ABSTRACT
THE youngest of the British colonies—New Zealand—was, in a not very quiet or contented family, the one that Lord Stanley found most troublesome of all. For it was at once the favourite of the systematic colonizers and the favourite of the missionary societies. Two different conceptions of imperialism were struggling to control its destinies. The paramount need of the infant colony was that Government should mediate between the parties with a clear and positive policy of its own.
