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Letter from Reverend George Adam Kissling to Bishop William Williams, October 16, 1860

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  • Kupu whakaahua

    Regarding the debate around what the Church Missionary Society should have done with their 500 acres at Turanga. Kissling, as a member of the Land-Committee, takes a strong stance against the intention of the C.M.S.

  • Tohu Tuakiri Kē

    13803 (Presto content ID)

    MS-1991-75-269 (Reference Number)

  • Wāhanga

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Rārangi

  • Momo Taonga
  • Ingoa/Taitara
    Letter from Reverend George Adam Kissling to Bishop William Williams, October 16, 1860
  • Kaiwaihanga Matua
  • 1860
    1783-1963
  • Whakaahuatanga ā-Kiko

    4pp on 1 Leaf ; 252mm x 402mm Folded to 252mm x 204mm

  • Reo
    English
  • Kohinga
  • Taumata o te Mauhanga o Nāianei
    Child
  • He Wāhi Nō
  • Kuputuhi e Wātea Tūmatanui ana

    St Stephens, Auckland

    [Keywords: Correspondence, Letter, Cultivation, Confiscation, Committee, Land Question, Grants, Titles, Government, Parliament]

  • George Adam Kissling arrived in New Zealand with his wife Margaret Moxon in May, 1842. Together they established the Mission station at Tekawakawa (Te Araroa). However after a serious bout of poor health, the Kisslings relocated to Auckland, where they established a Maori Girls Boarding School in Kohimarama.
    [Further reading: Joan C. Stanley. 'Kissling, Margaret', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2010. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/1k13/kissling-margaret (accessed 22 March 2018)]
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    07 Jul 2023
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