[Wallis, James], 1809-1896 :Wesleyan mission station at Waingaroa, New Zealand [1836?]. Natives assembling to worship. Baxter's Patent Oil Printing. London, Wesleyan Missionary Society, 1846.

A church and mission station on the north side of the Waingaroa (Raglan) Harbour, Waikato. The mission station and church established by the Rev. James Wallis at Nihinihi is shown. There are Maori and Pakeha walking up the path to the church, others standing on the bank of the river and two canoes emptying their passengers, with three more drawing up.

Based on an original ink and watercolour by Rev. James Wallis, 1809-1896, showing the Wesleyan settlement at Te Horea (on the north side of Raglan Harbour), ca 1836. Original held in Methodist Missionary Society, London. The Library holds a photograph of the original, negative 22548 1/2.

cf. A-015-025, a chomolithograph by an unknown artist derived from this print, but altered in a number of details, most noticeably in the configuration of the canoes. Note that the Ellis number for the Baxter print (Ellis 168), while correctly describing the Baxter print, is illustrated on the opposite page with the later chromolithograph. (E. M. & D. G. Ellis. Early Prints of New Zealand (Christchurch, 1978), p. 64 & 65.

Other Titles - Waingaro George Baxter

Extended Title - From: Wesleyan Juvenile Offering; a miscellany. London, Vol. 3, 1846, frontispiece.

Rev. James Wallis occupied two different mission stations on the shores of Raglan Harbour, the first, Te Horea near the northern mouth of the harbour, the later, from 1838-1862, at Nihinihi, somewhat inland and south of the harbour.

Quantity: 1 colour art print(s).

Physical Description: Baxter print 94 x 160 mm