page_title: Te Ākau
section_title: Mission station
hierarchical_section_title: Te Ākau / History and culture / Mission station
caption_attribution_description: English: Detail from Whaingaroa Harbour sketch drawn by Captain Thomas Wing January 1836
context_page_description: Te Ākau is a small farming settlement in the North Island of New Zealand, located 62 km north west of Hamilton, 39 km south west of Huntly, 45 km south of Port Waikato and 47 km, or 19 km by ferry and road, north of Raglan. It has a hall and a school.
  Te Ākau is also the name of a beach in Marlborough.
context_section_description: Christianity spread to this area after 1828, due to missionary work in the north, and release of slaves taken north after the Musket Wars, some of whom returned to their former homes. James and Mary Wallis started a mission station at Te Horea in 1835, but left it in 1836, due to a dispute with the Anglican Church.
caption: Detail from Whaingaroa Harbour sketch drawn by Captain Thomas Wing January 1836
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