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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
The Chinese Mission
The Chinese Mission is a branch of the Presbyterian Church, and its object is the conversion to Christianity of Chinese residents in New Zealand. The mission was begun in 1889 in a Mission Hall, in Lees Street, Dunedin, but for seven years previous to that regular mission work had been done at Round Hill, Riverton, and at Lawrence. In 1897 the present Chinese Church in Walker Street was built and opened for service at a cost of £430, and the manse adjoining was built at a further cost of £430. Two services are held every Sunday with an average attendance of forty Chinese, and of that number eleven are baptised Christians. The missionary also holds a Sunday school, a weekly Bible class, and a prayer meeting. Of the total population of 260 Chinese in Dunedin, 180 attend once or oftener during the year. All the Chinese in the province of Otago have been visited annually, and the Gospel preached to them since 1886; and the Chinese north of the Waitaki are now being reached in the same way.