Taranaki's St Andrew's Church scheduled for $4.2m restoration
St Andrew's Church in Taranaki, a historic memorial for World War I soldiers, is undergoing a $4.2 million restoration project. The community is raising funds for essential repairs, including earthquake strengthening and roof replacement.
Why it matters
Preserving heritage buildings serves as a vital link to local history and honors the memory of those lost in past conflicts.
A Taranaki church built to remember the men from Inglewood who died during the First World War is scheduled for a $4.2 million restoration project.
In the 1920s when the people of the area wanted to create a memorial for the 138 local men killed during the conflict, they built a church and enshrined their names on a marble tablet on the wall.
More than a century on, the community is banding together again to preserve St Andrew's Church.
The Anglican church, which was completed in 1923, is a Schedule 1 protected building in New Plymouth District Council (NPDC)'s Part Operative District Plan and needs a new roof and earthquake-strengthening to see it through another century.
The Taranaki Anglican Trust Board (TATB) is set to start the $4.2m project with funding from residents and other donors, including $100,000 from the NPDC's Built Heritage Protection Fund.
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