Musket Missionary - the story of Thomas Kendall - Part 2

Early NZ missionary Thomas Kendall arrived in London in 1820 with the Ngapuhi Rangatira Hongi Hika. He would return to Aotearoa a year later with the first ever written dictionary of Te Reo Maori, a newly won clerical collar ...and about 300 muskets.
 

Further reading:

• The Legacy of Guilt: a life of Thomas Kendall by Judith Binney
• Thomas Kendall - Dictionary of New Zealand Biography
• Hongi Hika - Dictionary of New Zealand Biography