Maunsell's home and mission station, Waikato Heads, painted in 1854 probably by Francis Dillon Bell
Robert Maunsell (24 October 1810 – 19 April 1894) was a New Zealand missionary, linguist and translator. He was born in Milford, near
Limerick,
Ireland on 24 October 1810.[1][2]
After 1844 the Rev. Robert Maunsell worked with
William Williams on the revision of the translation of the Bible into the
Māori language.[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.[3][4]
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abTranscribed by the Right Reverend Dr. Terry Brown Bishop of Malaita, Church of the Province of Melanesia, 2008 (10 November 1858).
"Untitled article on Maori Bible translation". The Church Journal, New-York. Retrieved 30 November 2014.{{
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abRogers, Lawrence M. (1973). Te Wiremu: A Biography of Henry Williams. Pegasus Press.