Te Waimate Mission
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Te Waimate Mission was the fourth mission station established in New Zealand and the first settlement inland from the Bay of Islands. The members of the Church Missionary Society (CMS) appointed to establish Te (the) Waimate Mission at Waimate North were the Rev. William Yate and lay members Richard Davis, George Clarke and James Hamlin.
George Clarke's house
St. John the Baptist Church today. Some combatants who died at the Battle of Ohaeawai in 1845 are buried in this churchyard.
Wooden headstone for two of the British soldiers killed at Ohaeawai, preserved at the mission
Jane Williams (missionary)
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Jane Williams was a pioneering educator in New Zealand. Together with her sister-in-law Marianne Williams, she established schools for Māori children and adults. She also educated the children of the Church Missionary Society in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand.
from left to right Emily Harper, wife of Henry Harper; Sarah Selwyn, wife of Bishop George Selwyn; Caroline Harriet Abraham, wife of Bishop Charles Abraham and (seated) Jane Williams. The little boy is thought to be Caroline Abraham's son, Charlie