I wrote and illustrated Country Churches of New Zealand. It was published in 2002 by New Holland, Publishers and is still on sale in bookshops. The publishers have kindly agreed to me re-publishing some of the book’s images and descriptions in this blog.
St Peter's, with its boxy nave and dumpy steeple was designed, as were many simple Anglican churches, by a minister, in this case a Reverend H. B. Wingfield.
It was built in 1902, and its foundation stone was laid by the first vicar's wife, Mrs A. J. Beck. Inside it is dark, cool and unremarkable. Te Kopuru is an old settlement that time seems to have passed by. The Wairoa River lies to its east and was an important transport waterway into Northland via the Kaipara Harbour in the early times of the settlement.
© DON DONOVAN
donovan@ihug.co.nz
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