Convent of the Sacred Heart - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 14 Jun 2021 04:31:17 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Convent of the Sacred Heart - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Grand designs including Catholic buildings in Palmy Lego show https://cathnews.co.nz/2021/06/14/grand-designs-catholic-buildings/ Mon, 14 Jun 2021 07:54:48 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=137205 Among the grand designs on show in Palmerston North this week are two iconic Catholic buildings - made of Lego. The Wellington Lego User Group brought 120 exhibitors together from Auckland to Invercargill to showcase their plastic artistry at Palmerston North's Central Energy Trust Arena from Friday to Sunday. An impressive replica of the Convent Read more

Grand designs including Catholic buildings in Palmy Lego show... Read more]]> Among the grand designs on show in Palmerston North this week are two iconic Catholic buildings - made of Lego.

The Wellington Lego User Group brought 120 exhibitors together from Auckland to Invercargill to showcase their plastic artistry at Palmerston North's Central Energy Trust Arena from Friday to Sunday.

An impressive replica of the Convent of the Sacred Heart and former Erskine College building has been a focal point of Brickcon, taking out best in the show of the weekend's exhibits.

Painstakingly built to represent the historical accuracy of the building in Island Bay, Wellington - which has since been converted into apartments - Frank Averes has stacked more than 250,000 bricks over nearly a year to bring the miniature version to life. Read more

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