No - it's a Kiwi Christmas song "Te Harinui"
The chorus refers to Marsden’s Christmas Service, which included a verse from the bible referring to ‘great joy’ (*te harinui*).
Thank You Connie
Kia Ora - Te Harinui
1. Not on a snowy night
By star or candlelight
Nor by an angel band
There came to our dear land
Te Harinui
Te Harinui
Te Hari-nu-i
Glad tid-ings of great joy
2. But on a summer day
Within a quiet bay
The Maori people heard
The great and glorious word
3. The people gathered round
Upon the grassy ground
And heard the preacher say
I bring to you this day
4. Now in this blessed land
United heart and hand
We praise the glorious birth
And sing to all the earth
The Rev Samuel Marsden first preached the Gospel at the Bay of Islands, New Zealand on Christmas Day 1814
