Margaret Kissling (18 August 1808–20 September 1891) was an English Anglican missionary in New Zealand. In New Zealand, she was also a homemaker and teacher. She was born in

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, England on 18 August 1808, the daughter of Margaret Heaton and John Moxon, a businessman and banker. She married George Adam Kissling on 3 July 1837 at

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. They were sent to New Zealand by the

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and worked at the Kawakawa (

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) Mission from 1843 to 1846. The ill health of her husband resulted in a move to Auckland. George and Margaret Kissling opened a Māori girls boarding school in Kohimarama. George Kissling died 9 November 1865. Margaret Kissling died on 20 September 1891. A commemorative plaque was unveiled in November 2015 in her hometown of Kingston upon Hull.

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