St Peter’s Anglican Church, Katikati, 1884- (Place)

SummaryLocated 2 Carisbrooke Street / 25 Beach Road.

Kauri Gothic church built 1884. Timber-panelled interior; stained-glass windows commemorating early settlers. The church was built by William John Gray, using pit-sawn kauri rafted from Auckland to Diggelmann’s wharf and carted to the site by dray. Alexander “Sandy” Turner gave land for the church. The foundation stone was laid in April 1883 by Bishop William Garden Cowie.

Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Category 2 historic place, List No. 5413, entered 20 February 1992. Also listed by Western Bay of Plenty District Council as Category A built heritage; described as the first Anglican church built in Katikati.

Early Anglican worship in Katikati preceded the building. Services were held in homes, schools, the local store, the Uretara Hotel/public house and other available places. The first service in the church was held on 11 May 1884. Rev. J. W. Katterns served from 1886 to 1915 and became closely associated with the parish. The church marked its 80th birthday in 1964 and celebrated its centenary in June 1984.SourcesHeritage New Zealand, Pouhere Taonga listingPeter Nicholson Whitianga Mural: Katikati Open Air Art150 years of spiritual and practical support: Sunlive 8 July 2026St Peter's Anglican Church: Western Bay of Plenty District Libraries Recollect SiteFisher, Elaine "The Rock on the Hill" (2009)

Katikati St Peter's Church, exterior. Published 29 July 1964. Te Ao Mārama - Tauranga City Libraries Photo gcc-6638

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St Peter’s Anglican Church, Katikati, 1884- (Place)