TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bagnall,A.G.
AU  - Petersen,G.C.
AU  - StGeorge,Ian
TI  - William Colenso: printer, missionary, botanist, explorer, politician : his life and journeys 
SN  - 1877578150
U1  - 993.02092 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Dunedin
PB  - Otago University Press
KW  - Colenso, W.
KW  - Church Missionary Society
KW  - Missions
KW  - New Zealand
KW  - Missionaries
KW  - Biography
KW  - Printers
KW  - North Island (N.Z.)
KW  - Discovery and exploration
KW  - Hawke's Bay (N.Z.)
KW  - History
N1  - Previous ed. published: Wellington, N.Z. : A.H. & A.W. Reed, 1948; Includes bibliographical references (pages 430-438) and index
N2  - Colenso, a Church Missionary Society missionary, printer and botanist, established the first printing press in New Zealand and printed the first book, 5000 copies of the New Testament in Māori, in 1837. He also printed the Treaty of Waitangi. His Authentic and genuine history of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi (1890) is regarded as the most reliable European account from the time. Throughout his life, he defended the rights and equality of Māori. Posted to Hawke's Bay and determined to expand the activities of the mission, Colenso undertook major journeys to reach isolated Māori villages on the east coast of the North Island and inland, including over the Ruahines. An extra-marital relationship brought an end to his career in the church and for a time he became a politician, intensely involved in public life. But science called once more and in his later years much time was given to botanising
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