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Article: Maori and mission sisters in New Zealand since 1865: changing approaches.
- Article from:
- International Bulletin of Missionary Research
- Article date:
- April 1, 2007
- Author:
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Between 1838, when Bishop Pompallier and the first Catholic missionaries journeyed to New Zealand (hereafter NZ), and February 1865, when the first Mission Sisters arrived, (1) significant changes in the country's economic, political, and social landscape had occurred. These changes affected the mission of the Catholic Church, and therefore the work of the first Mission Sisters. Initially, Pompallier had focused attention on Maori, who outnumbered the few Europeans then resident in the country. The increase in settler numbers following the Treaty of Waitangi (1840), (2) however, meant significant changes in the relation between Maori and settlers. Economic control of ...