Rangihoua Heritage Park opening: NZ turns 200
New Zealand celebrated its 200th anniversary as a bicultural nation this week with the opening of Rangihoua Heritage Park in the Bay of Islands. The new park includes the site of the country’s first European settlement, founded by the missionary Rev Samuel Marsden on December 22, 1814, and the pa of its protector, Chief Ruatara. Rangihoua Bay was also the site of New Zealand’s first school and first recorded Christian service on Christmas Day 1814. Photos by Peter de Graaf.
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