Maungatapere war memorial church includes a plaque with names of those killed in the First World War.
Maungatapere First World War memorial
Thanks to John House for supplying this information.
In 1919 a local committee was set up to build a church as a memorial to the men from the district who had given their lives during the First World War.
Fund-raising was not easy, and when it became evident that the money they had raised could not be used for some time, it was lent to the Maunu Anglican church committee on the understanding that it would be refunded if it were ever needed. This eventually came about, the additional money was raised and the church was opened in early 1928.
It was built of brick and has a tiled roof.
The pretty little church is very central and serves the people of all denominations in the Maungatapere area
Sources
Florence Keene, Between Two Mountains: A History of Whangarei, Whitcombe and Tombs, Auckland, 1966
Florence Keene, Cross over Kauri: A Centennial History of the Parish of Whangarei, Northern Publishing Coy, 1960
Specific information about this memorial
Location: State Highway 14, Maungatapere, Northland.
Description: Memorial church with a granite memorial plaque as foundation stone in front of church building. The church is brick on a concrete base, with tiled roof, arched windows of coloured glass and false front with crenellated top. The memorial is in excellent condition.
Inscription: On the foundation stone, names of WWI deceased soldiers are inscribed under an arched title of
Maungatapere Memorial Church
Erected to the men from this district who fell in the
Great War 1914-1918
in three columns roughly alphabetically, as follows:
B C Atkinson
J Green
C T Leng
J H Morrison
C Marriner
P Marriner
C Nicholson
A Posha
L Quintal
C R Robinson
McK Stevens
H C Tavinor
A Wilkinson
R Wilkinson
W Woodward
Inside the church are the Maungatapere District First World War and Second World War rolls of honour, wooden tablets which list respectively 42 and 38 names. A more recent addition is the Whatitiri School’s Second World War roll of honour.
The altar was carved by a local man in honour of Trooper David Landers Quintal, who died of enteritis while a prisoner of war in Turkey on 20 December 1916.
Community contributions