St Canice’s Church
St Canice's Church in Westport, New Zealand, is a Catholic parish church, designed by John Scott. Consecrated in 1976, it is the second church on the site, replacing the earlier St Canice's designed by Francis Petre and completed in 1888.Photo: Mike Dickison, CC BY 4.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description: Catholic church in Westport, New Zealand
- Also known as: “St Canice’s”, “St Canice’s Catholic Church”, and “St Canice’s Church, Westport”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sue Thomson Casey Memorial Library and NBS Theatre.
Sue Thomson Casey Memorial Library
Library
Photo: Mike Dickison, CC BY 4.0.
The Sue Thomson Casey Memorial Library, also known as the Westport Library and the Buller District Library, is a district library located in Westport in the West Coast region of the South Island of New Zealand. Sue Thomson Casey Memorial Library is situated 520 metres northwest of St Canice’s Church.
NBS Theatre
Theater building
Photo: NZ Owen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
NBS Theatre is a theater building, which is situated 410 metres northwest of St Canice’s Church.
Buller High School
School
Photo: Mike Dickison, CC BY 4.0.
Buller High School is a secondary school in the town of Westport, New Zealand. The school has a roll of over 340 students, all Year 9 to Year 13. As well as students from Westport, the school has a large number of students from nearby towns that do not have high schools of their own, such as Waimangaroa, Granity, and Seddonville. Buller High School is situated 1 km north of St Canice’s Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Westport and Sergeants Hill.
Westport
Westport is the main town of the Buller District, in the northern part of the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand. Westport has spectacular beaches at its back door, and the mighty Buller River, the largest river by volume in NZ, runs right beside the town.
Sergeants Hill
Locality
Sergeants Hill is a lightly populated locality in the West Coast region of New Zealand's South Island. It is situated in a rural setting on the eastern outskirts of Westport in the Buller District. Sergeants Hill is situated 4 km east of St Canice’s Church.
Carters Beach
Village
Carters Beach is a suburb of Westport on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island. Located 6 kilometres west of Westport on State Highway 67A, it offers a pristine sheltered sandy beach on the West Coast suitable for swimming. Carters Beach is situated 4 km west of St Canice’s Church.
St Canice’s Church
- Categories: Catholic church building, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Buller District, West Coast, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-41.75541° or 41° 45′ 20″ southLongitude
171.60203° or 171° 36′ 7″ eastOpen location code
4VCH6JV2+RROpenStreetMap ID
way 397452730OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholicWikidata ID
Q99488135
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In Other Languages
“St Canice’s Church” goes by many names.
- Indonesian: “Gereja Santo Kanikus, Westport”
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