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St Columba Havelock North
Havelock was an outstation of the original Meeanee charge, second to be established in the Bay. The first services in Havelock North were held, as early as 1866, at the Te Mata homestead hosted by John and Margaret Chambers and conducted by Rev John McMichael - Minister to the Meeanee-Puketapu Parish.
When the second minister was called to that charge he made Havelock his home and so virtually the centre of the parish. The first church was built in 1871. Hawke’s Bay Presbytery confirmed the Havelock North Parish as an entity and Rev Alexander Shepherd as the first resident minister. That same year the first church was built in Middle Road where the ANZ Bank stands today. The first manse was built alongside.
The later site on Columba Way was gifted and the second church building constructed in 1894.
Services were begun from Havelock at Hastings, disjoined as a separate parish in 1889. A new manse and hall followed in 1900-1901.
Maraekakaho, disjoined as a separate parish in 1910, part of St David's; Paki Paki, where the outstation was abandoned after the collapse of the freezing works in the Napier earthquake; Poukawa, later part of St Davids, as well as many other areas with services have been discontinued with improved transport.
The church was enlarged 1912.
Havelock was one of the most rapidly growing parts of the Presbytery. At the time of the Presbytery's centenary the only outstation where services were conducted was Waimarama. In 1971, at the time of the centenary, construction of the current building was completed to replace the second church.
When the second minister was called to that charge he made Havelock his home and so virtually the centre of the parish. The first church was built in 1871. Hawke’s Bay Presbytery confirmed the Havelock North Parish as an entity and Rev Alexander Shepherd as the first resident minister. That same year the first church was built in Middle Road where the ANZ Bank stands today. The first manse was built alongside.
The later site on Columba Way was gifted and the second church building constructed in 1894.
Services were begun from Havelock at Hastings, disjoined as a separate parish in 1889. A new manse and hall followed in 1900-1901.
Maraekakaho, disjoined as a separate parish in 1910, part of St David's; Paki Paki, where the outstation was abandoned after the collapse of the freezing works in the Napier earthquake; Poukawa, later part of St Davids, as well as many other areas with services have been discontinued with improved transport.
The church was enlarged 1912.
Havelock was one of the most rapidly growing parts of the Presbytery. At the time of the Presbytery's centenary the only outstation where services were conducted was Waimarama. In 1971, at the time of the centenary, construction of the current building was completed to replace the second church.
St Columba Havelock North. Presbyterian Research Centre, accessed 26/07/2026, https://pcanzarchives.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/124183
