# James West Stack > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/James_West_Stack > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/James_West_Stack.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_West_Stack > Source revision: 1346907878 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **James West Stack** (27 March 1835 – 13 October 1919) was a New Zealand missionary, clergyman, writer and interpreter. He was born in [Puriri](/source/Puriri,_New_Zealand), [Thames/Coromandel](/source/Thames/Coromandel), New Zealand, in 1835.[1] His father, [James Stack](/source/James_Stack_(missionary)), had been a [Wesleyan](/source/Wesleyan_Methodist_Church_(Great_Britain)) missionary at [Whangaroa](/source/Whangaroa), who later joined the [Church Mission Society](/source/Church_Mission_Society#New_Zealand_Church_Missionary_Society) (CMS), which followed the [Anglican](/source/Anglicanism) traditions. James Stack was sent to the CMS mission in Puriri, where his son was born.[2] He started at the boys college of St. John Evangelist, Auckland in 1846; then he attended Sydney College (later [Sydney Grammar School](/source/Sydney_Grammar_School)) from 1847. From 1851 to 1852 he attended [Highbury College, London](/source/Highbury_College,_London). From 1853 to 1860 he was a teacher at the CMS school at Kohanga Mission of the Rev. [Robert Maunsell](/source/Robert_Maunsell_(missionary)) at the [Port Waikato](/source/Port_Waikato).[3] He was ordained a [deacon](/source/Deacon) on 23 December 1860 at Holy Trinity Church, [Lyttelton](/source/Lyttelton,_New_Zealand), and he was appointed to the [Diocese of Christchurch](/source/Anglican_Diocese_of_Christchurch) at the Tuahiwi mission among the Māori in [Canterbury](/source/Canterbury,_New_Zealand). In 1861, Stack married botanist [Elizabeth Jones](/source/Elizabeth_Stack) in Auckland.[4] He was ordained a [priest](/source/Priest) on 21 December 1862 at [Church of St Michael and All Angels, Christchurch](/source/Church_of_St_Michael_and_All_Angels,_Christchurch). From 1864 to 1879 he worked at the Māori mission at [Kaiapoi](/source/Kaiapoi). From 1880 to 1898 he was appointed to various churches in the [Banks Peninsula](/source/Banks_Peninsula) and [Christchurch](/source/Christchurch) districts. On 11 September 1894 he was appointed as [canon](/source/Canon_(priest)) of [Christchurch Cathedral](/source/ChristChurch_Cathedral,_Christchurch).[3] Throughout his time in New Zealand he travelled widely including as far south as [Stewart Island](/source/Stewart_Island_Air_Services).[1] In 1898 he retired and went to live with his brother-in-law in [Bordighera](/source/Bordighera), [Liguria](/source/Liguria), Italy. From 1907 until his death in 1919 he lived at [Worthing](/source/Worthing), England.[3] ## Publications The following books were written by James West Stack. Some were published posthumously and most are still available in various formats. Some have been later re-published under slightly different titles. - South Island Maoris (1893) - Kaiapohia. The Story of a Siege (1893)[a] - Tales of Banks Peninsula (Contributor),(1884) - Koro, A Maori Churchworker (1909) - Through Canterbury and Otago With Bishop Harper 1859–1860 (1909) - A White Boy Among Maoris (1934) (autobiography) - Early Maoriland Adventures (1935) - More Maoriland Adventures (c1936) - Further Maoriland Adventures (1937) - Family Life in New Zealand 1840–1850 (1969) - Letters to my Grandchildren; About my Childhood in New Zealand 1835–1846 ## Notes 1. Stack was the first to use the name "Kaiapohia" and many subsequent authors copied him. The term is incorrect and an insult to [Ngāi Tahu](/source/Ng%C4%81i_Tahu), as it means "the piling up of bodies to eat".[5] ## References 1. Rogers, Lawrence M. (1973). *Te Wiremu: A Biography of Henry Williams*. Pegasus Press. 1. ["Blain Biographical Directory of Anglican clergy in the South Pacific"](http://anglicanhistory.org/nz/blain_directory/directory.pdf). 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2015. 1. ["Marriage"](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZ18610202.2.9?items_per_page=10&query=eliza+stack&snippet=true). *paperspast.natlib.govt.nz*. Retrieved 2020-06-04. 1. ["The Kaiapoi Pa"](http://www.waimakariri.govt.nz/library/history_files/KaiapoiPa.pdf). Waimakariri District. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20100604224817/http://www.waimakariri.govt.nz/library/history_files/KaiapoiPa.pdf) 4 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 25 February 2020. --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [James West Stack](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_West_Stack) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_West_Stack?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.