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Peck Family gathers for significant anniversary

The 158th Annual Service of Thanksgiving will be held at Christ Church Taita, Wellington's oldest Church, on Sunday June 12th at 2 pm. This will be led by the Rev. John Terris and include songs by pupils of St Oran's College.

The occasion will also bring together members of the Peck family from all over NZ, who will be having a reunion that weekend, almost 170 years to the day since their forebears Daniel and Elizabeth Peck arrived in NZ. The family are still involved in the church through its long-serving organist Helen Dillon. Great Granson Ken Swain will speak at the service about the family today.

The Evening Post reports that Daniel and Elizabeth Peck arrived with their growing family on Petone beach, from the ship Catherine Stewart Forbes on 11 June, 1841. The conditions were harsh and two of the children died while the family was camped on the foreshore. They eventually settled on 25 acres around Mitchell Street, and altogether parented 14 children and 102 grandchildren and great grandchildren. The couple are buried in the Churchyard (photo) and Peck Street in Pomare is named after them.

The group family photograph is of some of their children.

Anyone who is interested in the Christ - Church (photo) or in local history is warmly invited to attend the service.

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