William Gilbert Puckey worked at Te Waimate Mission, then in 1834 he established the Kaitaia Mission.[22] As he had become fluent in the language since arriving as a boy of 14, he was a useful translator for the CMS mission, including collaborating with William Williams on the translation of the New Testament in 1837 and its revision in 1844.[4]
James Hamlin, flax dresser and weaver, arrived in the Bay of Islands on 25 March 1826 with his wife Elizabeth on the same ship as William Williams and Jane Williams.[23][19] He served as a catechist at Te Waimate Mission from 1830 to 1834.[1][4] In 1834 Hamlin left to establish a mission station at Puriri (in Thames).
William Williams moved to Te Waimate Mission in 1835, became the principal of the Waimate Boys’ School and continued his work on the translation of the Bible into Māori.[4] In December 1839 Williams, his wife and their family left Waimate to establish the Poverty Bay Mission at Tūranga.[19]
Richard Taylor, arrived in the Bay of Islands in 1839. He was appointed as head of the school at Te Waimate Mission in 1839 and remained there until 1842.[1][24][25] In 1842 Taylor moved to join the mission station at Whanganui.[4]
William Colenso, arrived in December 1834 to work as a printer at Paihia.[26] In 1843 Colenso went to Te Waimate Mission to study for ordination.[1] Ordained a deacon in 1844 Colenso was appointed to open a new mission station at Ahuriri, at Napier.
Robert Maunsell arrived at Te Waimate Mission in 1835 and he was sent to established the Manukau mission station that same year.[4][27] Maunsell became a leading scholar of the Māori language. After 1844 he worked with William Williams on the revision of the translation of the Bible. He revised the translation of the Old Testament into the Māori language, portions of which were published in 1840 with the full translation completed in 1857.[28][29]
↑ Limbrick, Warren E. (1990). "Selwyn, George Augustus" . Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand . 2019年4月22日取得。