Through the Church Gate

Tikitiki, East Cape. May 2009 Ajr

I fell in love with everything about the very gorgeous little St Mary's Church in the tiny East Cape settlement of Tikitiki - right down to the church gates shown above from both sides. I've written about my visit to the church before here and shown some photographs of its exceptional and highly decorated interior that highlights superb Maori craftsmanship - it's worth clicking on St Mary's Tikitiki in the index line below to see those; the church is one of the most elaborate I've seen anywhere.