Editing Akaroa (section)

== Churches ==

=== Onuku Church ===
Onuku Church is a historic undenomnational church located in [[The Kaik]], near Akaroa.<ref name="kaik">{{cite journal |editor1-last=Wilson |editor1-first=John|title=Onuku Church, The Kaik, Akaroa |journal=Historic Places in New Zealand |date=June 1988 |issue=21 |page=8 |publisher=New Zealand Historic Places Trust}}</ref> This church had its foundation stone laid in November 1876 and was completed in 1878. It is located at the Ōnuku marae. Built out of timber with a pitched shingle roof, it has a bell turret and room for 60 parishioners. After falling into disrepair around 1939, work was completed to restore the church and add traditional carved panels to the porch. Services were held regularly until 1963.<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 August 2014 |title=Te Whare Karakia o Ōnuku and Setting – 392 Onuku Road, Akaroa |url= https://districtplan.ccc.govt.nz/Images/DistrictPlanImages/Statement%20of%20Significance/Banks%20Peninsula/HID%20683.pdf |access-date=21 May 2023 |website=[[Christchurch City Council]] }}</ref>

=== Saint Patrick's Catholic church ===
This was the third [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] church to be built in Akaroa, replacing the two earlier churches. It was designed by Christchurch architects [[Benjamin Mountfort]] and [[Maxwell Bury]] and built in 1865 out of timber. A porch was added in 1886 and a bell tower in 1893. A stained glass window depicting the crucifixion was added in 1930.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ST PATRICK'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH |url= http://www.akaroacivictrust.co.nz/fastpage/fpengine.php/templateid/15/menuid/1/tempidx/6/catid/1/editstatus/ |access-date=21 May 2023 |website=www.akaroacivictrust.co.nz}}</ref>

=== Saint Peter's Anglican church ===
Saint Peter's [[Anglicanism|Anglican]] church was built out of timber in the [[Gothic Revival architecture|Gothic revival]] style and was completed in 1863. It replaced the previous Anglican church which was built eleven years earlier in 1852. A pipe organ was added in 1869. Benjamin Mountfort designed the transepts and chancel in 1877.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ST PETER'S ANGLICAN CHURCH |url= http://www.akaroacivictrust.co.nz/fastpage/fpengine.php/templateid/16/menuid/1/tempidx/6/catid/1/editstatus/ |access-date=21 May 2023 |website=www.akaroacivictrust.co.nz}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=St Peter's Church (Anglican) |url=https://www.heritage.org.nz/list-details/267/St%20Peter%27s%20Church%20(Anglican) |access-date=21 May 2023 |website=[[Heritage New Zealand]] |language=en-NZ}}</ref>

=== Trinity Presbyterian church ===
The Trinity [[Presbyterianism|Presbyterian]] church was completed in 1886, thirty years after the first Presbyterian services were held in a private home. Built in the Gothic revival style with a steep roof, it was designed by Christchurch architect, John Whitelaw. In 1912, a church hall was added. It was listed by Heritage New Zealand as a category two historic place in 1990.<ref>{{Cite web |title=TRINITY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH |url= http://www.akaroacivictrust.co.nz/fastpage/fpengine.php/templateid/62/menuid/1/tempidx/2/link/1 |access-date=21 May 2023 |website=www.akaroacivictrust.co.nz}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Trinity Church (Presbyterian) |url=https://www.heritage.org.nz/list-details/5288/Trinity%20Church%20(Presbyterian) |access-date=21 May 2023 |website=[[Heritage New Zealand]] |language=en-NZ}}</ref><gallery>
File:Onuku - Eglise (1).jpg|Ōnuku church
File:Church of Saint Patrick (1864), Akaroa.jpg|Saint Patrick's Catholic church
File:Saint Peter's Anglican Church (1864).jpg|Saint Peter's Anglican church
File:Trinity Church, Akaroa 01.jpg|Trinity Presbyterian church
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