Dissolving Dream by R.F. Kream, a first edition
Dissolving Dream by R.F. Kream, a first edition
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Published by the author in 2004 at University of Auckland this is both a historical account and biography detailing the history of the settlement of Te Wairoa, New Zealand. It focuses on the rise and sudden end of the first Baptist Māori Mission led by William and Antis Snow and missionary Alfred Fairbrother.
The Mission began in 1880 when affluent Americans William and Anstis Snow launched a temperance movement among the local Māori population. The mission eventually partnered with Auckland's Wellesley Street Baptist Church and appointed missionary Alfred Fairbrother.
Internal conflicts led to Fairbrother's resignation, fracturing the mission. Its final demise came abruptly on 10 June 1886, when the catastrophic Mount Tarawera volcanic eruption completely destroyed the Te Wairoa settlement, eliminating both the mission and the community it served.
Paperback, 236pp. Near Fine condition
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