Mission to the Ends of the Earth

What happened in the ten years after Samuel Marsden preached the first sermon in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand, in 1814?

How did the first missionary families fare? What about their relationships with Maori? And the spread of the Christian message?

About the Author: Russell Smith is a Research Associate at Bishopdale Theological College and a lay leader in the Nelson Anglican Diocese. He is a graduate of Carey Baptist College and has a Master of Theology degree from Laidlaw College in Auckland.