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 Thames Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Thames, New ZealandPosted by:  willbuild
S 37° 09.088 E 175° 33.410
60H E 371843 N 5887349
Holy Trinity Church (Anglican)
Parawai Road,
Thames
New Zealand
Waymark Code: WM8FKB
Location: North Island, New Zealand
Date Posted: 03/26/2010
Views: 1
Holy Trinity Church (Anglican)
Parawai Road, THAMES
Register Number:
705
Registration Type:
Historic Place - Category II
Region:
Waikato Region
Date Registered:
25-Nov-1982
City/District Council:
Thames-Coromandel District Council
Legal Description:
Pt Lot D Deeds Plan H17
Current Use:
Religion - Church
Former Use:
Religion - Church
Construction Dates:
Original Construction: 1886
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?This church, designed and built entirely by Maori in 1886, replaced the 1837 Mission Station on the hill above. This Mission Station was built on 300 acres gifted by local Iwi to the C.M.S. at Herewaka (a safe place for canoes'). Today the church is of course tapu. The church grounds are an urupa and the whole complex is located on a waahi tapu site. During the goldmining - era Maori leaders Wiremu Turipona, the church's first Maori minister, his wife Rebecca and Parata Te Mapu, another Maori minister, were buried by the church. In 1964 Jack and Taka (Tuck) Robson of Ngati Maru, carried out extensive restoration work on the then derelict building.
Date location was entrusted to the New Zealand Historic places: 11/25/1982
Type of history commemorated (short description):
Historic Maori Church
Website pertaining to the location: [Web Link]
Town, city, or region nearest to the site:
Thames
New Zealand
Year placed: 1886
Admission fees if any: 0.00 (listed in local currency)
Hours of operation:
Not open to the public
Is it accessible to the general public:
Not open to the public
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