Rev. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Marsden" id="mw7A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Samuel Marsden">Samuel Marsden</a> holds the first Christian service on land in New Zealand at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rangihoua_Bay" id="mw7Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Rangihoua Bay">Rangihoua Bay</a>.<sup about="#mwt130" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-24"}}' id="cite_ref-24" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_25#cite_note-24" id="mw7g" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 24;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw7w">[24]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-24"><cite about="#mwt127" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1" id="mwCSU"><a class="external text" href="https://teara.govt.nz/en/missions-and-missionaries/page-2" id="mwCSY" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Story: Missions and missionaries"</a>. <i id="mwCSc">Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand</i><span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwCSg">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwCSk">6 September</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt127" class="Z3988" id="mwCSo" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=bookitem&amp;rft.atitle=Story%3A+Missions+and+missionaries&amp;rft.btitle=Te+Ara%3A+The+Encyclopedia+of+New+Zealand&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fteara.govt.nz%2Fen%2Fmissions-and-missionaries%2Fpage-2&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+25"></span></span>