Rota Waitoa
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rota-waitoa-266-9043431
title:
Rota Waitoa
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Rota Waitoa was a New Zealand Anglican clergyman, of Māori descent. Waitoa identified with the Ngāti Raukawa iwi. He was born in Waitoa, Waikato, New Zealand. Waitoa's ordination as deacon at St Paul's, Auckland, on 22 May 1853, was the first ordination of a Māori into the Anglican church. He was baptised Rota (Lot) on 17 October 1841 by the Rev. Octavius Hadfield at the Waikanae Mission of the Church Missionary Society (CMS). When Bishop George Selwyn visited in November 1842 Waitoa volunteered
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First New Zealand Māori Anglican Clergy
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rota_Waitoa
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2023-12-22T11:54:31Z
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