Brunnerton Presbyterian Church -
- Management Committee
minutes 1894 to 1934 missing.
- The Church buildings were scorched and windows shattered due
to a fire in an adjoining building in 1937.
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Central Westland Parish -
- Some early minute books have
suffered "extensive pest attacks" at some time in the past.
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Cobden Presbyterian Church -
- The Sunday School Hall was
damaged by fire c.1958-59.
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Denniston Presbyterian Church -
- Session minutes c.1906
to 1950's missing.
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Hector Presbyterian Church -
- The Church Hall was totally
destroyed by fire in 1938.
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Ikamatua - Totara Flat Parish -
- The Church was completely destroyed by fire in 1928.
- The Reefton Session Clerk
advised in 1955 that "The earlier [Management Committee] books were lost
in a fire some years ago. If they had a Session book it must have been
in the fire too."
- Marriage registers from 1909 to 1911 and from 1924 to 1927 missing;
no Communion roll prior to Oct 1917; Baptism register c.1892 to 1917 missing.
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Knox Church, Reefton -
- No Communion roll 1884 to Oct 1917;
Baptismal roll 1884 to 1917 missing; Board of Manager's minutes 1892 to 1902 missing (all noted as missing
in 1954).
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No Town Presbyterian Church -
- A Church and manse were built in this town (of which nothing now remains) in 1871. No records remain from this once 'boom town'.
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Runanga Presbyterian Church -
- The new Church, which had only been opened on the 14th July 1911, was accidentally destroyed
by fire in 1912, being a total loss. It is unknown if any records were lost.
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St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Ross -
- According to a 1986 New Zealand Society of Genealogists Register, a fire about 1900 destroyed the (first) Church building. Our records indicate however that the old Church was declared unsafe after a severe gale on the 21st July 1907 and a new (second) Church opened on the 28th July 1909.
- There is no baptism register from 1870 to 1912 nor any marriages between Sept 1876 and Jun 1907. However, as the Parish was vacant from 1876 until 1907 due to the declining number of goldminers in the district, it cannot be assumed that records have been lost - or even kept. The only thing that could be missing is a Baptismal register from 1870 to the time the Rev Hogg left the district in 1876.
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St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Westport -
- Session book
c.1879 to Nov 1888 missing; Baptismal register 1879 to Oct 1886 missing (all noted as missing in 1954).
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St John's Presbyterian Church, Greymouth -
- Some early
records were lost on the 1st April 1892 when a great
fire destroyed buildings in the lower part of Mawhera Quay which
included the Bank of Australasia where the Church records had been stored. A list was made of all records lost and this entry will be updated once the Parish records (including the list) are removed from off-site storage in Christchurch. We understand that all minutes from the date of the first gathering of Presbyterians from about 1864 to 1869 were destroyed.
- A second unspecified fire (pre June 1870) destroyed the Deeds of the section on which the Church was to be built ; "The destruction of these Deeds left a scar which proved very difficult to heal".
- The following later are also missing : Board of Manager's minutes March 1893 to February 1928; Baptismal
rolls 1870 to date; Communion rolls 1870 to 1877 and 1885 to 1919; Presbyterian Women's Missionary Union
minutes 1921 to 1932.
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Woodstock Presbyterian Church -
- A scrub fire in 1940 caused
damage to the Church building.
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