St Joseph’s Catholic Church in Hāwera was founded in 1875 and is now on its fourth church building. Its current home, on Victoria Street, opened in 1993 and the congregation will celebrate its 25-year jubilee on December 16. Continue reading
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Hawera parish priest vacates presbytery in favour of school
Friday, February 12th, 2016
Hawera parish priest, Tom Lawn, moved out of his presbytery in January. He has moved into a flat until the parish finds a suitable house for him to live in. The 114 year-old presbytery building will be moved to Foxton Beach to become a family home. A new St Joseph’s school and church administration block Read more
Family and friends farewell Craig Norgate
Friday, July 24th, 2015
Businessman Craig Norgate’s funeral was held on Tuesday at St Joseph’s Catholic Church in his hometown of Hawera, next door to the school he attended as a boy. Norgate, 50, was Fonterra’s first chief executive, from 2001 to 2003. As hundreds of mourners arrived for the private service, attendees had to spill out into a Read more