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New Zealand (1898 - ?) Profile

Elder Sarel Porter on Banjo, Maori Agricultural College Band about 1930

New Zealand Mission headquarters, 1905

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Missionaries serving in NZ, at Tamaki Marae, near Dannevirke, 6 April 1895

Men called to translate Book of Mormon and Pearl of Great Price from English to Maori

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New Zealand Missionaries, Australasian Mission, in front of Maori whare

Hui Tau Annual Conference, New Zealand, 1916

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In October 1854, President <a href="https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/chd/individual/augustus-alwin-farnham-1805?lang=eng&amp;timelineTabs=allTabs">Augustus Farnham</a> and N. William Cooke of the <a href="https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/chd/organization/mission/australasian-1854?lang=eng&amp;timelineTabs=all-events">Australasian Mission</a> visited New Zealand and in April 1855 the first branch was established there.

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The headquarters of the <a href="https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/chd/organization/mission/australasian-1854?lang=eng&amp;timelineTabs=all-events">Australasian Mission</a> were moved to New Zealand.

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President <a href="https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/chd/individual/william-michael-bromley-1839?lang=eng&amp;timelineTabs=allTabs">William Michael Bromley</a>, of the Australasian Mission, was inspired to teach the Maori people, leading to the first Maori converts.

Preaching to the Maori people begins

Though the split was not effective until 1 January 1898, efforts to divided the Australasian Mission to create the Australian and New Zealand Missions began in August 1897.

Mission Split Begins

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The official mission periodical, Elders' Messenger, began publication in January 1907. It carried a Maori-language supplement called Te Karere. Starting in 1908 Te Karere became its own periodical, although the two shared the same numbering.

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The mission opened an agricultural college at Korongata to instruct Maori boys.

College Opened

The two mission periodicals, Elders' Messenger and Te Karere, recombined under the title Te Karere.

Mission home located at 2 Scotia Place, Queen Street, Auckland, New Zealand.

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Te Karere ceased publication with its June 1960 issue.

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