James West Stack (27 March 1835 – 13 October 1919) was a New Zealand missionary, clergyman, writer and interpreter.
[1] His father, James Stack, had been a Wesleyan missionary at Whangaroa, who later joined the Church Mission Society (CMS), which followed the Anglican traditions.
James Stack was sent to the CMS mission in Puriri, where his son was born.
[3] He was ordained a deacon on 23 December 1860 at Holy Trinity Church, Lyttelton, and he was appointed to the Diocese of Christchurch at the Tuahiwi mission among the Māori in Canterbury.
[4] He was ordained a priest on 21 December 1862 at Church of St Michael and All Angels, Christchurch.