Peter Keiha, farmer, of Gisborne. Ross Waters, surf instructor, of Auckland. George Wikaira, training college student, of Te Awamutu. The tour manager for the show is Mr Sydney Crawford of Hastings, who in 1963 was the tour manager for the Arohanui Maori Company during its trip to the United States. a congregation of almost 2,000 Maoris and Pakehas attended the Christmas service at Oihi in the Bay of Islands to celebrate the 150th anniversary of New Zealand's first Christian service, held at Oihi by the Rev. Samuel Marsden on Christmas Day, 1814. At the service (see photo below) the sermon was preached by the Rev. R. E. Marsden, great-great-grandson of Samuel Marsden. He spoke at the foot of the tall cross which marks the place where the first service was held, and chose for his address the same text as that preached 150 years ago: ‘Behold, I bring you tidings of great joy’. Many of the visitors, including the Governor-General, Sir Bernard Fergusson, and Lady Fergusson, and the other members of the official party, made the ten-mile trip by boat to remote Oihi; other visitors made a 25-mile road trip, then walked the last mile of the way. Five hundred visitors from all parts of New Zealand stayed at the Waitangi marae during the three-day celebrations. On Boxing Day there was held in the grounds of the Treaty House a pageant in which the events of Christmas Day 1814 were re-enacted by descendants of Maoris and Pakehas who were present at the original service. It is estimated that altogether 6,000 people visited Waitangi for the celebrations. The Rev. R. E. Marsden is at present on a country-wide tour, preaching at Anglican churches all over New Zealand. Northern Advocate Photo