St Joseph's Church, Jerusalem (Hiruharama)

Beautiful Church

The last time I was in this area, COVID-19 was running rampant, and Jerusalem/Hiruharama was closed to visitors. It was nice to see it open again, and to go inside its interesting church. This i...

Historical.

Very historical and interesting church. It is the most photographed church in NZ on the road from/to NP/Whanganui. It is nice when one of the guides/nurses would be over. They can telll you all bout ...

An absolute 'must see'

I hadn't been to Jerusalem for decades. The road was a gravel road last time. A friend suggested we do a road trip to Raetahi and we had to use the narrow, windy River Road from Wanganui due to the Pa...

At last...I got to see St Joseph's Church in Jerusalem.

Finally at the age of 71...I have been lucky enough to travel down the beautiful Whanganui River Road and visit St. Joseph's Church in Jerusalem...stunning Church!

What a Lovely Surreal Place

I wandered in here by chance. It was deserted. A lost place of ideals and dreams. You can imagine what those starting up here had to deal with and this little island of hope in all of it. The spiritua...