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First Mass on NZ soil commemorated - NZ Catholic Newspaper
More than 300 tangata whenua (locals) and manuhiri (guests) gathered at Totara Point in Hokianga on Sunday, January 12, to participate in a Mass commemorating the great and unique taonga (treasure) that a French-born Catholic bishop, Jean-Baptiste Pompallier, had brought with him to Hokianga and...
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First Mass in NZ waters was 250 years ago - NZ Catholic Newspaper
The NZ Catholic website aims to help you keep abreast of Catholic news worldwide without having to scan the contents of dozens of websites every day. Although it is an online companion to New Zealand’s national Catholic newspaper, it is not an online version of NZ Catholic.
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The first Mass celebrated in New Zealand waters was on Christmas Day, 1769.