History On Pompallier House

Pompallier house  is the nineteenth century building located in Russell NZ which once served as the headquarters to the french catholic mission to the western pacific.It is named after Jean Baptiste Pompallier,the first vicar apostolic to visit NZ,who founded a number of missions in the north island.Pompallier house is owned and managed by Heritage NZ,who opened it to public.It is NZ’s oldest roman catholic building,oldest industrial building.

Why was it built and when?

The pompallier house was built on 1842,Pompallier mission originally housed a printery where church texts were translated from latin to Te Reo Maori,then printed and bond.It is just one several buildings,including a chapel and various outhouses,which once stood in this crowded enclave.  

Who built it?

Pompallier house 1970s (1st of 2)

In 1839 French catholic bishop Jean Baptiste Pompallier established a mission at Kororareka,where a two storied building,housing a printery,tannery and storehouse,was constructed.

How was it constructed?

The French missioners used rammed earth construction method common in their original home of Lyon.Earth was dug on site and supplemented with sand and rocks by the nearby beaches with the lime made by burning shells.The upper floor was constructed with earth supported by timber frames.   

Who was Pompallier?

Bishop Pompallier was born in Lyons ,France in 1801.He was consecrated Bishop with responsibility for western oceania including NZ in 1836.He arrived in NZ in 1838,and by the mid – 1840s had established a number of catholic missions.By 1843 the french missions claimed about 45,000 Maori converts.

What was made there?

Built in 1842,Pompallier Mission originally housed a printery where church texts were translated from Latin to Te Reo Maori,then printed and bound.

 

The Missionaries Did More Work On The Treaty Of Waitangi Than William Hobson?

 

I disagree because the land quickly became a tradable commodity when economic relations between Maori and Pakeha began in earnest in the early 19th century.By the 1830s concerns were growing about how Maori land was being acquired.In 1838 the house of Lords noted that land transaction could lead to serious confrontation and violence in NZ.Schemes for increased European settlement such as those of the NZ company highlighted potential problems and meant that the British government could not let matters drift.Action was needed to protect Maori from the worst ravages of European contact.

Europeans obtained land in several ways.Missionary organisations negotiated with chiefs for the right to occupy the land they needed for their stations and farms.Whalers,timber millers and merchants also acquired small pieces of land.for commercial purposes or for the use of their par – Maori families.

     

The Maori Trusted William Hobson?

I disagree because the British government appointed William Hobson as consul to an independent New Zealand. It sent him here for one goal and that one goal was to get Maori to sign over sovereignty of all or part of the lieutenant governor over those areas Hobson sailed into the Bay of Islands on Wednesday 29th January 1840. James Busby, a British resident met him and the two began planning a treaty that would carry out their government’s intentions.

Hobson was NZ’s first governor, William Hobson was born to well to do family, and was an ambitious Irishman who had a rich and demanding career as a naval officer in the expanding British empire. Although his abilities enabled him to lead a life of international advantage culminating in a position of distinction in early colonial New Zealand.Hobson was born in September 1792 to a barrister, Samuel Hobson, and his wife Martha. Before his 11th birthday, he had signed on to the royal navy. He served in the Napoleonic wars in 1809 and the war with the U.S 1812 – 14.Involed as a skipper in the suppression of pircay in the West Indies,He found himself captured twice by pirates,enduring ill treatment and surviving a daring escape. 

This Week Ihimaera group was learning about William Hobson and what role he did in the treaty of Waitangi and what he came for.

William Hobson Wanted The Best For Maori?

I disagree because William Hobson had been sent here to NZ on 29th January 1840 he came here as a lieutenant – governor of a colony that did not yet exist and the extent of which had not been decided. His task was to take possession of it with the consent of as many Maori chiefs as possible. Though Hobson had not drafted a treaty to guide him, the colonial secretary. Lord Normanby, had given him instructions prepared by James Stephen of the colonial office.

Hobson had to rely on other British treaties and any advice that he could get. He consulted governor Gorge Gipps of New South Wales en route and, in NZ his secretary, James Freeman several missionaries, and James busby who, as a British resident, had been the formal representative of the crown until Hobson’s arrival. They had already had a whole bountiful feast on the table for the chiefs and the Maori people to eat and agree but still, Hobson had a backup plan if the Maori did not agree because first, they wanted to steal our land because of what but the Maori already had the land before them.