Te Waimate Mission

William Yate and lay members Richard Davis, George Clarke and James Hamlin.

[2][3] At the instigation of Samuel Marsden, a model farming village for Māori was constructed at Te Waimate by the CMS.

In 1830, Richard Davis, farmer and lay member of the CMS, established a farm at the Waimate Mission.

[6][7] The village comprised three wooden houses for missionary families, a flour mill, printery, carpenters' shop, brickworks, blacksmith, school and of course the church.

Today the only remnant on the site is the house originally occupied by George Clarke, which is preserved by Heritage New Zealand as a museum.

A third building was sold and moved to Kerikeri- located on Springbank Lane it is occupied to this day as a home.

George Clarke's house
St. John the Baptist Church today. Some combatants who died at the Battle of Ohaeawai in 1845 are buried in this churchyard.
Wooden headstone for two of the British soldiers killed at Ohaeawai, preserved at the mission