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Situated on a four-acre site, on a hill surrounded by splendid evergreen trees, the Tarras Church is a facility the community is proud of. It was shortly after the First World War that a move was made amongst the people of the district to have a permanent place of worship erected.
This was to be an inter-denominational church, and donations for the building were freely forthcoming from all sections of the community. Construction work commenced in 1920, and the Opening was celebrated with an inter-denominational service on 13th March 1921.
In 1958, a joint Presbyterian and Anglican Committee was formed to oversee and care for the maintenance of the church and grounds.
In 2019, following community fundraising, grants and a generous donation, the church was transferred into the ownership of the Tarras Community Church Charitable Trust with the aim to preserve it as a church and also make it a community facility.
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Hato Columba's Church
I te Ratapu 5 o Oketopa 1902, i whakatapua te Whare Karakia o St. Columba, ahakoa kahore he arai, he kakahu, he whakamahau ranei, hei whakamahi. Ko te whare karakia, he mea hanga ki te rakau, me oti i runga i te mahere i whakatakotoria e Mr. Burnside, te tohunga hoahoa o Otepoti. Ko te whare karakia o St. Columba te pokapū o te oranga o te karakia Karaitiana Mihinare ki Wanaka mai i te tau 1902 tae noa mai ki naianei. I te whakatau a te huihuinga Perehipitiriana ki te whakatu whare karakia hou, i waatea te whare tawhito o St. Andrew mo te hoko. I tukuna he whakaaro kia hokona mai a St. Andrew's ka hono atu ki St. Columba's ki te hoatu i te waahi e hiahiatia ana mo nga huihuinga nui ake i te Kirihimete, te Aranga, nga marena, me nga tangihanga, me te whakarato i te whare moenga mo nga huihuinga me nga huihuinga hapori. He waahi ano mo te kihini me nga wharepaku.I whakaaetia tenei tono, i mahia. I tika te kawe a Hato Anaru, ka honoa atu ki St Columba's kia rua o nga whare tuatahi o te takiwa o Wanaka ka mau tonu inaianei, he putake moata o nga taonga tuku iho wairua me te hapori. I whakatapua e Pihopa Peter Mann nga toronga i te Hatarei 21 o Hanuere 1989. Ka mau tonu nga karakia ki konei.
Hato Anaru's Church
Ko te whare karakia tawhito rawa i roto i nga hitori Cromwell, St. Andrews Anglican Church, i whakaritea tuatahi i te taenga mai o te Rt. Na Revd. Samuel Neville, Pihopa o N.Z. i tana haerenga minita ki te takiwa i te tau 1873. Na Vincent Pike te tumuaki, te Hekeretari o Otago Goldfields, i whiriwhiri te waahi ka timata te kaupapa, i tautokohia e tetahi o nga pionia o Cromwell, a John Marsh, nana i koha te whenua i runga I hanga te whare karakia. He kirimana tenei ki a James Taylor, he 700 pauna te utu, i whakaarahia e te hapori o te rohe i timata mai i te hui paiha i whakahaerea e te roopu wahine Mihinare.
I whakatapua te whare karakia ki tona Patron, Saint Andrew, i te 29 o Noema 1874.I hangaia te whare karakia i te tau 1932 e Dave Betts i te utu e 300 pauna, he waahi pai mo te kura Ratapu. i tutaki tuatahi ki reira i taua tau ano.St. He maha nga tau i noho ai te Haahi Andrews ki te Pariha o Dunstan, tae noa ki te wa i timata ai te wehewehenga i te tau 1959, ka mutu i te mutunga o te hanganga o te whare karakia ki Cromwell i te tau 1962, i te wa i tae mai ai te Vicar tuatahi o te Takiwa Parochial Cromwell, ko Revd. I tohua a Roger Taylor. I te tau 1990, i uru atu a Cromwell ki Wanaka hei wahanga o te Pariha hou o Upper Clutha, i uru hoki ki te tirotiro i nga Mihinare e noho ana i Tarras me Makarora.
St Columba's Church
I te Ratapu 5 o Oketopa 1902, i whakatapua te Whare Karakia o St. Columba, ahakoa kahore he arai, he kakahu, he whakamahau ranei, hei whakamahi. Ko te whare karakia, he mea hanga ki te rakau, me oti i runga i te mahere i whakatakotoria e Mr. Burnside, te tohunga hoahoa o Otepoti. Ko te whare karakia o St. Columba te pokapū o te oranga o te karakia Karaitiana Mihinare ki Wanaka mai i te tau 1902 tae noa mai ki naianei. I te whakatau a te huihuinga Perehipitiriana ki te whakatu whare karakia hou, i waatea te whare tawhito o St. Andrew mo te hoko. I tukuna he whakaaro kia hokona mai a St. Andrew's ka hono atu ki St. Columba's ki te hoatu i te waahi e hiahiatia ana mo nga huihuinga nui ake i te Kirihimete, te Aranga, nga marena, me nga tangihanga, me te whakarato i te whare moenga mo nga huihuinga me nga huihuinga hapori. He waahi ano mo te kihini me nga wharepaku.I whakaaetia tenei tono, i mahia. I tika te kawe a Hato Anaru, ka honoa atu ki St Columba's kia rua o nga whare tuatahi o te takiwa o Wanaka ka mau tonu inaianei, he putake moata o nga taonga tuku iho wairua me te hapori. I whakatapua e Pihopa Peter Mann nga toronga i te Hatarei 21 o Hanuere 1989. Ka mau tonu nga karakia ki konei.