Joy Cowley

Paintings by Mary Glover Bobby

In 1835, 100 copies of the Gospel of Luke were published in Maori.

In 1836, missionaries gave one of these Gospels to a young Maori girl, Tarore, at a mission school near Matamata. Tarore’s subsequent acceptance of the Christian faith and her murder at a young age had a great impact upon Maori people with many coming to faith as a result.

The book contains selected verses from the Gospel of Luke, and is illustrated using a series of eighteen paintings depicting the story created by Waipawa artist, Mary Glover Bibby, in the 1920s.

This beautiful book with embossed cover should be a treasure in every home and school in New Zealand.

32 pages

9780908867189

One Nineteen Books