John Gare Butler

John Gare Butler
John Gare Butler
Born	March 1781
Died	18 June 1841; Gear Island, Petone, New Zealand
Nationality	British
Occupation(s)	Anglican Minister and Missionary
Spouse	Hannah Hitchman (married 1798)

John Gare Butler (March 1781 – 18 June 1841) was the first ordained clergyman to reside in New Zealand with the Church Missionary Society (CMS). In 1818 he was ordained as a priest by the Bishop of Gloucester. Butler and the Māori workers at the mission at Kerikeri established a small mixed farm, which involved the first use in New Zealand of an agricultural plough, which was pulled by team of six bullocks. Butler arranged for the building of Mission House in Kerikeri.^[1]

^ Sharp, Charles Andrew (1966). "Butler, John Gare – Biography". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock, originally published in 1966. Retrieved 12 March 2019.

[1] Sharp, Charles Andrew (1966). "Butler, John Gare – Biography". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock, originally published in 1966. Retrieved 12 March 2019.

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