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The first missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (commonly called the "Mormon" church) arrived in New Zealand in October 1854. They were Mission President Augustus Farnham, Elder Thomas Holder, and recent Australian convert Elder William Cooke. Five months later, the first ten New Zealanders were baptized into the Church. By 1880, there were seven small congregations in New Zealand. In the mid 1880's, Mormonism became extremely popular among the Maori people and the Mormon population in New Zealand grew rapidly.

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