Robert Maunsell (24 October 1810 – 19 April 1894) was a New Zealand missionary, linguist and translator.

[1][2] Robert Maunsell joined the Church Missionary Society and arrived in the Bay of Islands in 1835 and was appointed to Te Waimate mission,[3] and he was sent to established the Manukau mission station that same year;[4] where he operated a school.

[5][6] From 1849 to 1865 he worked at Te Kohanga Mission near Port Waikato,[7][8][9] including during the Invasion of the Waikato, which was the response of the colonial government to the Kingitanga Movement.

[11][12] William Williams concentrated on the revision of the New Testament; Maunsell worked on the revision of the Old Testament, portions of which were published in 1840 with the full translation completed in 1857.

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