The Church Missionary Society (CMS) established the original Hauraki Mission Station on the banks of the Puriri Stream in 1833. However, this site proved to be unsuitable and the station was moved to Parawai (Thames) in 1837, and was established on the high ground above Herewaka Stream overlooking the Kauaeranga River.
Hauraki Mission Station
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Hauraki Mission Station, Thames
Date: 1867
From: Beere, Daniel Manders, 1833-1909 :Negatives of New Zealand and Australia
Reference: 1/2-096131-G
Description: The Hauraki Mission Station, Thames, photographed in 1867 by Daniel Manders Beere. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - top left - 65 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Wet collodion glass negative 4.5 x 7.25 inches
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Wade, William Richard 1802-1891 :Mission settlement - Puriri in May 1836. From the W.N....
Date: 1836 - 1837
By: Wade, William Richard, 1802-1891
Reference: A-113-001
Description: Mission buildings and thatched huts with Maori settlement in background, bend of river with canoe and several Maori in the foreground. Hills behind the settlement in the distance. Puriri was the station of Reverend John Morgan Other Titles - ... from the West North West Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image, lower left: title. Lower right, at edge of image: initials and date. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper 201 x 252 mm