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Marsden Cross Historic Reserve

From Nine To Noon 25 June 2013

Next year will mark 200 years since the establishment of the first European settlement in New Zealand – a missionary station at the Marsden Cross Reserve in the Bay of Islands.

Recent excavations of the site have revealed some fascinating things about the way the first missionaries lived their lives two centuries ago.

Marsden Cross Historic Reserve, Bay of Islands, site of the Hohi mission.

One of the areas excavated in February 2013.

Glass beads were given to school children as rewards.

Coins found beside houses: (Left) George III penny 1797, (right) George III halfpenny, 1806

Buttons (front & back views): bone (left) and metal.

China: creamware, pearlware and whiteware.

Slate pencils from school house.

Remnant of chimney from a missionary house.

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