St Mark's Anglican Church Te Aroha

St Mark's Anglican Church, Te Aroha, New Zealand, has been a place of worship for many generations since the 1880's.
Over the years between 1886-1925 various funds were raised to build a place of worship for settlers to the area who identified with the Church of England.
The church these funds built was in 1925 relocated to Waihou and still remains as a community church. It is still often referred to as 'the old St. Mark's'.
The Reverend Connolly set about the task of building a new church to accommodate the growing attendance and the vestry of St. Mark's set about raising funds.
In 1926 the church was consecrated and worship has been held within the church since. Built and dedicated as a Peace Memorial Church, St. Mark's holds a special place in Te Aroha's history.
The organ currently in St. Mark's church was brought over from Shropshire by the Wayne family. It is an historical organ that, as far as we can determine, was one of 10 organs built through a tax pushed through Parliament by Queen Anne. How or why it left London remains a mystery, yet this organ continues to provide enjoyment to many who gather to hear it played and is still used most Sunday's.