Posts Tagged ‘St Mary’s Tauranga’

Tauranga’s church may relocate

Monday, March 4th, 2019
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St Mary Immaculate Church in Tauranga’s CBD is losing its bell tower, and the site may even be sold altogether. Parish priest Father Mark Field says the bell tower meets only 20 per cent of the modern earthquake code, so it needs to be removed. The newer part of St Mary’s is continuing to operate Read more

Girls’ locks get the chop for charity

Friday, December 14th, 2012

A group of girls have cut off their ponytails and donated their hair to a charity that will see their locks turned into wigs for women living with cancer. Ten students from St Mary’s Catholic school in Tauranga sat in front of their peers yesterday and had 20cm of their hair cut off for the Read more