St Peter’s Anglican Church (184 Onehunga Mall)

The first church on this site was constructed in 1848 for a community of sailors and Fencible soldiers described by the bishop as ‘living in open and notorious sin’. Part of a Fencibles’ duty was to attend church every Sunday, and most of them were Anglicans. Initially built of wood, St Peter’s Anglican Church had a tower that was moved from the centre to the side of the building in 1853 by the vicar and a group of volunteers in the space of one week. The current tower dates from 1931, while the rest of the building was rebuilt in 1980.

Continue along Onehunga Mall and then turn left at Church Street.