Pukehiki Community Church
Church Restoration:
As anyone passing through Pukehiki will have noticed, the Pukehiki Community Church had undergone a major restoration programme. What started as "replacing a couple of weather boards before repainting", it very soon became apparent that the Church was in serious need of major repairs.
This required restoring the degraded external shell of the building, rebuilding the bell-tower, restoring the windows, and replacing the roof. The interior was extensively restored, including stripping paint from beams, repainting, restoring pews, installation of new heating, lighting, and sound system.
Click here for a photographic account of the Pukehiki Church Restoration Project
Carol Singing:
Every year, the Pukehiki Community Church hosts a Carol Singing evening.
This is an evening of singing your favourite Christmas Carols.
A Nativity Play is usually put on by members of the community for your entertainment.
Over the past years, these evenings have proved to be very popular and are well attended by locals and those from afar.
This year, the Carol Service will be held in the newly restored Church on:
Sunday 15th December, 7pm
All Welcome
A gift of tinned or packaged food for the City Food Bank would be appreciated and can be left at the service. And perhaps bring a party plate for supper in the Hall following the Carol Service.
Church Services:
Pukehiki Community Church Service
Ecumenical Church Services are normally held at 3pm on the first Sunday of March, May, September, and November. A different visiting minister will take the service.
The last service was the Restoration Celebration Service on 29 October 2023.
This special servicewas led by The Right Rev Richard Dawson.
25th Anniversary of Pukehiki Church owned by the Community
In 1994, the Pukehiki Church was handed to the Pukehiki Community by the Presbyterian Church.
To celebrate the 'Silver Anniversary' of the Pukehiki Community Church,
a special service was held on Sunday 5th May 2019
The service was led by Rev. Barry Kelk
150th Anniversary of Pukehiki Church
The Church at Pukehiki was built in 1867 - 1868 and the first service was held on 19th April 1868 by Rev. Alexander Greig.
The first 150 years of this historical church was celebrated with a special church service on Sunday 22 April 2018.
The service was led by the Rev Richard Dawson,
a descendent of the third resident minister at the Church
Click here to read more of the history of the Church at Pukehiki.