Career
He was ordained an Anglican priest in 1841 and the following year emigrated to New Zealand. They were sent by the Church Missionary Society to work at the Kawakawa (Hicks Bay) Mission from 1843 to 1846. George Kissling"s ill health resulted in a move to Auckland.
George and Margaret Kissling opened a Māori girls boarding school in Kohimarama.
George Kissling died 9 November 1865.