New beginnings

The Last Church in Āpiti’s latest chapter began in 2018 when Jemma and Alexander Robertson first laid eyes on the former Presbyterian church and Sunday school. The property was wildly overgrown and hadn’t been used or lived in for many years, but the attraction was immediate. They could feel the energy and potential, the buildings oozed character, the floors and walls told tales of the generations before and they knew they wanted to be the ones to give the property a new lease on life.

This used to be one of five churches in the thriving farming village and today, it is the only one remaining.