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From ''THE FIRST WAVE OF FRENCH MARISTS'' by Michael O'Meeghan SM, 2008, 17.


'''Br CLAUDE-MARIE (Jean-Claude) BERTRAND''', aged 26 (on arrival in New Zealand in [[Biographical Notes#Group IV|Group IV]] on 11 Jul 1840). 


:His first four years were shared between Hokianga and Kororareka.  In 1845 he went to Opotiki for two years, and then to the Kaipara mission till '''Garin''' was withdrawn from there. Then he was back at Hokianga until 1850 when he went to Wellington with the Viard Marist exodus. Within a week he was on his way to Nelson with '''Garin'''.  Apart from a two-year break at Napier he spent his next 39 years there helping with Garin's various school and orphanage projects. He died on 5 November 1893, touching 80, and is buried in Whakapuaka cemetery alongside Garin's memorial chapel.



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