The first CHRISTIAN SERVICE was held by Rev. Samuel Marsden not very far from Kaitaia, namely at the far end of the Purerua Peninsula on Christmas Day 1814.
There will be two major public events:
The first will be on Sunday morning, 21 December.
There will be a civic ceremony. The ceremony will be attended by the Governor-General, local kaumatua and leaders of church and nation.
The second will be on Christmas morning.
A service will be held around the Celtic cross in Rangihoua Bay.
I have been several times at the place where the first Christian service was held while working in Kaikohe (UMM), but I did not realize that it was such an historic place.
