A memo-rial church is being erected at- Kawhin. North Auckland, by the Methodist Church of - Now Zealand to commemorate the arrival of the first, missioner in Kaw-hia in 183 d. At a meeting tlio' Kntvhia Town Hoard decided In present to the church the lie'll of the first mission. During the Maori wars the bell was hidden by some Maoris who desired to save, it from destruction. Eventually it. came into the possession of the. town hoard. The hell will he formally presented to the church when the foundation stone is laid on November ?A, exactly TOO years after the arrival of the first missioner in Kawhia.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18551, 10 November 1934, Page 12
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