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Reverend Samuel Marsden stands on the beach in his black clerical clothing in this drawing which imagines his 1814 encounter with the Bay of Islands chief Ruatara outside his pā at Rangihoua. The first Anglican mission was established on this site.
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Reference: PUBL-0191-frontis
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