“A unique audio recording has been captured of John Taylor, a Mormon missionary of the 1800s, telling of his experience with the Māori of Parihaka,” TVNZ reports this week.
- Elder John Taylor
- Parihaka, Taranaki, New Zealand
- New Zealand Missionaries - Sometime between 1896 - 1901
- Parihaka - Home of Māori leaders Te Whiti-o-Rongomai and Tohu Kakahi
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Taylor was the first Mormon to connect with the Parihaka people simply because the American learnt to speak Te Reo Māori.”
The missionary was from Los Angeles, United States, and served in New Zealand from 1896 to 1901.
In the audio recording Taylor tells what happens when he went to visit Māori leaders Te Whiti-o-Rongomai and Tohu Kakahi in Parihaka. He also sings the hymn “Koutou katoa ra” (Come to the Saviour).
Latter-day Saint historian, Rangi Parker, is interviewed in the TVNZ report.
Watch the TVNZ Te Karere news report about the recording here.