Wesleydale Mission

Wesleydale
Interactive map of Wesleydale
Coordinates: 35°6′S 173°47′E / 35.100°S 173.783°E / -35.100; 173.783
CountryNew Zealand
RegionNorthland Region
DistrictFar North District
WardBay of Islands-Whangaroa
CommunityBay of Islands-Whangaroa
SubdivisionWhangaroa

Wesleydale was the first mission station established in New Zealand by the Wesleyan Missionary Society. Located where the current village of Kaeo sits, some twelve miles to the south east of the Whangaroa Harbour, it was founded in June 1823 by the missionaries Samuel Leigh and William White. The short-lived mission was ransacked by the local Māori on several occasions, until it was comprehensively destroyed in January 1827, and the missionaries were forced to abandon it.

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