Mission station in Gisborne. Established by Rev William Williams (CMS). East Coast copy of the Treaty of Waitangi was signed here by 24 chiefs between 5 and 12 May 1840.
Turanga Mission Station
Williams, Jane (Nelson), 1801-1896 : Journals
Date: 1840-1870
By: Williams, Jane, 1801-1896
Reference: MS-Papers-1527
Description: Record kept at irregular intervals of mission work, domestic affairs and social activities of the wife of William Williams, Bishop of Waiapu, at Turanga, Poverty Bay, 1840-1865, Paihia 1866, and in Napier 1870. Includes visit to England in 1851. Quantity: 8 folder(s). 0.10 Linear Metres. Finding Aids: Paper inventory which was previously available in reading room was removed on 3 Dec 2014 as it contained no extra information. A copy is available in the staff backfile..
Church Missionary Gleaner :Church at Turanga, New Zealand, built by the Maori Christian...
Date: 1851 - 1884 - 1852
From: Church Missionary Gleaner for 1884.
Reference: PUBL-0006-1884-110
Description: Interior of a Gothic Revival-style church, with pillars and wall panels carved in Maori style, lancet windows along the sides and at the east end. A minister is in the pulpit on the right and rows of Maori are seated on benches running the length of the church Originally published in the Church Missionary Intelligencer, Vol 3, p. 26, 1852. See also B-051-017, Artist unknown. Native Christian Church at Turanga, New Zealand Physical Description: Wood engraving 130 x 190 mm
[Photographer unknown] :Turanga, Archdeacon Williams', 1855.
Date: 1855
From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant, 1820-1895 :Scrapbook. 1840-1872.
By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895; Williams, William, 1800-1878
Reference: C-103-019-1
Description: Shows Archdeacon (later Bishop) William William's homestead surrounded by trees with a lawn in front. The photographer may be William Williams or Mantell; or possibly William Leonard Williams Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Salt print, 109 x 195 mm