Church Of Saints Peter And Paul — Local services in Rodney

It took the settlers of Puhoi just a year 🗓 to build the original St. Peter and Paul's Church Puhoi Warkworth. In 1877, Puhoi was named as the centre of a parish ⛪️ that extended from Auckland’s North Shore to Whangarei 😮

Architect James Wrigley designed ✏️ the building, and the people gave their labour and timber 🪓🪵 and the use of their bullocks 🐂 horses 🐎 and drays. Women and children also contributed. It was truly a labour of love ❤️

The church was blessed 🙏 and opened on August 10, 1881 and named the Church of Saints Peter and Paul, after the church in Littitz, Bohemia, which John Wenzlick had attended 😀

Regardless of religion 🕉🕎✝️ you have to admire the architecture, the engineering it took at the time, the beautiful kauri wood, and glass...

A beautiful little wooden church opened in 1881. The church was built by the original settlers who were from Bohemia. It was extended in 1889. The name of the church comes from the feast of St Peter and Paul which the day the first settlers landed in Puhoi. The altarpiece painting is though to be an exact copy of one in a church in Littitz painted by an artist from Bohemia and bears the inscription J Herzog, Pilsen, Europe,...

What a beautiful welcoming old church that was unlocked during the day, so it was open to visitors. It is located at the top of the town on the left-hand side and across the road from the hall.

The inside has beautiful lead-lite windows that are dedicated to different families starting from the late 1800s, which l found interesting. The church is beautifully...