te Puna) and Reverend W. Yate (Sydney, Waimate). There are journals of C. Baker (1832-1833), Reverend A.N. Brown (1833-1834), G. Clarke (1834), R. Davis (1833-1834), W. Fairburn (1833), J. Hamlin (1834), Reverend J.C.S. Handt (1832-1833), J. King (1832-1834), Reverend J. Watson (1832-1833), Reverend H. Williams (1832-1833), Reverend W. Williams (1832-1833), J.A. Wilson (1833) and Reverend W. Yate (1833-1834).

Volume 8, 1834 - 1835 (File)

Correspondents include C. Baker (Paihia), Reverend A.N. Brown (Paihia), T. Chapman (Paihia), G. Clarke (Waimate), William Colenso (Paihia), R. Davis (Waimate), John Edmunds (Tepuna), W.T. Fairburn (Puriri), J. Hamlin (Mangapouri), Reverend J.C.S. Handt (Wallington Valley), Reverend R. Hill (Sydney), J. Kemp (Kerikeri), Reverend S. Marsden (Parramatta), J. Matthews (Kaitaia), J. Morgan (Puriri), Henry Pilley (Paihia), J. Preece (Puriri), W.G. Puckey (Kaitaia), J. Shepherd (Kerikeri), James Stack (Mangapouri), William Wade (Kerikeri), Reverend W. Watson (Wellington Valley), J. Whitely (Mangungu), Reverend H. Williams (Paihia), Reverend W. Williams (Paihia), W. White (Mangungu) and Reverend W. Yate (Waimate). There are journals of Reverend A.N. Brown (1834-1835), G. Clarke (1834), R. Davis (1834), Reverend J.C.S. Handt (1833-1835), J. Morgan (1834), W.G. Puckey (1834), James Stack (1834-1835), Reverend W. Watson (1833-1835), Reverend H. Williams (1833-1835) and Reverend W. Williams (1834).

Volume 9, 1835 - 1837 (File)

Correspondents include Benjamin Ashwell (Kerikeri), C. Baker (Paihia), Reverend Henry Bobart (Waimate), Reverend A.N. Brown (Matamata), T. Chapman (Rotorua), G. Clarke (Waimate), W Colenso (Paihia), Reverend W. Cowper (Sydney), R. Davis (Waimate), J. Edmonds (Kerikeri), W. Fairburn (Puriri), J. Hamlin (Mangapouri), Reverend J.C.S. Handt (Wellington Valley), Reverend R. Hill (Sydney), J. Kemp (Kerikeri), J. King (Te Puna), Reverend S. Marsden (Parramatta), J. Matthews (Waimate), Reverend Robert Maunsell (Paihia), J. Morgan (Matamata), H. Pilley (Rotorua), J. Preece (Puriri), W.G. Puckey (Kaitaia), Reverend Richard Taylor (Liverpool, NSW), J. Shepherd (Kerikeri), J. Stack (Mangapouri), W. Wade (Tauranga), Reverend W. Watson (Wellington Valley), W. White (Mangungu), Reverend H. Williams (Paihia), Reverend W. Williams (Waimate), J.A. Wilson (Puriri) and Reverend W. Yate (Sydney). There are journals of Reverend A.N. Brown (1835-1836), R. Davis (1835-1837), W. Fairburn (1834-1835), J. Hamlin (1835-1836), Reverend J.C.S. Handt (1835), Reverend R. Maunsell (1835-1836), J. Stack (1835), W. Wade (1834-1836), Reverend W. Watson (1835), Reverend W. Williams (1835-1836) and J. Wilson (1835).

Volume 10, 1837 - 1838 (File)

Correspondents include B. Ashwell (Kororareka), C. Baker (Paihia), Bishop W.G. Broughton (Sydney), Reverend A.N. Brown (Matamata), T. Chapman (Rotorua), G. Clarke (Waimate), W. Colenso (Paihia), Reverend W. Cowper (Sydney), R. Davis (Waimate), J. Edmonds (Kerikeri), W.T. Fairburn (Maretai), John Flatt (New Plymouth, Tauranga), Samuel Ford (Paihia), Reverend James Gunther (Wellington Valley), Reverend J.C.S. Handt (Moreton Bay), J. Kemp (Kerikeri), J. King (Te Puna), Samuel Knight (Waimate), Reverend S. Marsden (Parramatta), J. Matthews (Waimate), J. Morgan (Hauraki), W.G. Puckey (Kaitaia), J. Shepherd (Kerikeri), J. Stack (Mangapouri), Reverend R. Taylor (Liverpool), W. Wade (Tauranga), Reverend W. Watson (Wellington Valley), Reverend H. Williams (Paihia), Reverend W. Williams (Tauranga) and J.A. Wilson (Puriri). There are journals of B. Ashwell (1837), Reverend A.N. Brown (1835-1837), T. Chapman (1835-1837), Reverend J. Gunther (1837), Reverend J.C.S. Handt (1836-1838), Reverend R. Maunsell (1836), J. Stack (1836), W. Wade (1838), Reverend W. Watson (1836-1837) and Reverend W. Williams (1836-1838).

Volume 11, 1838 - 1840 (File)

Correspondents include C. Baker (Paihia), J. Bedggood (Waimate), G. Clarke (Waimate), Bishop W.G. Broughton (Sydney), Reverend A.N. Brown (Tauranga), Campbell and Co. (Sydney), T. Chapman (Rotorua), G. Clarke (Waimate), W. Colenso (Paihia), Reverend W. Cowper (Sydney, R. Davis (Waimate), J. Edmonds (Kerikeri), W.T. Fairburn (Maretai), Reverend J. Gunther (Sydney), Reverend Ocatvius Hadfield (Paihia), J. Hamlin ((Manukai), J. Kemp (Kerikeri), J. King (Tepuna), J.Matthews (Kaitaia), Richard Matthews (Kaitaia), Reverend R. Maunsell (Paihia, Waikato Heads), J. Morgan (Tauranga), W. Porter (Wellington Valley, Sydney), W.G. Puckey (Kaitaia), J. Shepherd (Kerikeri, Whangaroa), Reverend R. Taylor (Tauranga), W.R. Wade (Waimate), Reverend W. Watson (Wellington Valley), Reverend H. Williams (Paihia), Reverend W. Williams (Waimate, Paihia) and J.A. Wilson (Tauranga). There are journals of C. Baker (1838-1839), Reverend A.N. Brown (1838), R. Davis (1838-1839), Reverend J. Gunther (1838-1839), Reverend J.C.S. Handt (1838-1839), W. Porter (1838), Reverend R. Taylor (1839), W.R. Wade (1839) and Reverend W. Williams (1839).

Volume 12, 1839 - 1841 (File)

Correspondents include B. Ashwell (Waikato Heads), C. Baker (Paihia), Reverend A.N. Brown (Tauranga), Bishop W.G. Broughton (Sydney), Reverend Robert Burrows (Paihia), G. Clarke (Waimate), W. Colenso (Paihia), Reverend W. Cowper (Sydney), R. Davis (Waimate), W.T. Fairburn (Maretai), Samuel Ford (Paihia), Reverend O. Hadfield (Kapiti), J. Hamlin (Manukai), J. Kemp (Kerikeri), J. King (Tepuna), J. Matthews (Kaitaia), R. Matthews (Kaitaia), Reverend R. Maunsell (Waikato Heads), J. Morgan (Rotorua), W. Porter (Wellington Valley), W.G. Puckey (Kaitaia), J. Shepherd (Whangaroa), J. Stack (Tauranga), Reverend R. Taylor (Waimate), Reverend H. Williams (Paihia) and Reverend W. Williams (Poverty Bay). There are journals of B. Ashwell (1839), Reverend A.N. Brown (1839-1840), G. Clarke (1839), R. Davis (1839-1841), Reverend J. Gunther (1839-1840), Reverend J.C.S. Handt (1840), J. Morgan (1839-1840), Reverend H. Williams (1839-1840) and Reverend W. Williams (1839-1840).

Volume 13, 1841 - 1842 (File)

Correspondents include B. Ashwell (Waikato), C. Baker (Paihia), Bishop W.G. Broughton (Sydney), Reverend A.N. Brown (Tauranga), Reverend R. Burrows (Kororareka), T. Chapman (Rotorua), W. Colenso (Paihia), Reverend W. Cowper (Sydney), Christopher Davies (Waimate), R. Davis (Kaihohe), W.T. Fairburn (Maretai), Reverend J. Gunther (Wellington Valley), Reverend O. Hadfield (Otaki), J. Hamlin (Manukau), Reverend J.C.S. Handt (Moreton Bay), J. King (Te Puna), Reverend George Kissling (Waihi), Reverend John Mason (Wanganui), J. Matthews (Kaitaia), R. Matthews (Kaiataia), Reverend R. Maunsell (Waikato), J. Preece (Puriri), W.G. Puckey (Kaitaia), Reverend Charles Reay (Nelson), Bishop George A. Selwyn (Auckland), J. Shepherd (Whangaroa), J. Stack (Tauranga), Reverend R. Taylor (Waimate), Reverend H. Williams (Paihia) and Reverend W. Williams (Turanga). There are journals of B. Ashwell (1841), Reverend A.N. Brown (1840-1841), W. Colenso (1841-1842), Reverend J.C.S. Handt (1840-1841), Reverend J. Mason (1842) and Reverend W. Williams (1840).

Volume 14, 1842 - 1844 (File)

Correspondents include B. Ashwell (Waikato), C. Baker (Uawa), Archdeacon A.N. Brown (Tauranga), Reverend R. Burrows (Kororareka), Bishop W.G. Broughton (Sydney), Reverend R. Burrows (Kororareka), Reverend T. Chapman (Rotorua), W. Colenso (Paihia), Reverend W. Cowper (Sydney), R. Davis (Waimate), Reverend William Dudley (Paihia), Reverend J. Gunther (Wellington Valley), Reverend O. Hadfield (Kapiti), J. Hamlin (Wairoa), Reverend J.C.S. Handt (Moreton Bay), J. Kemp (Kerikeri), Samson Kempthorne (Paihia), Reverend G. Kissling (Hicks Bay), Reverend J. Mason (Wanganui), J. Matthews (Kaitaia), R. Matthews (Awabui), Reverend R. Maunsell (Waikato), J. Morgan (Otawhao), W.G. Puckey (Kaitaia), Bishop G.A. Selwyn (Auckland), J. Shepherd (Whangaroa), Reverend Seymour M. Spencer (Tauranga), J. Stack (Tauranga), Reverend R. Taylor (Wanganui), John Telford (Paihia), and Archdeacon W. Williams (Turanga). There are journals of B. Ashwell (1843), C. Baker (1843-1844), Archdeacon A.N. Brown (1842-1843), Reverend J.C.S. Handt (1840), J. Stack (1841-1843), Reverend R. Taylor (1841-1843) and Reverend W. Williams (1842).

Volume 15, 1844 - 1846 (File)

Correspondents include B. Ashwell (Kaitaia), C. Baker (Tolaga Bay), Bishop W.G. Broughton (Sydney), Archdeacon A.N. Brown (Waimate), Reverend R. Burrows (Waikato), T. Chapman (Tauranga), G. Clarke (Auckland), Reverend W. Colenso (Waimate), Reverend W. Cowper (Sydney), C. Davies (Waimate), Reverend R. Davis (Kaikohe), Reverend W. Dudley (Auckland), W.T. Fairburn (Hauraki), Reverend J. Hamlin (Hawkes Bay), Reverend J.C.S. Handt (Sydney), J. Kemp (Kerikeri), S. Kempthorne (Auckland), Reverend G. Kissling (Hicks Bay), Reverend J. Matthews (Kaitaia), Reverend R. Maunsell, W.G. Puckey (Kaitaia), Reverend C. Reay (Nelson), Bishop G.A. Selwyn (Waimate), J. Shepherd (Whangaroa), J. Stack (East Cape), Reverend R. Taylor (Wanganua), J. Telford (Paihia), Archdeacon H. Williams (Paihia), Archdeacon W. Williams (Waimate) and J.A. Wilson (Opotiki). There are journals of B. Ashwell (1845), C. Baker (1844-1845), Archdeacon A.N. Brown (1843-1844), Reverend R. Burrows (1845), J. Kemp (1845) Reverend R. Taylor (1843-1845) and J.A. Wilson (1839-1840).

Volume 16, 1845 - 1847 (File)

Correspondents include B. Ashwell (Kaitaia), C. Baker (Tologa Bay), Archdeacon A.N. Brown (Tauranga), Reverend R. Burrows (Waimate), T. Chapman (Rotorua), G. Clarke (Auckland), Reverend C. Davies (Tauranga), Reverend R. Davis (Kaikohe), Reverend J. Hamlin (Hawkes Bay), J. Kemp (Kerikeri), S. Kempthorne (Auckland), J. King (Te Puna), Reverend G. Kissling (Auckland), Reverend J. Matthews (Kaitaia), R. Matthews (Wanganui), Reverend R. Maunsell (Waikato), J. Morgan (Otawhao), W.G. Puckey (Kaitaia), Bishop G.A. Selwyn, J. Shepherd (Whangaroa), J. Stack (Hicks Bay), Reverend R. Taylor (Wellington), J. Telford (Auckland), Archdeacon H. Williams (Paihia) and Archdeacon W. Williams (Turanga). There are copies of journals of B. Ashwell (1845-1846), C. Baker (1845-1846), Archdeacon A.N. Brown (1845), Reverend R. Burrows (1845), T. Chapman (1845), Reverend R. Davis (1845-1846), Reverend J. Hamlin (1845-1846), Reverend J. Matthews (1845), R. Matthews (1846), J. Morgan (1846), W.G. Puckey (1845-1846) and Reverend R. Taylor (1846).

Volume 17, 1846 - 1848 (File)

Correspondents include B. Ashwell (Waikato), C. Baker (Uawa), Archdeacon A.N. Brown (Tauranga), Reverend R. Burrows (Waimate), Reverend R. Chapman (Tauranga), Reverend W. Colenso (Waitangi), Reverend R. Davis (Kaikohe), Reverend W. Dudley (Auckland), Sir George Grey (Auckland), Reverend O. Hadfield (Wellington), Reverend J. Hamlin (Auckland), J. Kemp (Kerikeri), J. King (Te Puna), Reverend G. Kissling (Auckland), Reverend J. Matthews (Kaitaia), Reverend R. Maunsell (Waikato), J. Preece (Te Whaiti), Bishop G.A. Selwyn (Auckland), J. Shepherd (Whangaroa), Reverend R. Taylor (Wanganui), J. Telford (Auckland), Archdeacon H. Williams (Pahia), Reverend Samuel Williams (Tauranga) and Archdeacon W. Williams (Turanga). There are copies of journals of C. Baker (1846), Archdeacon A.N. Brown (1846-1847), Reverend T. Chapman (1846), Reverend J. Hamlin (1846), J. Morgan (1846-1847), Reverend R. Taylor (1846-1847) and Reverend W. Williams (1845-1847).

Volume 18, 1848 - 1849 (File)

Correspondents include Reverend B. Ashwell (Waikato), C. Baker (Uawa), Reverend Ralph Barker (Auckland), Archdeacon A.N. Brown (Tauranga), Reverend R. Burrows (Waimate), Reverend T. Chapman (Tauranga), G. Clarke (Waimate), Reverend W. Colenso (Hawkes Bay), Reverend C. Davies (Tauranga), Reverend R. Davis (Kaikohe), Reverend W. Dudley (Auckland), W.T. Fairburn (Otahuhu), Sir George Grey (Wellington), Reverend J. Hamlin (Auckland), J. Kemp (Kerikeri), J. King (Te Puna), Reverend G. Kissling (Auckland), Reverend J. Matthews (Kaitaia), Reverend R. Maunsell (Waikato), Reverend J. Morgan (Otawhao), J. Preece (Ahikereru), W.G. Puckey (Kaitaia), Bishop G.A. Selwyn (Auckland), J. Shepherd (Whangaroa), Reverend R. Taylor (Wanganui), J. Telford (Auckland), Archdeacon H. Williams (Paihia), Archdeacon W. Williams (Turanga) and J.A. Wilson (Opotiki). There are copies of journals of B. Ashwell (1847-1848), Reverend J. Matthews (1847-1848) and Reverend R. Taylor (1847-1848).

Volume 19, 1850 - 1853 (File)

Correspondents include Reverend B. Ashwell (Kaikohe), C. Baker (Tologa Bay), Reverend R. Barker (Waiapu), Archdeacon R.N. Brown (Tauranga), Reverend R. Burrows (Waimate), Reverend T. Chapman (Rotorua), G. Clarke (Waimate), Reverend W. Colenso (Waitangi), Reverend R. Davis (Kaikohe), Reverend W. Dudley (Auckland), Reverend Thomas S. Grace (Tauranga), Sir George Grey (Auckland), Archdeacon O. Hadfield (Wellington), Reverend J. Hamlin (Wairoa), J. Kemp (Kerikeri), Reverend G. Kissling (Auckland), Reverend J. Matthews (Kaitaia), Reverend R. Maunsell (Waikato), Reverend J. Morgan (Otawhao), J. Preece (Ahikereru), W.G. Puckey (Kaitaia), Reverend S. Spencer (Tarawera), Reverend R. Taylor (Wanganui), J. Telford (Wanganui), R. Vidal (Auckland), C. Volkner (Waikata Heads), Archdeacon H. Williams (Paihia), Archdeacon W. Williams (Turanga) and Reverend J.A. Wilson (Opotiki).

Volume 20, 1853 - 1857 (File)

Correspondents include Reverend B. Ashwell (Kaikohe), Reverend C. Baker (Waiapu), Bishop Frederick Barker (Sydney), Reverend R. Barker (Auckland), J. Booth (Wellington), Archdeacon A.N. Brown (Tauranga), Reverend R. Burrows (Auckland), Reverend T. Chapman (Tauranga), G. Clarke (Auckland), Reverend W. Colenso (Waitanhi), Reverend C. Davies (Opotiki), Reverend R. Davis (Kaikohe), Reverend W. Dudley (Waimate), Reverend T.S. Grace (Tauranga), Archdeacon O. Hadfield (Wellington), Reverend J. Hamlin (Waiora), J. King (Te Puna), Reverend G. Kissling (Auckland), Reverend Thomas Lanfear (Hauraki), Sir William Martin (Auckland), Reverend J. Matthews (Kaitaia), Reverend R. Maunsell (Auckland), Reverend J. Morgan (Otawhao), Reverend William Ronaldson (Wellington), Bishop G.A. Selwyn, J. Stack (Waikato), Reverend A. Stock (Wanganui), Reverend R. Taylor (Wanganui), J. Telford (Wanganui), R. Vidal )Auckland), Archdeacon H. Williams (Paihia), Archdeacon W. Williams (Turanga) and Reverend J.A. Wilson (Auckland).

Volume 21, 1857 - 1861 (File)

Correspondents include Bishop C.J. Abraham (Wellington), Reverend B. Ashwell (Taupriri), Reverend C. Baker (Auckland), Archdeacon A.N. Brown (Auckland), J. Booth (Paperiki), Reverend R. Burrows (Auckland), Reverend T. Chapman (Maketu), Reverend C. Davies (Paihia), Reverend R. Davis (Kaitaia), Reverend J.W. Gedge (Otaki), Reverend T.S. Grace (Pukawa), Archdeacon O. Hadfield (Wellington), Reverend J. Hamlin (Auckland), J. Kemp (Kerikeri), Reverend G. Kissling (Auckland), Reverend T. Lanfear (Hauraki), Sir William Martin (Auckland), Archdeacon R. Maunsell (Waikato), Reverend J. Morgan (Otawhao), W.G. Puckey (Kaitaia), Reverend W. Ronaldson (Greytown), Bishop G.A. Selwyn (Auckland), J. Stack (Waikato), Reverend R. Taylor (Wanganui), C. Volkner (Te Papa), Archdeacon H. Williams (Bay of Islands), Bishop W. Williams (Turanga) and Reverend J.A. Wilson (Auckland).

Volume 22, 1862 - 1867 (File)

Correspondents include Bishop C.J. Abraham (Wellington), Reverend B. Ashwell (Taupiri), J. Booth (Wanganui), Archdeacon A.N. Brown (Taranaki), Reverend R. Burrows (Auckland), Archdeacon O. Hadfield (Otaki), Reverend G. Kissling (Auckland), Archdeacon R. Maunsell (Rotianga), Reverend J. Morgan (Otawhao), Reverend R. Taylor (Wanganui), Reverend S. Williams (Napier) and Bishop W. Williams (Turanga).

Volume 23, 1867 - 1870 (File)

Correspondents include Reverend B. Ashwell (Auckland), Reverend C. Baker (Auckland), Archdeacon A.N. Brown (Tauranga), Reverend R. Burrows (Auckland), H.G. Clarke (Te Papa), Reverend T.S. Grace (Auckland), Archdeacon O. Hadfield (Otaki), S. Kempthorne (Auckland), Reverend J. Matthews (Kaitaia), Reverend W. Ronaldson (Whakarewarewa), Bishop Andrew B. Suter (Nelson), Reverend Basil K. Taylor (Wanganui), Bishop W. Williams (Napier) and Archdeacon W.L. Williams (Gisborne).

Volume 24, 1870 - 1872 (File)

Correspondents include Reverend B. Ashwell (Auckland), Reverend C. Baker (Auckland), Reverend R. Burrows (Auckland), Reverend T. Chapman (Auckland), Reverend E.B. Clarke (Waimate), Bishop W.G. Cowie (Auckland), Reverend T.S. Grace (Auckland), Bishop O. Hadfield (Wellington), Reverend G. Matthews (Kaitaia), Reverend George Maunsell (Hauraki), W.G. Puckey (Kaitaia), Reverend W. Ronaldson (Whakarewarewa), Reverend S.M. Spencer (Rotorua), Reverend Renata Tangata (Oruru), Reverend B.K. Taylor (Wanganui), Reverend R. Taylor (Wanganui), Reverend S. Williams (Heretaunga), Bishop W. Williams (Napier) and Archdeacon W.L. Williams (Auckland).

Volume 25, 1873 - 1875 (File)

Correspondents include Reverend B. Ashwell (Hopuhopu), Archdeacon A.N. Brown (Tauranga), Reverend R. Burrows (Auckland), Reverend T. Chapman (Auckland), Bishop W.G. Cowie (Auckland), Reverend T. S. Grace (Tauranga), Bishop O. Hadfield (Wellington), S. Kempthorne (Auckland), Reverend T. Matthews (Kaitaia), Reverend G. Maunsell (Hauraki), W.G. Puckey (Kaitaia), Reverend B.K. Taylor (Wanganui), Reverend R. Taylor (Wanganui), Reverend S. Williams (Heretaunga), Bishop W. Williams (Napier) and Archdeacon W.L. Williams (Gisborne).

Volume 26, 1874 - 1876 (File)

Correspondents include Reverend B. Ashwell (Auckland), Archdeacon A.N. Brown (Tauranga), Reverend R. Burrows (Auckland), Bishop W.G. Cowie )Auckland), Reverend T.S. Grace (Auckland), Bishop O. Hadfield (Wellington), Reverend J. Matthews (Kaitaia), Reverend Edward C. Stuart (Sydney), Reverend B.K. Taylor (Wanganui) and Archdeacon W.L. Williams (Gisborne).

Volume 27, 1876 - 1878 (File)

Correspondents include Reverend B. Ashwell (Hopuhopu, Auckland), Archdeacon A.N. Brown (Tauranga), Reverend R. Burrows (Auckland), Bishop W.G. Cowie (Auckland), Reverend T.S. Grace (Auckland), Bishop O. Hadfield (Wellington), Reverend C. Jordan (Tauranga), Reverend G. Maunsell (Tauranga), Archdeacon R. Maunsell (Auckland), Reverend S.M. Spencer (Maketu), Bishop E.C. Stuart (Napier), Bishop A.B. Suter (Nelson) and Archdeacon W.L. Williams (Gisborne).

Volume 28, 1878 - 1880 (File)

Correspondents include Reverend B. Ashwell (Waikato), Reverend R. Burrows (Auckland), Bishop W.G. Cowie (Auckland), Reverend T.S. Grace (Tauranga), Bishop O. Hadfield (Wellington), Reverend C. Jordan (Tauranga), Reverend J. Matthews (Kaitaia), Reverend G. Maunsell (Tauranga), Reverend S.M. Spencer (Maketu), Bishop E.C. Stuart (Napier), Bishop A.B. Suter (Nelson)and Archdeacon W.L. Williams (Gisborne).

Series CN/01. Minutes of the Sydney Committee of Correspondence, 1821-03 - 1821-09; 1826-04 - 1841-07

The minutes incorporate letters and reports, especially dealing with the Wellington Valley Mission in 1837-1841. Members of the committee included Reverend S. Marsden, Reverend Richard Hill (Secretary), Captain F. Irvine (Secretary), Reverend W. Cartwright, Reverend William Cowper (Secretary), Alexander Macleay, Saxe Bannister, Bishop W.G. Broughton, Thomas Macquoid and Justice William Burton.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP reel M212.

Series CN/02. Letters from the Secretary of the Sydney Committee of Correspondence to the Home Secretaries, 1821 - 1845

From 1832 onward the letters mostly deal with the Aboriginal Mission at Wellington Valley. Other subjects include the ordination of New Zealand missionaries, communications with New Zealand missionaries, the establishment of a Church Missionary Society Auxiliary in Sydney (1834) and financial matters. From 1825 onwards most of the letters were addressed to Dandeson Coates, the lay secretary.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP reel M212.

Series CN/03. Letters from bishops to the Home Secretaries, 1830 - 1880

The letters are from Bishop W.G. Broughton (Sydney), 1830-1844 (11), Bishop G.A. Selwyn (New Zealand, Auckland), 1842-1867 (32), Bishop W.G. Cowie (Auckland), 1871-1879 (16), Bishop S.T. Nevill (Dunedin), 1874 (1) and Bishop A.B. Suter (Nelson), 1868-1880 (8), Bishop E.C. Stuart (Napier), 1877-1880 (36), Bishop C.J. Abraham (Wellington), 1861-1867 (7) and Bishop O. Hadfield (Wellington), 1871-1880 (13).

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP reels M212-M213.

Series CN/04. Minutes of meetings of missionaries, 1823 - 1877

7 items

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP reels M213-M214.

Australasian Mission (New Zealand), 1823 - 1830 (File (a))

The meetings of missionaries, which were chaired by Reverend H. Williams or Reverend S. Marsden, were held at Pahia, Kerikeri or Rangihoua in the Bay of Islands. The minutes incorporate reports by individual missionaries, statistics, financial papers and letters.

Australasian Mission (New Zealand), 1830 - 1833 (File (b))

The meetings were chaired by Reverend H. Williams, Reverend S. Marsden or Reverend W. Williams and were held at Pahia, Kerikeri or Rangihoua.

Australasian Mission (New Zealand), 1834 - 1839 (File (c))

The meetings were chaired by Reverend H. Williams and were held at Kerikeri, Paihia ar Waimate. There are also minutes of the Southern District Committee, chaired by Reverend A.N. Brown, which were held at Matamata.

New Zealand Mission: district committees, 1840 - 1845 (File (d))

Minutes of meetings of various district committees held at Pahia (Archdeacon H. Williams), Waimate (Reverend R. Taylor), Tauranga (Archdeacon A.N. Brown), Hicks Bay (RReverend G. Kissling) and Wellington (Reverend O. Hadfield).

New Zealand Mission: district committees, 1846 - 1866 (File (e))

Minutes of meetings of the Northern District, held at Waimate, Paihia, Kerikeri and Kaitaia), the Midland District, held at Tauranga and matamata, and the Western District, held at Wellington, Wanganui, Putiki and Otaki.

Central Committee minutes, 1847 - 1856 (File (f))

Minutes of meetings of the Central Committee, held at Tauranga and Auckland, and chaired by Bishop G.A. Selwyn, Archdeacon W. Williams, Archdeacon A.N. Brown and Reverend R. Maunsell.

Minutes of conferences of missionaries, 1863 - 1877 (File (g))

Minutes of 19 conferences of missionaries held in Auckland. They were chaired by Bishop W. Williams, Reverend G. Kissling, Reverend R. Maunsell and Bishop W.G. Cowie.

Series CN/05. Sydney Corresponding Committee, 1820 - 1852

2 items

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP reel M215.

Correspondence between the Committee and missionaries in Australia, 1820 - 1844 (File (a))

Most of the letters were written by or to the secretaries of the Committee, Reverend R. Hill (1826-1838) and Reverend W. Cowper (1838-1844). The principal subject matter was the Aboriginal Mission at Wellington Valley, established in 1832 and staffed by Reverend W. Watson, Reverend J.C.S. Handt and Reverend J. Gunther. Other correspondents include Reverend S. Marsden, Reverend R. Cartwright, Captain. F. Irvine, Alexander Macleay, Bishop W.G. Broughton, W.G. Langhorne, Sir George Gipps, W. Porter, W.W. Barrow and W.B. Boydell.

Correspondence between the Committee and missionaries in New Zealand, 1827 - 1852 (File (b))

Apart from the last three documents in the series, the letters date from the period 1827-1836 and comprise copies of correspondence of Reverend R. Hill, the secretary of the Sydney Corresponding Committee. There are also copies of minutes of the Committee and of the Rangihoua Mission Committee, as well as lists of supplies needed in New Zealand. The correspondents include Reverend W. Williams, Reverend S. Marsden, Alexander Macleay, Reverend W. Yate, J. Hamlin, J. Kemp, Reverend H. Williams, G. Clarke, T. Chapman, C. Baker, J. Shepherd and Campbell and Co.

Series CN/06. Missionaries' joint reports, 1836 - 1858

Copies of annual, six monthly and other reports of various New Zealand mission stations and districts, together with many reports of individual missionaries. In many cases, the name of the station is not indicated on the report. The stations include Kerikeri, Paihia, Waimate, Te Puna, Puriri, Matamata, Mangapouri, Tauranga, Rotorua, Manukau, Hauraki, Maraetai, Waikato, Moeatoa, Whangaroa, Kororareka, Otawhao, Opotiki, Waiwa, Uawa, Ahikereru, Wakatane, Taupiri, Auckland, Whakatane, Kaitaia, Taupo and Maketu.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP reels M215-M216.

Series CN/07. Correspondence between missionaries and the New Zealand Missionary Secretary, 1831 - 1866

The secretaries of the Northern District were G. Clarke (1831-1840), R. Davis (1840-1843), Reverend R. Burrows (1843-1847) and G. Clarke (1847-1849). In 1850 Robert Vidal was appointed lay secretary of the Church Missionary Society in New Zealand. He returned to England in 1855. The last secretary was Reverend Robert Burrows (1812-1897), who held the position from 1855 until 1894. As well as the missionaries, there are letters to and from Bishop G.A. Selwyn. Most of the letters are copies.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP reel M216.

Series CN/08. Letters from New Zealand mission secretaries to the home secretaries, 1826 - 1869

The letters are usually addressed to 'the Secretaries', but sometimes to individuals such as D. Coates, E. Bickersteth and H. Straith. The correspondents include Reverend H. Williams (Paihia), Reverend W. Williams (Paihia), G. Clarke (Waimate), R. Davis (Waimate), Reverend R. Burrows (Waimate) and R. Vidal. There are also some financial papers.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP reel M216-M217.

Series CN/09. New Zealand Mission: station estimates and accounts, 1823 - 1880

Annual estimates for the New Zealand Mission and for particular stations and districts, 1834-1848. (There are no estimates for 1845.) Other papers include accounts for stores received and issued at Kerikeri, usually signed by J. Kemp (1823-1833), general expenses of the New Zealand Mission (1834) and a return of sheep and cattle at the Wellington Valley mission in New South Wales (1835). Various accounts of Church Missionary Society stores and property in the period 1836-1880. They include accounts of stores at Paihia and the Southern District, estimates of the expenses of the Midland District (1845), accounts of the Waimate farm and school (1853), letters and annual estimates of the New Zealand Mission signed by Reverend R. Burrows, accounts of rents received (1865), a summary of receipts and expenditure of the Northern District (1874) and the capital account of the Land Fund (1878).

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP reels M217-M218.

Series CN/010. New Zealand Mission: statistics, 1872 - 1880

The papers comprise letters, returns and other documents containing statistics and lists of baptisms, communicants, Maori Christians, Maori teachers and clergy, and the families of missionaries, mainly in the Archdeaconry of Waiapu.