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.
CHRIST CHURCH, KIHIKIHI
A pretty little Anglican church in a peaceful Waikato settlement.
It wasn't always so. This town was the headquarters of Rewi Maniapoto, supreme Maori commander in the 1863-64 war against the British.
The church, designed by Reverend Philip Walsh of Taranaki, came later. It was opened on Monday 5 December 1881 with a packed congregation of 90.
It was locked and silent on the day of my visit, but as I sketched, a young mother and her three children arrived in the summer evening and had a picnic under the trees.
© DON DONOVAN
donovan@ihug.co.nz
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