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Story: Whanganui places

Church, Jerusalem

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Church, Jerusalem

Robin Morrison’s evocative photograph shows St Joseph’s Catholic church at Jerusalem (Hiruhārama), on the Whanganui River, 12 kilometres downstream from Pipiriki. The church was designed by Thomas Turnbull in 1892–93.

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Auckland War Memorial Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira

Reference: RMX249

by Robin Morrison

Courtesy of the Estate of Robin Morrison

Permission of the Auckland War Memorial Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Diana Beaglehole, Whanganui places – River settlements, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/18966/church-jerusalem (accessed 25 June 2026).

Story by Diana Beaglehole, published 3 March 2009, updated 15 June 2015.