COUNTRY PARISH
TURAKINA, by Malcolm W. Wilson; Presbyterian Bookroom, Christchurch, 10/6. A CHURCH building has been standing ""on the same site in Turakina for nearly a hundred years. This.is the centre of a historical survey which moves outwards across the parish. It is a large parish-in one direction, up "the Valley," it runs more than 20 miles-and it has links with the early history of the Presbyterian Church in New Zealand and the province of Wellington. The first settlers were Scots who came out in the barque Blenheim, reaching Wellington on Christmas Day, 1840. Descendants of these families-Frasers, McKenzies, McFarlanes, Fergessons, McDonalds, -McDonnells, McQuarries-are still in’ the district. The first church and manse were built in 1857; the second church, opened in 1865, is still in use. Mr. Wilson writes of the ministers and elders who helped to build the parish; and although he draws upon much material, historical and biographical, he holds firmly to his central theme and refuses to be weighed down by detail. This is a well-written little book, of more than local interest,
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 29, Issue 727, 19 June 1953, Page 14
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177COUNTRY PARISH New Zealand Listener, Volume 29, Issue 727, 19 June 1953, Page 14
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