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Samuel Marsden was a key figure in the establishment of the first Christian mission in New Zealand.

In 1805 the Nga Puhi chief Ruatara left New Zealand on the whaling ship Argo with the intention of meeting King George III.

Reverand Samuel Marsden was the driving force behind the establishment of Anglican mission stations in New Zealand.

At Oihi Beach in the Bay of Islands, Marsden preached in English to a largely Maori gathering, launching the Christian missionary phase of New Zealand history.

Convict artist Joseph Backler's painting of Samuel Marsden shortly before his death in 1838

Russell Clark's reconstruction of Samuel Marsden's first service in New Zealand at Oihi Bay, Rangihoua, Bay of Islands, on Christmas Day, 1814