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
______________
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
____________
Te Awaitaia and Hohaia
Native Teachers sent from Kawhia to Ngamotu
by Rev. John Whiteley in 1859
________________
John Leigh Tutu
Maori Catechist, assistant to
Rev. Charles Creed
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