MANGAPAI CHURCH RELOCATION AND PLANTING PROJECT

This 135 year old church needs to be relocated, as the land it sits on is going to be sold. It is listed as a category two historic building. We are going to relocate the church and give it a new life! My great-great-great grandfather, TPN Hewlett, was the first minister at the church, after emigrating from Oxford, England in 1858. We would like the church to remain in the community, as a number of families have ancestors who helped to build, and who attended the church. We are going to relocate it to our family land, where TPN lived for a period. In addition to preserving this historic building, we would like to preserve some heritage rose varieties outside the church. We would also like to create a planted walkway from the church to the harbour, through which members of our community can walk and see native flora and fauna.