The Arawata Hall was used for Church Services until 1910. The first Presbyterian service was held in the hall in 1889, with 54 worshippers in attendance. The Methodist church services were held in the home of Mr Newton, but an amicable agreement was then reached which saw Methodist and Presbyterian services held on alternate Sundays …
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Arawata School. Early Years.
Mr L C Holmes, as Secretary of the Arawata Community Hall Association, first wrote to the Education Department in January 1889, advising that the Community Hall was being built for the purposes of Church and School and asking that a teacher be sent to the area. There were eighteen children living within two miles of …
The Arawata Hall – Hub of the Pioneering Community ( Part One)
A meeting of the "residents of Korumburra" was held in the home of Mr Nicholson, Two Chain Rd on the 15th of December 1888. At this meeting it was decided that a building should be erected for the purposes of " school and other public purposes" Both Mr John Bell and Mr Matthew Holland offered …
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