James West Stack (1835–1919)

New Zealand missionary, clergyman, and interpreter. Travelled to London with his family in 1848; trained as a teacher at the Church Missionary Society Training College, Islington. Returned to New Zealand in 1852. Taught at CMS industrial schools at Maraetai, at Waikato Heads, and Te Kohanga. Worked for the Maori mission in Christchurch, 1859–88. Ordained priest, 1862. Worked as a government interpreter, 1860–80, and later as inspector of native schools on South Island. Left New Zealand, 1898. Wrote on Maori subjects.