Grace Mission Homestead, c.1870-1952 (Place)

SummaryAlso known as:
Rev. T.S. Grace's Mission House
Te Renga Renga Mission Station
Tauranga Mission Station

A large two-storey timber villa with gabled roof, bay window, dormer windows, and a wide verandah along the front façade. Constructed of local timber, with kauri elements in the associated schoolroom building.

Established by the Reverend Thomas Samuel Grace of the Church Missionary Society in the early 1870s on the site of the former Te Renga Renga Pā. Grace moved to Tauranga after earlier postings in Taupō and Poverty Bay. The mission served both Māori and European residents, functioning as a base for religious services, schooling, and agricultural development.

The homestead passed through private ownerships before being acquired by the Tauranga Hospital Board. The building was demolished in the early 1950s to make way for Norfolk Hospital, which opened in 1953. The site is located on what is now Grace Road, Tauranga.

Our People (authority)

Grace, Thomas Samuel, 1815–1879 (Person)

Our Places (authority)

Norfolk Hospital, 1953-2007 (Place)

Photo in "A pioneer missionary among the Maoris, 1850-1879 : being letters and journals of Thomas Samuel Grace" page 256.

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Known Date/s

Date Builtc. 1870Date Demolished1952

Location

LocationGrace Road bounded by 13th and 14th Avenue and Burrows StreetLatitude/Longitude^[1]

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Start here:Norfolk Hospital, 1953-2007 (Place)Grace, Thomas Samuel, 1815–1879 (Person)

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Grace Mission Homestead, c.1870-1952 (Place)