Christ Church, Russell
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Christ Church is New Zealand's oldest surviving church, located in the village of Russell.
Christ Church in Russell, with its historic graveyard, in 2001
Holes made by musket balls during the Battle of Kororāreka
Interior of Christ Church
Waitangi, Northland
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Waitangi is a locality on the north side of the Waitangi River in the Bay of Islands, 60 kilometres north of Whangārei, on the North Island of New Zealand. Here, two documents pivotal to New Zealand h
Christ Church, Russell
…and that he would serve as Lieutenant Governor of New Zealand. Further proceedings relating to the Treaty of Waitangi occurred across the harbour at Waitangi one week later. The church was damaged in the Battle of Kororareka in 1845 by musket and cannonballs. Tāmati Wāka Nene, a Māori chief who fought for…
Te Whare Rūnanga, the carved meeting house on the Waitangi Treaty Grounds
Elizabeth II in Waitangi, December 1953
James Busby's house at Waitangi