Today we mark Waitangi Day. Bishop Jean-Baptiste François Pompallier – the Missionary who celebrated the first Catholic Mass in Aotearoa in 1838 at Tōtara Point in Hokianga in Northland – was at the signing, advocating for protections for religious freedom.
Te Papa has good resources to learn more about Te Tiriti / The Treaty:
Also check out our He Rauemi Katorika Māori – Catholic Māori Resources:
Kia kaha e hoa mā. ❤🖤✝
Image: Te Moana-o-Raukawa / Cook Strait as seen from Te Ika-a-Māui / the North Island