History

Pictured outside the newly built St Peter's Church c1961 where you can still see the scaffolding: Rachel Sylva, The Rt Revd HW Baines, Bishop of Wellington and the Rev Eric Barber.

Landmark to be Demolished

A story about the final services to take place demolition of the old St Peter's Church to make way for the "new church" soon to be built and a description of what to expect. This was published in the Evening Standard on April 4, 1959.

St Peter's Ladies Guild

Operation Loyalty - 1956

October 1956 was the start of "Operation Loyalty, the campaign to raise 40,000 pounds (equivalent to $2,222,114.12 in today's money) to build our current St Peter's Church Building. How did the parish of St Peter propose to accomplish this?

The Messenger - May 1958