Reverend John Bettridge Stair
1815–1898
(Person)
Missionary, printer, author.
Works by this Author in Our Collection
Works by this Author in other Collections
- Art. XXXI.—A Romance of Samoan Natural History; or Records relating to the Manu Mea, or Red Bird of Samoa, now nearly, if not quite, extinct., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
Mentioned in
- An Introduction to Polynesian Anthropology
- Ethnology of Tokelau Islands
- Hawaiki: The Original Home of the Maori; with a Sketch of Polynesian History
- History and traditions of the Maoris of the West Coast, North Island of New Zealand, prior to 1840
- Maori and Polynesian: their origin, history and culture
- Old Samoa or Flotsam and Jetsam from the Pacific Ocean
- Polynesian Voyagers. The Maori as a Deep-sea Navigator, Explorer, and Colonizer
Cited in
- An Introduction to Samoan Custom
- Ethnology of Tokelau Islands
- Samoan Material Culture
- Samoa Under the Sailing Gods
- The Origins of International Rivalry in Samoa: 1845–1884
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- Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, which has entries for many prominent New Zealanders.
- Archives New Zealand, which has collections of maps, plans and posters; immigration passenger lists; and probate records.
- National Library of New Zealand, which has extensive collections of published material.
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, which has extensive holdings on the Auckland region and New Zealand military history.
- Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, which has strong holdings in Tāonga Māori, biological holotypes and New Zealand art.
- nzhistory.net.nz, from the History Group of the Ministry for Culture and Heritage.