Country Churches of NZ 27. St. Alban's, Waingaro, Waikato

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 ALBAN'S, WAINGARO

On a perfect day in March 2001, St Alban's, Waingaro, lay in a pool of sunlight standing out from the gloom of the forest that almost completely surrounds it.

In a somewhat remote clearing north of Waingaro Springs it gathers to itself just a few graves strung along the crest of a knoll that ends, against the pines, with a large grey marble stone topped with a horizontal cross - the tragic grave of a four year-old girl.

St Alban's, named after the first English martyr, was designed by Reverend H.B.Wingfield and was dedicated on 6 November 1907.

© DON DONOVAN

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