STANNARD, GEORGE (1803-88) was born in Yorkshire. He was one of the party of Irish Methodists who came to New Zealand at the invitation of Dr Day in 1841 to settle in the Kaihu valley. Stannard left the Sophia Pate at Bay of Islands to walk overland to Kaipara with another of the party. They were the only ones to reach their destination, as the Sophia Pate was totally lost off Kaipara heads, all but one boy being drowned. In 1844 Stannard was ordained in the Methodist ministry, in which he held missionary charges in Taranaki, Waikouaiti (1853-54) and Wellington. He died at Wanganui on 8 Dec 1888.

Buller; Morley; W. J. Williams; N.Z. Herald, 3 Jul 1883.

Reference: Volume 2, page 166

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