Antoine Marie Garin (23 July 1810 – 14 April 1889) was a French Roman Catholic priest, missionary and educationalist who came to New Zealand. He was born in Rambert-en-Bugey, France on 23 July 1810. He ministered in Auckland, Northland and, most notable, in

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. He died in 1889 and was buried at

Wakapuaka Cemetery Wakapuaka Cemetery is a cemetery located in Brooklands, Nelson, New Zealand. "Wakapuaka" is Māori for "heaps of aka leaves". Location Wakapuaka Cemetery is located at the southern end of Atawhai Drive in Nelson. The cemetery is located on a hi ...

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A secondary school,

Garin College Garin College is a New Zealand Catholic, integrated, co-educational day and boarding secondary school in Nelson on the northern outskirts of Richmond. The college opened on 28 January 2002 to serve the Catholic community, particularly in the upp ...

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, is named after Antoine Marie Garin.

has a region called Garindale on the way into the city from Blenheim, a Garin Heights at Atawhai, a Garin Grove and an Antoine Grove in Richmond. There is a Garin Way in Mt Wellington,

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, and an Espace Antoine Garin in his home town of

Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey (, literally ''Saint-Rambert in Bugey'') is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. History The commune takes its name from St Rambert (or Ragnebert) who was assassinated here in the 7th century. The site soon ...

, Ain, France.Peter Tremewan & Giselle Larcombe, eds., ''Living Among the Northland Maori: Diary of Father Antoine Garin, 1844-1846'', University of Canterbury Press: Christchurch, New Zealand, 2019, 9 & 551.

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