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Story: Pacific churches in New Zealand

CCCS Newtown

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 CCCS Newtown

The Congregational Christian Church of Samoa in Newtown, Wellington, resembles a traditional Samoan fale (house). The use of the siapo (breadfruit) design as a decorative element on the street-facing wall reinforces the church's Pacific roots.

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Cluny Macpherson, Pacific churches in New Zealand – History of Pacific churches, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/26723/cccs-newtown (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Cluny Macpherson, published 21 February 2011.