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Maori were ill hundreds
at a time. Our medical man at
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Toltaki was of great service.
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and the deaths there have been
few. But at other places there
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have been many deaths. I
found the population of whole
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villages laid low and without
the necessary supplies. In some
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homes all were ill and there
were none to fetch water and
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light fires. I have for many
weeks been attending measles
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patients. I was not surprised to
be taken ill with it while I was
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in Wellington. I've been unfit
for any work for nearly three
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weeks. ¤ ¤
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The work of missionaries
throughout the 1800s in
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Aotearoa, New Zealand involved
much more than simply going to
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church and preaching the
gospel on Sunday mornings.
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The dedicated missionaries were
fully involved in the day to day
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activities of those they came
to help. Their dedicated service
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was practical, dynamic and often
involved high risk to themselves
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Yet we don't hear much about
them and most people don't even
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know any of their names. Well
today we're going to discover
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the character and devotion of
one of these amazing individuals
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Christian missionaries first
arrived in Aotearoa, New Zealand
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in the year 1814. In the
very same year on the other side
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of the globe on the Isle of
Wight a baby boy was born. This
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child although sickly and near
death on several occasions would
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grow into a man who would
later be described as the most
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remarkable man the colony
of New Zealand ever knew. He
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befriended of fierce warrior
chiefs, brought down a governor,
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guided politicians, saved a
city became the conscience to a
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nation and the enemy of
prime ministers. He was a man of
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principle who was hard hitting
and fast seeing. He was a man
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resented injustice with
every fiber of his being and yet
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despite all of this the
name Octavius Hadfield isn't
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appreciated much today. Few
know of his brave peace making
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escapades between fighting
Maori tribes or his fearless
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denunciation of the crown, the
British colonial government, in
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New Zealand in its gross
discrimination against Maori.
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During the years that he
spent in Aotearoa, New Zealand
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Octavius Hadfield's faith in
God never wavered. He practiced
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what he preached and the
consistency with which he
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practiced his religion won the
hearts of Maori. They completely
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trusted and respected him
and knew that his words could be
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relied on. They could see that
his commitment to the great God
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of heaven was the genuine
article. In short, Maori loved
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him. Join me as we follow the
footsteps and exploits of the
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remarkable Octavius Hadfield.
His story will inspire and
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encourage you.
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Octavius Hadfield was born at
Bonchurch on the Isle of Wight
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on the 6th of October 1814. He
was the 10th and youngest son of
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Joseph Hadfield, a silk merchant
The family attended the local
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church. Hadfield's parents were
wealthy and their large family
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enjoyed a free and interesting
childhood. But in his early
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teens Hadfield's education was
cut short. He began to suffer
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serious asthma attacks. He
was forced to leave school and
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studied on his own at home.
Sometimes he was so ill the
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doctors didn't think he
would survive. Later he attended
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Oxford University and
studied at Pembroke College. But
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continued ill health brought an
end to formal university studies
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Despite his ill health at about
this time Octavius wrote about
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his future plans:
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Hadfield hadn't seen any
missionary literature. But the
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young man had read and studied
the New Testament and the
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teachings of Jesus. In
particular he grasped Christ's
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great commission
in Matthew chapter 28:
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The young man showed a
great indignation that the clear
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command for Christians to go
to all nations had gone largely
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unheeded for 1800 years. The
very thought appalled Octavius.
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He sensed the strong conviction
to do his part to fulfill this
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command of Christ. So he wrote
to the church missionary society
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informing them that he was
prepared to work as a missionary
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anywhere in the world.
But because he didn't have a
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university degree he wasn't
accepted for ordination in
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England. However, the door
was finally opened for the now
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23-year-old Octavius Hadfield.
He heard that the Bishop of
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Australia William Broughton was
prepared to ordain suitable men
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without a degree to work in
Australia and New Zealand. And
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so on the 12th of February 1838
he left his home and family and
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sailed to the other side of the
world. He arrived in Ft. Jackson
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known now as Sydney five months
later. During his brief time in
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Australia Hadfield became the
first missionary to be ordained
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as a deacon in Australasia.
Later that year he crossed the
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Tasman sea and in December 1838
though still in poor health, the
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tall, lean Octavius Hadfield
arrived at Paihia in the north
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of Aotearoa, New Zealand and
a few weeks later on the 6th of
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January 1839 he became the first
clergyman to be ordained in New
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Zealand. By now there were about
2000 European settlers living in
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Aotearoa, New Zealand among a
population of over 100,000 Mauri
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The lucrative businesses of
whaling and sealing had drawn
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the Europeans. They also wanted
the fabulous timbers found in
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the forests along with the
opportunities the flax trade
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provided. Meanwhile at
Paihia the missionaries worked
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tirelessly and diligently among
Mauri towards creating a Godly
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and peaceful society. Hadfield's
mentor and overseer in Paihia
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would be the fearless, resilient
and experienced missionary
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Henry Williams.
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This man was fully
committed to strengthening the
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Christian mission in Aotearoa,
New Zealand. He'd been working
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there for 15 years.
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I think Octavius's religion
and underpinned who he was and
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If you look at the Ten
Commandments that says to love
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thy neighbor as thyself. It also
talks about doing unto others
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as you'd have them to do to you.
I think those two things really
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drove who he was as a person and
it linked his involvement and
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being influenced by the claims
of William Wilberforce and that
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strong social reform movement,
antislavery movement, _
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reform movement in the UK
and that was a very strong
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underpinning of who he was.
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Then in early 1839 two
Mauri men named Motanetafifi and
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Cautu arrived in Paihia. They'd
come from the Kapiti area just
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North of Wellington. They were
looking for a missionary to come
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and live among them. They were
of the Natetoa and Nateanakaua
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people led by the famous warrior
chief Te Raurapraha These fierce
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and warlike tribes were renowned
for the conquest of multitudes
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of Mauri particularly in the
south island. Could the gospel
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possibly triumph among these
people. And how could Octavius
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cope in such a foreign
and potentially dangerous
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environment? Missionaries were
being highly sought after by
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Mauri. There was considerable
honor or status and prestige
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attached to tribes having their
own live in missionary and many
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of them greatly valued
being able to learn from the new
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technology and most importantly
the written Holy Book of God.
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Octavius Hadfield made it
clear that he would gladly go to
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Kapati despite his ill health
and lack of experience and
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despite this tribe's well known
reputation for aggression and
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violence.
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Hadfield was offered the
position. He was to leave in
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about a fortnight's time and
Henry Williams would accompany
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him on the journey. And so on
the 21st of October 1839 the two
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men set sail. Immediately
Hadfield felt deteriorated.
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His asthma steadily grew worse.
After 17 days they finally
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arrived safely in Port Nicholson
known today as Wellington.
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However, the demands of
Hadfield's frail body were to
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continue. From Wellington,
carrying all their gear,
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supplies and equipment the
two men had to then trek through
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the bush and along the beach
for 60 km up to Waikanae. This
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took them a further four days.
They finally arrived at Waikanae
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a huge Mauri village called
Kenakenapa is at the stockade
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where over one and a half
kilometers in circumference.
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The two missionaries were
welcomed by about 1000 Mauri.
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These people had written letters
to the mission in Auckland
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requesting a missionary come and
live among them. So the arrival
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of Williams and Hadfield created
great excitement. Then to the
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amazement of the visitors the
people sang several hymns to the
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glory of God. The missionaries
soon learned the freed Mauri
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captives who'd been taken up
to Northland had been taught by
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missionaries after their release
That they returned to live with
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their people at Kenakenapa.
Led by these Mauri Christians a
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substantial Fatanui church had
even been built. Mauri were now
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teaching the gospel to their own
people. The people at Kenakenapa
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showed the two visitors
fragments of the New Testament
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and the Common Book of Prayer
that had been given to them. It
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was evident that
they craved for more.
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The problem Octavius had
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had when he first arrived in
Kapiti was that both the tribes
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the Yadayaua Wakinae and
Nakayaukae Aotaki that both
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wanted them to come and
live with them. Of course, he
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couldn't be in two places at
once so Henry Williams suggested
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that he build a little hut
in each of the places, which is
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what he did and he
traveled between the two huts.
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Soon the time came for Henry
to return to Paihia. He was
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reluctant to leave such a large
and risky mission in the hands
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hands of an inexperienced single
man with very poor health.
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I think that when he first
arrived at the Par in Kapati
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it must have been quite a shock
to him. And he was up at four
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o'clock in the morning and
the food would be very different
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from what he was used to. There
were insects. Getting used to
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the communal Mauri life
must have been pretty tough.
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His accommodation in the initial
stages would be his flimsy tent.
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He had to walk many kilometers
to reach Mauri in the outlying
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districts. Ill health continued
to plague him but Octavius
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Hadfield had made up his mind
to commit himself fully to his
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new responsibilities. Several
months later furnishings for the
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two small homes he was to build
arrived in Kapati along with two
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horses. No longer would Hadfield
have to travel on foot. The
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sailing skills Hadfield
had learned as a child proved
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invaluable to him. With his
mission extending to the top of
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the South Island he sailed
across the notorious Cook Strait
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one of the most dangerous
stretches of water in the world.
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He did this on numerous
occasions. Sailing his flimsy
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little craft, sometimes
completely on his own, other
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times Mauri who understood the
hidden perils in this dangerous
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body of water would accompany
him rowing beside him in their
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waka, their canoe. In the North
Island, Octavius was thankful
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for his horses. Now he was able
to travel even further afield.
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His area of ministry became very
large. It stretched over 240 km
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up the coast to Taranaki
across Cook Strait in the other
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direction to D'Urville Island
and Nelson in the South Island.
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It also stretched many
kilometers up the Manawatu River
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across the Rarataka ranges
to the Waiananapa and from there
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down to Wellington. As
well as using his horses for
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transportation, Hadfield would
also jump onto some of the many
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waka canoes that traveled along
the coast. Isolated from his own
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people Hadfield's workload
was immense, his days usually
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beginning at 4 a.m. His
possessions were meager. His
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frugal diet consisted mostly
of biscuit, boiled flour and the
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odd fowl. Yet despite all this
Octavius Hadfield was a happy
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man. He was working where
he wanted to be working, living
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among Mauri and encouraging
them to follow in the footsteps
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of Jesus. Hadfield's life became
quickly attached to the lives of
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his Mauri friends. A warm
relationship developed between
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them and they even referred
to him as their father and he
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became recognized as an
authority in Mauri customs and
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language. Mauri interest
and confidence in the Bible
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continued to grow. Their thirst
for books and learning was
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unquenchable. Wherever he
went Hadfield was asked for more
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books. He once wrote that if
he had 5000 Mauri New Testament
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Bibles they'd all be gone
in a fortnight. By 1841 he was
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serving 7000 Mauri
and supervising 18 schools
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throughout his large area of
ministry. These schools provided
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basic European education
and training in agriculture and
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domestic skills. People of all
ages were coming to him to learn
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Even the astute and aged chief
Te Rauparaha would sit in on the
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church classroom with his slate
puzzling over his letters. These
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two men, so completely
different to each other, forged
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a strong mutual respect for each
other. Often the old chief would
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visit his missionary friend and
they'd talk for hours. In June
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1848 Te Rauparaha wrote
to Hadfield whom he nicknamed
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Wira about the large
church he was having built.
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In the 1844, Hadfield's health
deteriorated markedly. He could
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barely walk. His beloved Mauri
friends were concerned that
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they lacked the knowledge to
cure him and feared they might
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lose him. So they carried him on
a simple stretcher all the way
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Kapati to Wellington. They took
him to the home of a Christian
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couple Henry and Anne St. Hill.
This devoted pair carefully
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attended to the ailing
man. Many believed that Octavius
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Hadfield was dying. But Octavius
Hadfield stubbornly refused to
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die. Though he was desperately
ill and in great pain the
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30-year-old Hadfield clung to
life. However, he was to spend
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the next four years in bed. Yet
even from here he would not stop
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serving Mauri. From his bed he
seemed to know everything that
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was going on among Mauri and
was aware of the very pulse of
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the entire country.
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Tumultuous times were developing
in Aotearoa, New Zealand.
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A humanitarian and progressive
document, The Treaty of Waitangi
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had been signed but not
honored by the British colonial
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government and the settlers.
Tensions began to arise. As more
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and more injustices against
Mauri occurred. Though so very
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ill Hadfield did not waste this
period of his life. From his
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sickbed he wrote many articles
and letters in defense of Mauri.
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His visitors included Governor
George Grey and the Bishop
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New Zealand, Bishop Selwyn. His
influence alleviated biases and
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prejudices held against
Mauri. Miraculously in mid-1849,
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Hadfield's health dramatically
improved and in the spring of
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that year Octavius Hadfield
made his joyful return to Kapati
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after an absence of almost
five years. Hadfield was given a
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tumultuous welcome and greeted
with loud cries of Hadimai when
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he returned to his beloved Mauri
at Ranglatea church at Kapati.
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And it would be three years
later in Ranglatea church that
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the 38-year-old missionary would
marry Kate Williams the third
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daughter of his senior
missionary mentor Henry Williams
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Kate was born in Aotearoa, New
Zealand and was fluent in the
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Mauri language. She was familiar
with the strength of Mauri and
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was no stranger to their culture
and traditions. Kate had a
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passion for Christian education
and having watched her mother
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face the many challenges of
missionary life she knew what
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was involved in this kind of
career. Her happy disposition
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and passion for the cause
made her the perfect partner for
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Octavius Hadfield. After their
marriage Octavius continued to
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travel extensively leaving Kate
to manage the home and school
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alone. Unlike her mother though
Kate did accompany her husband
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on a number of occasions.
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Octavius's main focus of course
was his missionary work. That's
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what he came to New Zealand to
do, but his view... He couldn't
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separate political from
religious. In 1842 after the
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war on Issica,
Terapahan Iparanehia was seeking
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retribution from the government.
So they planned to create this
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strike on Wellington. Octavius
would hear about this, went to
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Wellington to explain to the
government. On his way back he
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discovered that Iparanehia was
still wanting to attack so he
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met with them half way
with Hutamakini's help and they
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stopped it. If they had not
stopped it it could have been an
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absolute blood bath.
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Never taking the credit
for these successes to himself
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Hadfield would simply exclaim
the gospel has displayed its
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power. Octavius Hadfield spoke
out bravely throughout his life
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against injustice. He was at
times deeply unpopular with both
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secularists and politicians.
However the very politicians who
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vilified Octavius were often
forced to admit that wars could
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have been avoided and millions
of pounds saved if they had
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taken his advice. In spite of
often fragile health, Octavius
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Hadfield enjoyed a long
life. He became the Bishop of
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Wellington in 1870 and the
Primate of New Zealand in 1890.
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He played his part in securing
peace and justice for both Mauri
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and Pachea based on mutual
respect and equal rights. He
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died in 1904 at the age of 90.
These words are inscribed on his
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gravestone where he lies
next to his beloved Kate at a
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peaceful graveyard of a
small church in Tututatara near
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Wanganui. I have finished my
course, I have kept the faith.
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Octavius Hadfield is
unquestionably one of the great
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New Zealanders of the
19th century. He was a man of
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principle with a strong belief
in justice, peace, and living
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the Christian life. Mauri paid
him the ultimate accolade in
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calling him Auranatea, chief.
Although he suffered ill health
00:24:44.68\00:24:49.18
and many other challenges in
life he experienced inner peace,
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happiness and fulfillment
that comes from knowing Jesus as
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your friend and Savior. If you'd
like to experience that same
00:24:57.36\00:25:01.43
inner peace, happiness and
fulfillment in your life, why
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not ask for it now as we pray?
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Dear Heavenly Father, thank you
for your love and goodness to us
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and for the continued presence
and power of your word, the
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Bible in this sad and broken
world. May we allow ourselves
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to be inspired and influenced
by your word, the Bible, so that
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we can find the peace and
happiness that you planned for
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our lives. In
Jesus' name we pray, Amen.
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If you are battling with
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