Church History Biographical Database
New Zealand was originally part of the Australasian Mission. Interest in having New Zealand be its own mission grew in 1881 when the preaching to the Maori people began. In 1898 the Australasian Mission was divided to reform the Australian Mission and organize the New Zealand Mission.
In 1907 the periodical Elders' Messenger, began publication in January 1907. It carried a Maori-language supplement called Te Karere. In 1908 Te Karere became its own periodical.
Formed in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1898 January 1
Ezra Foss Richards, Sr. Called as Mission President
1898 January 1 – April 28
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Ended On 1898 April 28
Departed from the Field
Ezra Thompson DuFresne Stevenson Set Apart as Mission President
1898 March 4 – 1900 February 18
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Set Apart
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Ended On 1900 February 18
Released
John Ephraim Magleby Called as Mission President
1900 February 18 – 1902 July 26
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Ended On 1902 July 26
Released
Charles Bart Bartlett Set Apart as Mission President
1902 June 30 – 1905 August 4
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Ended On 1905 August 4
Released
Louis Gerald Hoagland Set Apart as Mission President
1905 May 12 – 1907 May 15
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Ended On 1907 May 15
Departed from the Field
Rufus Kay Hardy Set Apart as Mission President
1907 February 18 – 1909
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Ended On 1909
Released
George Bowles Set Apart as Mission President
1909 February 19 – 1911 April 2
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Ended On 1911 April 2
Released
Orson Douglas Romney Set Apart as Mission President
1911 February 10 – 1914 January 12
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Set Apart
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Ended On 1914 January 12
Released
William Gardner Set Apart as Mission President
1913 November 5 – 1916 May 29
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Ended On 1916 May 29
Released
James Needham Lambert Set Apart as Mission President
1916 April 28 – 1920 May 5
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Ended On 1920 May 5
Released
George Shepard Taylor Set Apart as Mission President
1920 November 3 – 1923 July 10
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Ended On 1923 July 10
Departed from the Field
Angus Taylor Wright Set Apart as Mission President
1923 March 30 – 1925 April 26
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Ended On 1925 April 26
Released
John Howard Jenkins Set Apart as Mission President
1925 July 22 – 1928 May 8
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Ended On 1928 May 8
Departed from the Field
John Ephraim Magleby Set Apart as Mission President
1928 March 1 – 1932 June 22
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Ended On 1932 June 22
Released
Rufus Kay Hardy Set Apart as Mission President
1933 June 20 – 1934 November 17
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Ended On 1934 November 17
Departed from the Field
Moroni Charles Woods Set Apart as Mission President
1935 March 1 – 1938 April 3
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Ended On 1938 April 3
Arrived at Home
Matthew Cowley Set Apart as Mission President
1938 January 18 – 1945 July 30
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Ended On 1945 July 30
Departed from the Field
Media
New Zealand (1898 - ?) Profile
Elder Sarel Porter on Banjo, Maori Agricultural College Band about 1930
New Zealand Mission headquarters, 1905
New Zealand Missionaries
Elders outside the Tahoraiti Chapel
New Zealand Mission
Mission Home 1916
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
Elders in the Mission Office
Missionaries repairing bicycles
New Zealand Missionaries, Australasian Mission, in front of Maori whare
Hui Tau Annual Conference, New Zealand, 1916