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Collected papers of and relating to Johann Friedrich Heinrich Wohlers

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Reference NumberARC-0434DescriptionThe collection includes correspondence, a manuscript on Māori mythology, bibles and various certificates.
Only a small part of this collection is digitised and available through Digital Collections. Information about other items can be found on the Hākena catalogue, through the Library Catalogues link above.History / BiographyJohann Friedrich Heinrich Wohlers was a German missionary who immigrated to New Zealand in 1842. Wohlers met the great southern chief Tuhawaiki on Banks Peninsula and was invited by him to make Ruapuke in the Foveaux Strait, his headquarters for mission work. Wohlers arrived on Ruapuke Island 17 May 1844. He married Eliza Palmer on 21 September 1849, and they had one daughter Gretchen. Aside from establishing a mission at Ruapuke he was the visiting pastor to Stewart Island, and chairman of the first Committee of Management of Ruapuke School, where he also taught prior to his death.
(From Thomson, Jane (Ed.) 'Southern People. A Dictionary of Otago Southland Biography.' Dunedin, 1998)

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Johann Wohlers' ordination certificate and reference

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SubjectsMissionaries - New ZealandChristianityMāori languageMāori - Mythology and religionMissions to Māori

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Collected papers of and relating to Johann Friedrich Heinrich Wohlers

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