The Baumber collection consists of 980 books of mostly pre-1900 New Zealand titles, which were given to Trinity Methodist College as the gift of the Rev. William Baumber, minister at Pitt Street Church. The collection is strong in 19th-century settler and visitor accounts of New Zealand. A noteworthy book from the… Read More »Baumber Collection
Rota Waitoa was the first Māori ordained Minister in New Zealand The John Kinder Library is fortunate to hold letters written by Rota Waitoa the first Māori ordained minister spanning the whole of his Christian life from 1845 – 1866. Waitoa received his initial Christian education from Octavius Hadfield at… Read More »Letters By and About Rota Waitoa, the first Māori ordained minister
