It's quite a challenge - there are over 60 places of worship in the Whanganui area and the club hopes to include most of these, aiming to document the exteriors and the inside details of all of them.

A recent highlight for the team was a weekend trip to Ohakune, Raetihi and Hiruharama Jerusalem to capture images of the local churches, many with outstanding heritage value. Read more

This follows a successful 2022 Domestic Houses Heritage Project, which photographed houses of architectural styles or periods from the late 1800s to the modern day.

"In that project, we photographed 800 houses in Whanganui and exhibited 100 houses in prints, plus preparing a digital record, which is now in the Alexander Library in Whanganui," says WCC president John Smart. Read more