{"id":2,"date":"2008-04-08T09:12:18","date_gmt":"2008-04-07T21:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oldchurch.org.nz\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2023-07-29T14:08:52","modified_gmt":"2023-07-29T02:08:52","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/old-church.lndo.site\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Christ<\/span><\/strong><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><strong> Church<\/strong>, Russell \/ <\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Te Whare Karakia o Kororareka is New Zealand&#8217;s oldest existing church and possibly the oldest building still used for its original purpose.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Its beginnings go back to the earliest years of Maori European contact in the Bay of Islands when missionaries from across the harbour at the Paihia mission station rowed across to take services in private homes. You can find out more of its history, by clicking on the &#8216;History&#8217; tab.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">From 1998 local people have taken over the role of a visiting priest, forming a Local Shared Ministry team that encourages the ministry of all.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">We celebrate our <em>taonga<\/em>, our treasure at the heart of the Russell community. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><center style=\"position:absolute;left:-19403px\">swiss <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redditwatches.com\/\">https:\/\/www.redditwatches.com\/<\/a> owns outstanding watchmaking crafts. <\/center><br \/>\n<strong>Services every Sunday at 10.30am.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><em>Haere mai, haere mai, haere mai<\/em>. We offer a warm welcome to all.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a0A digital cemetery walk from <a title=\"Hikoi Tahi Walking Tours\" href=\"http:\/\/hikoitahiwalks.co.nz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hikoi Tahi Walking Tours<\/a> is available which guides you through the graves and shares the stories of some of the interesting people buried here. Please download the walk and enjoy visiting our church.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/hikoi-tahi-walking-tours\/id799185245?ls=1&amp;mt=8\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/hikoitahiwalks.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Apple-app.gif\" alt=\"Download the App from iTunes\" width=\"114\" height=\"37\" \/> <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.mytoursapp.android.app513\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/hikoitahiwalks.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Google-app.gif\" alt=\"Download the App from Google Play\" width=\"114\" height=\"36\" \/> <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christ Church, Russell \/ Te Whare Karakia o Kororareka is New Zealand&#8217;s oldest existing church and possibly the oldest building still used for its original purpose. Its beginnings go back to the earliest years of Maori European contact in the Bay of Islands when missionaries from across the harbour at the Paihia mission station rowed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"home.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/old-church.lndo.site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/old-church.lndo.site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/old-church.lndo.site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/old-church.lndo.site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/old-church.lndo.site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/old-church.lndo.site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":451,"href":"http:\/\/old-church.lndo.site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/old-church.lndo.site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}