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April, 2020
Parish Profile
2020
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Welcome to the Anglican Parish of Northern Wairoa
We are seeking a priest to become our next full-time Vicar.
We hope that this profile gives you some insight into the life of our
community, our vision for the future, and the gifts we are looking
for in our next Vicar.
Our Mission Statement
To awaken and nurture Spiritual growth,
so that, empowered by Christ within us
we actively respond to the needs
of the Community.
“God cares, we care”
Our Mission
Our parish is a caring, tolerant and friendly community of faith. We offer a variety of services
throughout the year and we maximise the varied physical spaces within our church to create
different experiences to appeal to a wide range of parishioners.
Our Vicar will share leadership with small teams of lay people and non-stipendiary clergy,
who represent a cross section of our community. Variety in worship and music is enjoyed within
an Anglican context and, while we value tradition, we seek to provide relevant worship for the
society of today.
Our Core Values
We are proud that our parish offers:
• Continuity as an Anglican faith community
• Openness, inclusiveness and celebration of a variety of people ideas
• An environment for all ages including children and youth
• A range of worship services
• A balance of worship times for our rural and urban parishioners
• Support and friendship to our parish family
• A versatile and peaceful worship space for religious and use
• Loving pastoral care
• Ecumenical relationships and Inter-Church involvement
• A committed core group, willing to share their diverse talents
• A church which is open every day as a place of prayer and rest
• Caring and loving people (inspired by John 13: 35)
• An outward look towards and involvement with the community
• A heritage building, much admired by tourists, visitors and our parish family
• A safe and welcoming environment for seniors in our community
• Participation in Foodbank—Feeding the poor
• A welcome and embrace of all ethnicities
• Small group study and prayer
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Our History
Before Holy Trinity was built, services were held in the Old Foresters’ Hall alongside
the old Northern Wairoa Hotel in Hokianga Rd. It was a two storey building with a
billiard room and rooms upstairs for accommodation.
Joseph McMullen Dargaville, the son of Anderson Dargaville, a physician, and his
wife, Eliza donated land for the Anglican church.
In October 1877, the building of Holy Trinity was started. It was designed by
Mr Mahoney, a well-known Auckland architect and built by Mr Colebrook also of Auck-
land. The Church is a cruciform consisting of nave and chancel and verger’s room on
the south. The main entrance is under the tower at the west end, which supports a
graceful spire surmounted by a neat wrought iron vane, the appearance from which
is strictly ecclesiastical. Holy Trinity has the only memorial in Dargaville to the
town’s founder, in the form or a magnificent stained glass window, erected by his
widow after he passed away and was buried at sea in 1896.
The hill on which the church stands makes it appear to great advantage. The interior
was neatly done in all the best Kauri timber and varnished.
The Church was formerly opened for public worship on Trinity Sunday 1878 by
Archdeacon Maunsell who arrived from Auckland on the Thursday evening
accompanied by Rev.F Gould of Otahuhu.
Our
People
There are 186 parishioners on the par-
ish roll, with about 60 being regular
worshipers or involved with parish life.
We are fortunate to have:
• An Assistant non-stipendiary
Priest
• 4 Organists Holy Trinity 2,
All Saints 1 St Peters 1
• 12 on the Welcome team
• 3 Hospital Chaplains
• Lay ministry team
• Parish Educator
• Rest Home ministry team
• 12 readers
• 8 on the intercession team
• 6 morning tea hosts
• 8 servers
• 8 liturgists
In addition, there are those who do the
housebound communions, plus the Ves-
try, Church Committees (3), Link la-
dies, aftercare program and Town and
Around (transport assistance).
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Our Buildings
Holy Trinity, Dargaville
Holy Trinity is situated in the centre of Dargaville and celebrates 142 years’ service this year. It
seats 130 people. A Parish Hall which also includes the Parish office and counselling rooms is situ-
ated adjacent to the Church and provides for an overflow with a large screen and sound system.
Counsellors operate 5 days per week. The Church has a large screen and projector with a new
sound system and wifi throughout. Holy Trinity boasts an impressive, historic pipe organ which is
currently about to undergo a major refurbishment.
Photo: Geoff Hilliam
Saint Peters, Te Kopuru (Below Right)
Saint Peters Te Kopuru is the last remaining Church in the area of Te Kopuru. The Church is
approx. 12 km from Dargaville and is an important part of the community. It can seat approx.
70 people and has a Church hall with a kitchen and toilet block.
All Saints Mititai (Below)
All Saints is situated approx. 12km from Dargaville off
S/H 12 overlooking the beautiful Northern Wairoa Riv-
er and across to Tokatoka. The Church can seat ap-
prox. 100people and has a Hall with kitchen and toilet
facilities. Mititai is a rural area of dairy and kumara-
growing flats with a local primary school, hall, Tennis
and Bowling Clubs. The church, barged across the
river to its present site in 1922, is HPT Cat.2.
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The Vicarage
The Vicarage is located at 58 Hokianga Rd behind Holy Trinity Church. Dargaville. It has recently
been refurbished and includes 5 bedrooms, two toilets, full bathroom, fireplace, heat pump, HRV
ventilation system and is fully fenced. Situated high above the road, it offers a quiet space to enjoy
family life with large surrounding grounds.
The Pastorate “Peg Harding” House
“Peg Harding” House, adjacent to the Vic-
arage, was initially built for the Maori Pas-
torate Priest-in-Charge but because the
position is currently vacant, it is rented
out.
The house has its own access via Tunatahi
St, has 3 bedrooms and a heatpump. Its
high position offers great views of the sur-
rounding countryside.
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The Parish Boundaries
The Anglican Parish of Northern Wairoa extends from Ruawai to Pouto at the southern end of the
peninsula and up to Kaihu, just south of the Waipoua Forest. The eastern boundary is midway (30
kms) between Dargaville and Whangarei. Dargaville is located approx. 55km west of Whangarei and
only minutes from the West Coast Ripiro Beach.
Parish Website
Our website is currently being redesigned and updated.
Dargaville
Location and Amenities
Dargaville is built along the edge of the wide Northern Wairoa River, two and a half hours’ drive north-
west of Auckland. Maori settlements and marae (meeting places) have been scattered around the area
for hundreds of years.
The township of Dargaville was established by Irish businessman Joseph McMullen Dargaville in the
1870s, during the heyday of kauri felling and gum digging. It was largely settled by Dalmatian immi-
grants, whose descendants still live here today. Dairy farming is the main local industry; the district
also produces around two thirds of New Zealand’s kumara (sweet potato) crop and is known as the Ku-
mara Capital of the World. A meat processing plant operates just outside the township, and forestry is
again playing an important role in the local economy, providing much employment and utilising margin-
al land.
The town is proud of its heritage, having re-employed many of its 19th century buildings – you’ll find
cafes, art shops and other interesting retail opportunities. Dargaville's hotels and motels, backpackers
and motor camps stand alongside tributes to the past like the Gumdigger Statue.
The Dargaville Museum has an interesting collection of Maori artefacts, shipwreck treasures, gum dig-
ging exhibits and items salvaged from the Rainbow Warrior, including its masts.
The town is serviced by a very good hospital of 20 beds, offering general and maternity care.
Dargaville has grown as a tourist destination in the past two decades, particularly as a base from which
to visit the unspoiled recreational paradise of the Kauri Coast. Nearby also lies the Kai Iwi Lakes - great
for a freshwater dip - and the ruggedly beautiful Baylys Beach (Ripiro). As a fitting tribute to the for-
mer great forests of Northland, the Waipoua Forest, home of the mighty Tane Mahuta, and Trounson
Kauri Park are in easy driving distance from town.
Dargaville has a small airport and is within easy reach of Whangarei's larger air terminal. The town is
also serviced by buses providing weekly travel to and from Auckland and a daily workers’ bus to Whan-
garei.
Two rest homes operate in the town,
and recently a new multi-sport complex
“Sportsville” was opened combining
many of the town’s sporting codes
on one site.
Each year the Northland Field Days
attract over 20,000 people to
Dargaville over 3 days—Northland’s
biggest 3-day event.
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Population
Dargaville’s estimated population at March 2020 is 5200, an increase of 13% since 2006 (an average
of 0.93% per annum). Projections for the District indicate growth and our demographics are changing
as people are moving out of Auckland and choosing a less congested life-style in Dargaville.
There are m a n y clubs, societies and support groups in operation in Dargaville, catering for most
of the community’s sporting, cultural and youth needs. Youth organisations include Scouts, St Johns,
Girls Brigade and Air Training Corps. The Dargaville Little Theatre, various art and craft groups plus a
good range of sports facilities are based here. Dargaville boasts an impressive 50 meter swimming
pool (the only one in Northland). The Rotary Club and two Lions’ Clubs all have high profiles in the
town. The local MENZShed operates here and there is a first class ANZAC Theatre offering the latest
movies .
Check on: https://www.dargavillenz.com/
Educational Opportunities
There are a number of early childhood centres offering a variety of options for pre-school education
and Dargaville has three Primary schools and an Intermediate school (covering years 7 and 8) with a
number of country schools in the surrounding district. These offer good quality education as can be
seen from their ERO reports, and provide opportunities to participate in a wide range of sporting
and cultural activities. The district’s schools perform with distinction in Northland competitions.
Dargaville High School is a well-established, co-educational school. The well equipped gymnasium,
large playing fields, floodlit Astroturf surface suitable for netball, tennis and hockey, weight training
room and heated indoor swimming pool form the nucleus of the sports centre at the school. Dar-
gaville High currently runs a Building Academy which has won the school an enviable reputation
through providing young people for trade apprenticeships when they leave school.
The 22 metre swimming pool is fully utilised by the school and the local swimming club. The
gymnasium incorporates a climbing wall for budding rock climbers. These facilities are also used by
various community organisations.
http://www.dargavillehighschool.co.nz/
http://www.dargavilleprimary.school.nz/
http://dis.school.nz/1701.html
The Kaipara
Kaipara District is located in the rolling hills around the northern shores of the Kaipara Harbour, a large
natural harbour open to the Tasman Sea. Kaipara District Council shares management of the harbour
with various other organisations, most notably Northland Regional Council (in the north) and Auckland
Council to the south
The roughly triangular district stretches from a thin-
ning of the Northland Peninsula south of Kaiwaka and
Mangawhai in the southeast to the Waipoua For-
est in the northwest. The District's western boundary
is defined by Ripiro Beach which stretches down North-
land’s west coast from Maunganui Bluff and the
Waipoua Forest in the North, to Pouto at the entrance
to the Kaipara Harbour.
The region is bisected by the Northern Wairoa
River and its tributaries, which flow into the northern
end of the Kaipara Harbour.
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What We Do Now
Our parish life is rich and full and includes:
Worship
• Sunday Service with Eucharist ,9.30am at Holy Trinity
• Wednesday Eucharist at 10.00am at Holy Trinity
• Service with Eucharist at Te Kopuru (12km South of Dargaville) on the 2nd and 4th Sunday of
each month at 11am
• Scheduled services at All Saints Mititai ( 12km South of Dargaville) at 11am Approx. 4 p/a
• Other occasional, special services
• Sunday School at Holy Trinity during Eucharist
Fellowship and Small Groups
• Prayer Bible Study (weekly)
• Ministry Team training)
• Social Functions
• Mid-Winter Christmas Dinner
• Parish Dinner
• Link Ladies—Women’s Fellowship
• Holy Trinity Church Committee
Fundraising
• Spring Fair
• High Tea
• Fairs/Galas
• Quiz Nights
• Street Stalls
• Annual calendar
• Parish dinners
Ministry to the Elderly
• Rest Homes (2) and Hospital Communions for the aged and infirm
Children’s Ministry
• Children’s Sunday School within the Sunday services
Anglican Care Counsellors
• Counselling service available to the wider community
Ecumenical Relationships
• Involvement in the Dargaville including:
• Food
• Ecumenical Services
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Community
• Holy Trinity in Dargaville is open daily, presenting a beautiful place for prayer and reflection.
Hall Hire to Community
• Parish Bowls
• Kids’ Holiday Programme
• Mental health counsellors
Community
• Housebound and hospital visiting
• Christmas in the Gardens
• “Town and Around”: Transport for the elderly or infirm
• Counsellors
How we Relate to and Serve our Community
• Value our Church being open and our wish for this to continue
• A team of parishioners dedicated to home visiting and prayer ministry. Follow up those who
drop away
• Wide involvement in the 101 community clubs and organisations where we can represent
“Anglican”
• Availability and aspiration to connect with schools
Priorities and Challenges
Goals for the Future
1. Maintain an Anglican faith community in the Northern Wairoa
2. To grow that community in numbers and diversity
3. Maintain vibrant, open and inclusive worshipping congregations attending a variety
of services which utilize the versatile worship space of our Church
4. Keep our church buildings open and well maintained and available to the communi-
ty for worship.
5. Re-establish Young Wives/Women’s group
6. Re-establish Holy Trinity Choir
7. In our post Covid-19 environment, to extend our welcome back to Parishioners and our
wider community—for worship, to socialize and re-establish Parish working groups
Priorities for Mission and Ministry in the next five years
Priority—Outreach and Evangelism
To grow the size and diversity of the congregation by equipping the people of God to share their
faith and invite people into a relationship with God
Establish a “drop in” outreach
Priority—Focused Attention on Worship
Contemporary Anglican Worship—variety, including guitar, acappella
Sunday Evensong or Sunday Evening Praise once a month
More diversity and flexibility in worship—use of the data projector to reduce the need for 2,3 or
4 books
• Grow the number of worshippers
• Be a place where young people wish to worship
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Challenges and Opportunities - Areas we would like to explore:
• Grow the number of worshippers
• Be a place where young people wish to worship
• Continue engagement with the wider community
• Lay training from the Diocese
• More Episcopal/Archdeaconry visits
• Increase Parish income
• Maintain Parish plant and assets
• Establish a music group
• Facilitate learning new music—Taize, contemporary, new hymns
• Focus on hospitality
• Men’s group—social
• Make the Parish Hall available for hire daily 9am till 2 pm
• Raise awareness of all we offer—improve communications
• Run fish & chip evenings targeting families
• Expand current activities by involving more people—a version of sending out the
72 in Luke’s Gospel—learning the art of continuous conversation—becoming a
“contagious church”
Our New Leader
In our new Vicar, we are seeking a leader with excellent communication
skills that will inspire and encourage members of our faith community to
be involved in building up the body of Christ.
We are seeking someone who has strong people-relationship skills and
who will have a passion for strengthening and continuing to nurture rela-
tionships within the Parish and the wider community. Worship is a key
aspect to our life as a Parish in Northern Wairoa. We are therefore look-
ing for someone who has a heart for both new and traditional expressions
of worship that will be meaningful and engage with both parishioners and
those seeking this connection within the community.
10Our Finances
We have an operating budget of approximately $114,000. Financial statements are available on re-
quest
Statistics for 2019 (Latest available)
APPLICATION DETAILS
No. of persons on roll
No. of baptisms 1
No. of confirmations
No. of marriages
No. of funerals
Total attendances (Excl Funerals)
Acts of communion (Incl Home Comm)
Sunday School Roll
Study Group Participants
Secular groups using buildings
No. of clergy (1 Non-Stipendiary)
No. of licensed lay ministers
We invite you to discern your call to this ministry, and give thanks for your willingness to engage with
this process.
Applications can be forwarded by email to the People’s Warden, Jonathan McCall:
jpn.mccall@gmail.com by Monday, 31st August, 2020. Cell phone: 021-144-7386
Applications should include:
1) A covering letter which will describe the gifts and skills you will bring to enable the Parish
to fulfill its hopes and aspirations
2) Curriculum Vitae (CV).
3) List of Referees. It would be valuable to the committee if your referees could include:
a) a lay person from your current ministry appointment
b) a clergy colleague
c) a person from the wider community
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