Abstract:
Records of the work of the Missionaries to New Zealand are given in detail in such works as "The English Ohurch in N.Z."
(Purchas), "History of Methodism in New Zealand" (Morley), "The Chirch in New Zealand" - Roman Catholic - (Wilson). These
histories, written from the point of view of the churchman and sympathiser with the missionaries present their work in the most
favourable light. Mistakes and faults if mentioned at all are touched upon but lightly, and it is seldom we find any attempt
to meet the charges of failure, harm to the natives, opposition to colonization, land speculation etc., brought against the
missionaries by other writers.
