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High Street Church, Auckland

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High Street Church, Auckland

This plain brick church in central Auckland's High Street was the centre of Auckland Methodism when it opened in 1848. During the New Zealand wars British troops were housed nearby, and often filled its pews in their red uniforms.

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Auckland Council Libraries − Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero o Tāmaki Makaurau, Sir George Grey Special Collections

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Tim Shoebridge, Methodist Church – The settler church, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/27512/high-street-church-auckland (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Tim Shoebridge, published 30 March 2011.