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Marsden Cross and Oihi Bay
Rangihoua, Northland
Farmland walk to the cross marking where Samuel Marsden preached the first sermon, with Oihi Bay below.
- Cost
- Free
- Booking
- No need to book
- Time to allow
- 2 hours
The track crosses farmland to Oihi Bay and the Marsden Cross monument, near the site of the first mission settlement in the country. You pass the remains of New Zealand's first European orchard and a short bush walk leads to a Hansen family memorial. It is a quiet counterpart to the better-known Waitangi sites.
Good to know
- Dogs are not allowed, kiwi live here
- Lock your vehicle and keep valuables out of sight
- Small stream near Oihi Beach can have water
- Open
- All year
- Getting there
- Signposted from Rangihoua Road; drive 2.8 km along Oihi Road to the track start, about 36 km from Kerikeri
- Vehicles
- Fine in any car
- Dogs
- No dogs
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