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:[[Image:Marin.gif|left|Br Elie-Regis]]A carpenter by trade, he worked initially in the Hokianga, and helped transfer the mission from its temporary site at Papakawau to Purakau. In 1840, with [[Jean-Baptiste Épalle|Frs Epalle]] and [[Jean-Baptiste Petit-Jean|Petit-Jean]] he established the mission at Whangaroa, remaining there four years, for at least two of which he was mostly alone. Then he was sent to Whakatane with [[Jean Lampila|Fr Lampila]] to plant a mission there. He moved to the new Wellington diocese with the main Marist transfer in 1850, and was soon building a flour mill to augment [[Jean-Baptiste Comte|Fr Comte's]] farm at Otaki. He then spent at least 15 years on the Whanganui River mission, first at Kaiwhaiki and later at Kauaeroa till the latter station was destroyed in the Pai Marire thrust towards Wanganui. When peace retumed to Taranaki in 1869 he supervised the building of a monastery-school at Korn which '''Fr Rolland''' hoped would attract young Catholic men discharged from the army. He died there on 24 April 1872, aged 62. The planned town of Koru never developed. The approximate site of its small cemetery is known but absorbed in farmland, and '''Elie-Regis's''' grave has never been identified.
:[[Image:Marin.gif|left|Br Elie-Regis]]A carpenter by trade, he worked initially in the Hokianga, and helped transfer the mission from its temporary site at Papakawau to Purakau. In 1840, with [[Jean-Baptiste Épalle|Frs Epalle]] and [[Jean-Baptiste Petit-Jean|Petit-Jean]] he established the mission at Whangaroa, remaining there four years, for at least two of which he was mostly alone. Then he was sent to Whakatane with [[Jean Lampila|Fr Lampila]] to plant a mission there. He moved to the new Wellington diocese with the main Marist transfer in 1850, and was soon building a flour mill to augment [[Jean-Baptiste Comte|Fr Comte's]] farm at Otaki. He then spent at least 15 years on the Whanganui River mission, first at Kaiwhaiki and later at Kauaeroa till the latter station was destroyed in the Pai Marire thrust towards Wanganui. When peace retumed to Taranaki in 1869 he supervised the building of a monastery-school at Korn which '''Fr Rolland''' hoped would attract young Catholic men discharged from the army. He died there on 24 April 1872, aged 62. The planned town of Koru never developed. The approximate site of its small cemetery is known but absorbed in farmland, and '''Elie-Regis's''' grave has never been identified.
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*Kororareka building LO doc 065
*Kororareka building LO doc 065
1*84001-184406? Whangaroa (arrived there around Epiphany; stayed 4 1/2 years) LRO doc [[Girard0058|058]], [[Girard0104|104]], [[Girard0192|192]], [[Girard0520|520]]
*184001-184406? Whangaroa (arrived there around Epiphany; stayed 4 1/2 years) LRO doc [[Girard0058|058]], [[Girard0104|104]], [[Girard0192|192]], [[Girard0520|520]]
184402 Kororareka - teacher - Mission report given to captain of Bucephale
*184402 Kororareka - teacher - Mission report given to captain of ''Bucephale''
184402 travelling with Bishop Pompallier? LO doc 046
*184402 travelling with Bishop Pompallier? LO doc 046
184406-1849 Whakatane LRO doc 502; LO doc 061, 080
*184406-1849 Whakatane LRO doc 502; LO doc 061, 080
*1844011 Opotiki with Chouvet building work LO doc 050
*1844011 Opotiki with Chouvet building work LO doc 050
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*18500501 Wellington [[Girard1113|LRO doc 1113]]
*18500501 Wellington [[Girard1113|LRO doc 1113]]
*185006-1852 Otaki [[Girard1113|LRO doc 1113]]; Marist News (FMS) June 2003
*185006-1852 Otaki [[Girard1113|LRO doc 1113]]; ''Marist News'' (FMS) June 2003
From THE FIRST WAVE OF FRENCH MARISTS by Michael O'Meeghan SM, 2008, 12.
Br ELIE-REGIS (Étienne) MARIN, aged 29 (on arrival in New Zealand in Group II on 14 Jun 1839).
Br Elie-RegisA carpenter by trade, he worked initially in the Hokianga, and helped transfer the mission from its temporary site at Papakawau to Purakau. In 1840, with Frs Epalle and Petit-Jean he established the mission at Whangaroa, remaining there four years, for at least two of which he was mostly alone. Then he was sent to Whakatane with Fr Lampila to plant a mission there. He moved to the new Wellington diocese with the main Marist transfer in 1850, and was soon building a flour mill to augment Fr Comte's farm at Otaki. He then spent at least 15 years on the Whanganui River mission, first at Kaiwhaiki and later at Kauaeroa till the latter station was destroyed in the Pai Marire thrust towards Wanganui. When peace retumed to Taranaki in 1869 he supervised the building of a monastery-school at Korn which Fr Rolland hoped would attract young Catholic men discharged from the army. He died there on 24 April 1872, aged 62. The planned town of Koru never developed. The approximate site of its small cemetery is known but absorbed in farmland, and Elie-Regis's grave has never been identified.
