Samuel Marsden

Description Celebrated as the 'apostle of New Zealand'; condemned as the 'flogging parson' of New South Wales. Few figures in Australasian history evoke as much debate as Samuel Marsden. Was he a merciless colonial magistrate in a harsh penal colony, or a devoted pastor and pioneering missionary to the Māori? Table of contents Marsden's ministry The magistrate The New Zealand mission Marsden and Macquarie The preacher and his people About the author Dr David Pettett has spent more than four decades in ministry and theological education.