Mt Roskill cross set for a comeback

Friday, October 23rd, 2015

The Mt Roskill cross is set to return to Puketapapa.

Following a successful application by a group of Mt Roskill church ministers, backed by the Puketapapa Local Board, the cross will make its comeback for Christmas and Easter.

It is lit up in the form of a cross at Christmas time and a star at Easter.

The decision is in alignment with the legacy council agreement where the cross was only a temporary structure to be erected for the two holidays. Read more

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