 In 1886, he was called to New Zealand, and was one of the pioneers of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the South Pacific.Daniells had astounding success through his dynamic preaching and on October 15, 1887, he opened the first Seventh-day Adventist church in New Zealand at Ponsonby.While there he served as president of the New Zealand Conference (1889 to 1891),
and of the Australia Conference (1892 to 1895).