Country Churches of NZ 49. St. Luke's, Havelock North, Hawkes Bay

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 LUKE'S, HAVELOCK NORTH

Anglican St Luke's, Havelock North is a bit grand to include in a book on country churches but, when it was built in 1874, it was much smaller and there was little more than a handful of houses and shops, a pub, two blacksmiths, a school and about 400 people living in the surrounding district.

There have since been many additions and alterations to the original church (designed by architect Thomas Cooper of Napier) but the latest - the tower - is most striking. Tall, imposing, monumental, it was built in 1998 and designed by the distinguished architect Sir Miles Warren of Christchurch.

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