Turanga Mission Station

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.

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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..

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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

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[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

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