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Te Puke
The first building used for religious services in Te Puke was the No. 2 Hall opened in 1882. Wesleyans and Anglicans, and later Salvation Army, provided for the protestant community. Occasionally Roman Catholic Mass was celebrated elsewhere.
A Mission Hall was erected in the Main Street and dedicated in January 1895. Ministers and Lay Preachers of the main protestant denominations lead worship Sunday by Sunday.
This Hall was removed to Oroua Street in 1923. It became the Methodist Church until the later Church was built and dedicated in 1964.
The Rev. Alexander McLennan of Tauranga conducted the first Presbyterian Service in Te Puke in November 1889 and Te Puke became an outstation of St. Peters Tauranga, and an independent charge in 1913. The Church was built in 1915, and later enlarged. It was named "St Andrew's" in 1929.
St Andrew's Te Puke closed in 2025 with an in-house gathering on 28 September and a final service on 5 October. The parish dissolved 31 October 2025.
A Mission Hall was erected in the Main Street and dedicated in January 1895. Ministers and Lay Preachers of the main protestant denominations lead worship Sunday by Sunday.
This Hall was removed to Oroua Street in 1923. It became the Methodist Church until the later Church was built and dedicated in 1964.
The Rev. Alexander McLennan of Tauranga conducted the first Presbyterian Service in Te Puke in November 1889 and Te Puke became an outstation of St. Peters Tauranga, and an independent charge in 1913. The Church was built in 1915, and later enlarged. It was named "St Andrew's" in 1929.
St Andrew's Te Puke closed in 2025 with an in-house gathering on 28 September and a final service on 5 October. The parish dissolved 31 October 2025.
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Te Puke. Presbyterian Research Centre, accessed 15/04/2026, https://pcanzarchives.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/130717
