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Pompallier Hokianga Trust

The Trust preserves and promotes the memory and mission of the first Catholic Bishop of Aotearoa New Zealand, Jean Baptiste François Pompallier (1802-1871)

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Motuti

– St Mary’s Church is closed to visitors until the “Green Traffic Light” is reached.

– When the “Green Traffic Light” is reached, Groups of visitors may arrange to be met and guided at the         church (See ‘Visit’ and ‘Contact Us’ pages).

– Saturday evening Mass will resume when the “Green Traffic Light” is reached.

– Four times a year the coffin is raised from beneath the altar (Use the ‘Contact Us’ form to enquire the     time). This practice has been suspended until the “Green Traffic Light” is reached.

 

 

 

December 21 2021: the 150th anniversary of the death of Pīhopa Pomapārie, Bishop Pompallier.

 

 

 

Totara Point

Totara PointTōtara Point is the site where the first official Mass in New Zealand, was celebrated on 13 January 1838. This site is marked by a monument erected for the centenary in 1938.

Each year, on the second Sunday of January,  a gathering of people from Northland and Auckland takes place, and a memorial Mass is celebrated. Access is by a 1km road from the main highway 10km north of Kohukohu.

Pompallier Hokianga Trust regrets to inform everyone, that due to Covid 19, the annual Tōtara Point Mass scheduled for January 9th 2022 has been cancelled.

Wherever we are on this special day, may we remember with thanksgiving the sacrifices made by Bishop Pompallier and the early Marists, as they journeyed far from their homeland, to proclaim the Good News. Kia kaha tātou

 

 

 

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For further information or to arrange a visit please contact

Joan Daniels:  +64 27 308 0191
Email: kohinemataroa@gmail.com
Sr Magdalen Sheahan (DOLC)
+64 (09) 405 2240
Email: tamatea.motuti@xtra.co.nz
Emma Davis:  +64 (09) 405 7433

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Tōtara Point

Tōtara Point

Site of the first Mass
13 January 1838.

Motuti

Motuti

Bishop Pompallier has been
re-interred in St Mary's Church.

Pūrākau

Pūrākau

Site of the first mission station
from 1839 until 1915

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