The Church of the Good Shepherd on the shores of Lake Tekapo on the South Island of New Zealand is a small Anglican church used by various denominations. Built in 1935 as a memorial church to commemor
Church of the Good Shepherd with Lake Tekapo and the Southern Alps as a backdrop
View from within the church
The bell commemorates Audrey Barker (died 1935) and her grandfather Edward Sealy
Franz Josef / Waiau
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Franz Josef is a small town in the West Coast region of the South Island of New Zealand. Whataroa is 32 kilometres to the north-east, and the township of Fox Glacier is 23 kilometres to the south-west
Church of the Good Shepherd, Lake Tekapo
…a large window should be incorporated so that there would be a view from within the church of the lake, based on the 1930 design of St James Church at Franz Josef on the West Coast. The idea was taken up by various local runholders who thought that it would be an appropriate way of acknowledging and commemorating…
Franz Josef (middle left), next to the Waiho River, as seen from Alex Knob
Grahams Hotel at the toe of the Franz Josef Glacier, 1932. Established about 1911 by the Graham brothers and run by them it was sold to the New Zealand Government in 1947
State Highway 6 running through Franz Josef
St James Church, 2020