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Kerikeri

Events In History

3 May 1820

The missionary John Butler turned New Zealand's first furrow at Kerikeri, writing: ‘I trust that this day will be remembered with gratitude, and its anniversary kept by ages yet unborn.’

25 September 1819

Missionary Samuel Marsden planted a vineyard on the site of a new Church Missionary Society station at Kerikeri.