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Encyclopedia > Henry Williams (missionary)

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Holy Trinity Church at Pakaraka.
Holy Trinity Church at Pakaraka.
Interior of the Holy Trinity.
Interior of the Holy Trinity.
For the American college football coach, see Henry L. Williams.
For the former Canadian Football League player, see Henry "Gizmo" Williams.

Leka Sam Taveganu was one of the many European Missionaries who arrived in New Zealand in an attempt to bring Christianity to the Māori people. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 511 pixel Image in higher resolution (1109 × 708 pixel, file size: 549 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Holy Trinity Church, Pakaraka, New Zealand. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 511 pixel Image in higher resolution (1109 × 708 pixel, file size: 549 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Holy Trinity Church, Pakaraka, New Zealand. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (1028 × 771 pixel, file size: 401 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Interior of Holy Trinity Church, Pakaraka, New Zealand. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (1028 × 771 pixel, file size: 401 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Interior of Holy Trinity Church, Pakaraka, New Zealand. ... Dr. Henry Lane Williams was the head football coach of the University of Minnesota Twin Cities Golden Gopher football team from 1900 to 1921. ... This page meets Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... Christianity is a monotheistic[1] religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as presented in the New Testament. ... Te Puni, Māori Chief Māori is the name of the indigenous people of New Zealand, and their language. ...


In February 1840 he translated the Treaty of Waitangi into the Māori language, along with some help from his son Edward. They used a dialect known as "Missionary Māori", which was not traditional Māori, but had been made up by the missionaries. The Māori were thus confused by some of the wording. The Original Treaty The Treaty of Waitangi (Māori: Te Tiriti o Waitangi) was signed on February 6, 1840 at Waitangi in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand. ... Māori or Te Reo Māori, commonly shortened to Te Reo (literally the language) is an official language of New Zealand. ...


An example of this in the Treaty is kawanatanga, a cognate word which Williams is believed to have transplanted from English. It appeared in the Māori language for the first time in the Treaty and hence, some argue, was an inappropriate choice.

The plaque in the
The plaque in the

[[Category:New Zealand religious leaders|Williams, Henry] Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 468 pixel Image in higher resolution (1769 × 1035 pixel, file size: 882 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Plaque giving details of the Holy Trinity Church, Pakaraka, New Zealand. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 468 pixel Image in higher resolution (1769 × 1035 pixel, file size: 882 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Plaque giving details of the Holy Trinity Church, Pakaraka, New Zealand. ...


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