Rev Charles Creed Memorial

Memorial at the Ngāmotu Church and Mission House, St Aubyn Street, Moturoa, commemorating Rev Charles Creed and the first European service along with Māori teachers, Te Awaitaia, Hohaia and John Tutu.

Text on Memorial reads:

To the Glory of God

and in memory of

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Rev. Charles Creed

Wesleyan Missionary who held the

first European Service in Taranaki

21st March 1841

At the Mission Station, Ngamotu

And welcomed the Plymouth Company's

First Settlers

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Te Awaitaia and Hohaia

Native Teachers sent from Kawhia to Ngamotu

by Rev. John Whiteley in 1859

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John Leigh Tutu

Maori Catechist, assistant to

Rev. Charles Creed