The conference is being organised by the 2014 – CHRISTIANITY - TAUIWI Bicentenary History Group, working under the auspices of the 2014 Bicentenary Planning Group with Postal Address for Cheques and Registrations assistance from the Anglican Church and links to the Hei Kohikohinga Kōrero Religious History Association of Aotearoa New mō te Hāhi Karaitiana ki Aotearoa History Conference Zealand. Anglican General Synod Office Re-evaluating Christianity’s Influence PO Box 87-188 in Shaping Aotearoa Meadowbank Conference Organising Committee Auckland 1742 c.1800 to c.1860 New Zealand Revd Dr Allan Davidson (Convenor), Samuel Carpenter, Revd Earle Howe, Revd Dr Rangi Conference Nicholson, Rev Dr Stuart Lange, Associate Professor For emailing registrations when paying by Direct Peter Lineham, Revd Dr Peter Wensor, Dr Adrienne 27-29 November 2012 Credit please enter “History Conference” into the Puckey. subject line and send to: [email protected] Reference Group

Revd Dr Laurie Guy, Associate Professor Manuka Henare, Revd Christopher Honoré, Professor Jonathan Mane-Wheoki, Rt Revd Kitohi Pikaahu, Associate Professor John Stenhouse, Te Aroha Rountree, Dr Nick Thompson.

Further information

For further details about the conference contact Allan Davidson: [email protected]

Website details: www.gospel2014.org Kennett Watkins’ depiction of Marsden preaching Christmas Day 1814, JKTL

Pōwhiri, Welcome & Opening: Te Tii Marae Waitangi, Bay of Islands 27 November 2012

Plenary sessions: Copthorne Hotel Waitangi, Bay of Islands 28-29 November 2012

Tēnā koutou katoa implications. The aim of the Conference is to re- REGISTRATION evaluate these developments and the formative This form is also available on the following website: December 2014 marks the bicentenary of the Revd Christian influences in the shaping of New Zealand www.gospel2014.org ’s arrival, along with the first Church society. Missionary Society families, at Oihi in the Bay of Islands. They were accompanied across the Tasman In holding the conference in Te Pē-o-whairangi, the Registrations must be received by 1 October 2012 by Ruatara, , Korokoro and five other Bay of Islands, the organisers are conscious of the Late Fee $50.00 kinsmen. Marsden’s sermon on Christmas Day 1814 significant early engagement there of tangata whenua formally inaugurated the mission in New Zealand. with missionary Christianity. In other parts of the Full Conference Costs: country local dynamics also contributed to different (includes evening meal 27 November, morning and The contact between ways in which the missionary message was received. afternoon tea and lunches 28-29 November) and Marsden in 1805, the The conference will provide an opportunity for  Full Conference: $200.00 relationship established dialogue about these issues.  Full Conference - unwaged/student: $170.00 between Ruatara and Marsden  Receipt required (available at the Conference) from 1807, and the visit of It is planned to publish the papers as a contribution to and William the 2014 bicentenary. Any profits from the conference Daily Conference Costs: Hall to New Zealand in June and will be available to help subsidise their publication. $80 per day waged $70 per day for unwaged/students July 1814 provide part of the 28 November  waged  unwaged/student back story to these Offering a Paper: The title and abstract (250 words) 29 November  waged  unwaged/student developments. should be submitted to Associate Professor Peter Marsden Cross, Oihi Lineham - [email protected] by 1 June 2012. Method of Payment Other noteworthy missionary beginnings followed. The conference organisers reserve the right to select  Cheques: payable to “Anglican Church of NZ” They included the commencement of the work of the the contributors to the conference and the papers  Direct Credit Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society in 1822 and chosen for publication. Account Number: 02-0192-0130001-004 the arrival of Bishop Pompallier and Catholic Particulars: HISTORY “SURNAME” missionaries from the Society of Mary in 1838. Tour of early mission sites: A one-day tour after the Reference: A7/9405 CONF conference will be arranged if there is sufficient  Overseas registrations – contact From the very first contact Christianity was being interest. If you would like to be part of a tour (costs to [email protected] evaluated and tested by local leaders and their iwi. be advised) please contact Earle Howe by 31 August After 1830 Christianity was experimented with and 2012 [email protected] Name:...... incorporated in various ways within tribal and village life. The agency of indigenous evangelists was a Accommodation: Address:...... significant part of this process. Copthorne Hotel (if booking at the Copthorne indicate you are attending the history conference): ...... The arrival from the 1840s of increasing numbers of www.millenniumhotels.co.nz/copthornebayofislands/ European migrants saw the beginnings of settler index.html ...... churches in a variety of denominational forms. This For accommodation in the Paihia area: resulted in tensions between the missionary and  www.booking.com/Paihia Name Badge Preference...... colonial expressions of Christianity.  http://www.aatravel.co.nz/newzealand/Paihia_Ac commodation.html Email:...... Considerable historical debates have taken place over  http://www.bay-of-islands.co.nz/accommod.htm the early missionary beginnings and their Telephone:......