At the beginning of 1898 the Australasian Mission was divided to reform the Australian Mission and organize the New Zealand Mission.
Early History
In October 1854, President Augustus Farnham and N. William Cooke of the Australasian Mission visited New Zealand and in April 1855 the first branch was established there.
Headquarters Move
The headquarters of the Australasian Mission were moved to New Zealand.
Preaching to the Maori people begins
President William Michael Bromley, of the Australasian Mission, was inspired to teach the Maori people, leading to the first Maori converts.
Mission Split
The Australasian Mission was divided to create the Australian and New Zealand Missions.
Ezra Foss Richards Called as President
Mission Founded
Ezra Thompson DuFresne Stevenson Called as President
Charles Bart Bartlett Called as President
Louis Gerald Hoagland Called as President
Periodical Publication
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.
George Bowles Called as President
Orson Douglas Romney Called as President
College Opened
The mission opened an agricultural college at Korongata to instruct Maori boys.
William Gardner Called as President
James Needham Lambert Called as President
Periodical Publication
The two mission periodicals, Elders' Messenger and Te Karere, recombined under the title Te Karere.
Headquarters Move
Mission home located at 2 Scotia Place, Queen Street, Auckland, New Zealand.
George Shepard Taylor Called as President
Angus Taylor Wright Called as President
John Howard Jenkins Called as President
John Ephraim Magleby Called as President
Rufus Kay Hardy Called as President
Moroni Charles Woods Called as President
Matthew Cowley Called as President
Periodical Publication
Te Karere ceased publication with its June 1960 issue.
