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Rev. Samuel Marsden holds the first Christian service on land in New Zealand at Rangihoua Bay.

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Samuel Marsden

Church of England chaplain, missionary, agriculturalist, magistrate (1765–1838)

Samuel Marsden was an English-born priest of the Church of England in Australia and a prominent member of the Church Missionary Society. He played a leading role in bringing Christianity to New Zealand. Marsden was a prominent figure in early New South Wales and Australian…
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Rangihoua Bay

Bay on the Purerua Peninsula in Northland, New Zealand

Rangihoua Bay is a bay at the southern end of the Purerua Peninsula, on the north-west shore of the Bay of Islands in Northland, New Zealand. It is 10 km north across the Bay of Islands from Russell and 12 km north from Paihia. By road it is 32 km from Kerikeri.
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December 25

Day of the year

December 25 is the 359th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; six days remain until the end of the year.
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