Missionaries

What is a missionary?

• Someone that goes on missions

• A pilot

• Someone that goes on adventures

• Someone that brings religion to a people or place

Samuel Marsden was New Zealand's first missionary. When did he first come to NZ?

• 1810

• 1814

• 1840

• 1841

What religion/church did Samuel Marsden bring to NZ?

• Anglicanism

• Presbyterianism

• Catholicism

• Judaism

Where did Samuel Marsden set up NZ's first mission?

• Russell

• Auckland

• Bay of Islands

• Waitangi

Marsden believed that if Māori became interested in British ways of life, they would naturally want to become Christians, so he offered training in...

• Farming

• Gardening

• Carpentry

• Metal work

In 1820, Bay of Islands rangatira (chiefs) Hongi Hika and Waikato travelled to England with missionary Thomas Kendall. When they were there they helped him write a book called A grammar and vocabulary of the language of New Zealand. This laid the foundations for the way te reo Māori is written today.

• True

• False

In 1820, Bay of Islands rangatira (chiefs) Hongi Hika and Waikato also travelled to meet the King George IV.

• True

• False

The missionaries encouraged peace, and sometimes sailed with waka taua (war canoes), as shown here. They hoped to mediate between warring tribes

• Encouraged peace and at times would also encourage war

• Encouraged war

• Encouraged Peace

• Mediated between warring tribes

After 10 year's NZ's first mission in the Bay of Islands failed to convert a single Maori to Christianity.

• True

• False

Henry Williams took over as the mission's leader in 1823. He focused more on spiritual teaching, and demanded that mission members improve their Māori language skills and preach to local tribes. He was also a good mediator he and it was because of him that some Maori converted to Christianity in...

• 1823

• 1830

• 1832

• 1840