Comments on: This missionary’s portrait hung in honor until they found out who he really was

By: Brent Kerehona

Brent Kerehona — Sat, 08 Oct 2022 23:37:17 +0000

In reply to Peter Kendall. Hi Peter, I’m actually on holiday at the place where Thomas lost his life in a shipwreck at Shoalhaven on the NSW South Coast. Yesterday I went to Yatta Yattah were Thomas ran a farm until his death. He was taking Cedar and cheese to Sydney in his ship the Brisbane, when he hit a storm.

By: Peter Kendall

Peter Kendall — Sat, 08 Oct 2022 15:58:19 +0000

In reply to Ashton. I’m a direct descend of Thomas’s brother Edward (1768- 1859)

By: Brent Kerehona

Brent Kerehona — Fri, 03 Apr 2020 03:58:52 +0000

In reply to Ashton.

Tena koe e Ashton,

I am director of Hongi’s Hikoi: A Trio of Travellers – a series of bicentennial commemorative events and educational initiatives, focusing on the 1820 journey to England, by Hongi Hika, Waikato and Thomas Kendall.

It will run from September – October 2020, with a number of events being held in England, Australia and New Zealand.

http://www.hongishikoi.com

By: Ashton

Ashton — Mon, 27 Jan 2020 13:27:31 +0000

In reply to George Wieland. I’m a direct descendant of him, awesome to read what he was about though most being disturbing lol

By: Brent Kerehona

Brent Kerehona — Sat, 25 Jan 2020 10:41:25 +0000

Tena koutou katoa,

It will run from September – October 2020, with a number of events being held in England, Australia and New Zealand.

http://www.hongishikoi.com

By: Vicki

Vicki — Sat, 10 Nov 2018 06:30:23 +0000

In reply to George Wieland. Great article thanks George. Fascinating to see how modern day Maori see the Bible and it’s future relevance within their culture. Thanks for sharing, Vicki (Pakeha Kiwi living in Darwin)

By: Lesley

Lesley — Thu, 08 Nov 2018 08:22:18 +0000

The bible is full of similarly complex characters!

By: Ian Duval

Ian Duval — Thu, 08 Nov 2018 03:29:41 +0000

An interesting piece of history. Thank you for bringing it to our attention.

By: George Wieland

George Wieland — Wed, 07 Nov 2018 22:24:41 +0000

Thanks for this Mike. Yes, Kendall is a complex figure. Whatever else might be said about him, I’m impressed by his determination to gain an accurate knowledge of the language of the people he had come to live with, not only so that he could say what he wanted to say but even more so that he could listen with deeper respect and understand them and their world more profoundly. The work he did on the Māori language, getting it into written form and publishing a grammar and a dictionary, was certainly crucial to the translation of the Bible into Māori. That translation, however, was done by others, particularly William Williams (New Testament) and Robert Maunsell (Old Testament).
And once the Bible is in the language of a people, they read and hear it within the world reflected and encoded within that language. Power to determine meaning shifts away from the missionary and we begin to see what the people make of the Bible, and what it makes of them. This is a great piece by Dr Hirini Kaa on the Māori Bible:
https://thespinoff.co.nz/atea/26-09-2018/when-christianity-came-to-aotearoa-150-years-of-the-bible-in-te-reo-maori/

By: Brad Murphy

Brad Murphy — Wed, 07 Nov 2018 11:39:38 +0000

God moves in the most mysterious of ways and despite our own fallen nature. Wow, what a story!