James West Stack
1835–1919
New Zealand missionary, clergyman, and interpreter. Travelled to London with his family in 1848; trained as a teacher at the Church Missionary Society Training College, Islington. Returned to New Zealand in 1852. Taught at CMS industrial schools at Maraetai, at Waikato Heads, and Te Kohanga. Worked for the Maori mission in Christchurch, 1859–88. Ordained priest, 1862. Worked as a government interpreter, 1860–80, and later as inspector of native schools on South Island. Left New Zealand, 1898. Wrote on Maori subjects.
Source
DNZB.
Bibliography
DNZB: A dictionary of New Zealand biography. Edited by G. H. Scholefield. 2 vols. Wellington, New Zealand: Department of Internal Affairs. 1940. The dictionary of New Zealand biography. Edited by W. H. Oliver et al. 5 vols. Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand: Department of Internal Affairs [and others]. 1990–2000.
