New Zealand's First Christmas
UNTIL 1814, the Maoris revered only their own gods, There was Io, the supreme god of all gods, Tangaroa, god of the ocean, Tu, god of war, Tanemahuta, god of the forests, Tawhekematea, god of the winds, and: numbers of lesser gods. But on. Christmas Day | in 1814-a Sunday-Samuel Marsden | preached his first sermon in New Zea-
j}ijand, ihe Maoris were to. learn of a new and omnipotent God,’ the God of the white man. The story of this first service will be heard shortly from the ZB stations and 2ZA in a documentary entitled The First New Zealand
Christmas. Written by Allan Sleeman, and produced by him at the Christchurch Studios of the NZBS, the feature gives the story of the historic occasion as recorded in the journals of the Rev. Samuel Marsden and of John Liddiaro Nicholas. : "Splendid temples and costly decorations are not always the most pleesing to the deity,’ wrote Nicholas, "and I should hope that the orisons offered up by a few Christians under the open air and in the midst of their dark fellow creatures’ were as acceptable in His presence as if poured out with studied accents in the most magnificent Cathedral." The First New Zealand Christmas will be broadcast by the commercial stations except 3ZB on Sunday, December 20, at the following times: 1ZB, 2.0. p.m.; 2ZB, 11.30 a.m.: 4ZB. 2.30 p.m.; 2ZA, 10.30 a.m. Station 3ZB will broadcast the programme at 6.0 p.m. on Christmas Day.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 29, Issue 752, 11 December 1953, Page 31
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249New Zealand's First Christmas New Zealand Listener, Volume 29, Issue 752, 11 December 1953, Page 31
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