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The Australasian Mission was renamed from the Australian Mission on 1 January 1854 when that mission was expanded to include parts of Asia and the Pacific. It reverted back to the Australian Mission at the end of 1897 when the New Zealand Mission was created.
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![New Zealand Mission Collage](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/new zealand/new-zealand-missionaries-fs.jpg)
New Zealand Mission Collage
![New Zealand Missionaries](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/new zealand/new-zealand-missionaries2.jpg)
New Zealand Missionaries
![Missionaries at Te Hawke](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/new zealand/Ezra-Stevenson-1889-NZ-Missionaries-FS.jpg)
Missionaries at Te Hawke
Maori Book of Mormon Translators
![Mahia District](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/new zealand/Mahia Dist ca. 1887 - PH 1884_f0001_i0001_00001.jpg)
Mahia District
![Australasian Mission Map](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/maps/Asia-Pacific/Australasian Mission (1854).jpg)
Australasian Mission Map