Tourist to Pilgrim

The Memorial Window Originally the window featured simple geometric designs as in the southern window opposite. Following the Great War of 1914-18 this memorial window was commissioned and later installed in 1923, having been crafted in London. The lists of those who were connected to first church and died in the war can be seen […]

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Welcome to First Church. When the first ships of Scottish settlers arrived in the 1840s, they carried with them, in the fleet, a limited supply of building material that was sufficient to construct a small school, which the settlers also used as a church for Sunday worship. The people who gathered constituted The First Church, […]

The Tapestry. In 1990, to mark the 150th anniversary of the establishment of the Presbyterian Church in New Zealand, the women of First Church collaborated on the stunning tapestry that hangs on the southern wall of the sanctuary. It took 19 women a total of 6 ,000 hours over six years to complete the work. […]

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