The History of Hunua Presbyterian Church - Collated by Teresa Matheson
1855 Reverend Thomas Norrie arrived in Auckland as a newly ordained minister in October 1855. And in November 1855 held his first service at the Wesleyan Chapel (where Subway Papakura now is) (Papakura Museum Blog, 2020)
1858 Rev Norrie opened churches in Drury and Wairoa (Clevedon) and Papakura in 1859 [1]
1863 The Māori Wars. People left South Auckland for safer parts further north.
1865 A proclamation for Settlement was made in 1865 (National LIbrary of New Zealand, n.d.) (Kura, n.d.)
