Our People
The whānau, kaumātua, helpers and caretakers of St Joseph’s
Introduction
St Joseph’s is not only a church building. It is also the people who prayed there, cleaned there, repaired it, opened it, locked it, sang there, gathered there, buried loved ones there, and carried its memory forward.
This page is a place to acknowledge the people connected to St Joseph’s — past and present — and to slowly build a respectful record of those who have served, supported, remembered, and protected the church and its community.
People We May Acknowledge
Kaumātua & Elders
Those who carried memory, guidance, faith, language, whakapapa, and community wisdom.
Whānau Stewards
Families and individuals who helped maintain, protect, open, close, clean, and care for the church.
Church Helpers
Readers, singers, cleaners, drivers, organisers, cooks, hosts, and quiet workers behind the scenes.
Clergy & Religious
Priests, Sisters, parish workers, and visiting church leaders who supported St Joseph’s over time.
Families at Rest
Those buried or remembered through the cemetery and connected whānau histories.
Future Generations
Mokopuna and descendants who may one day inherit the responsibility of remembering and caring.
How People May Be Added
Names, photos, short profiles, memories, and service notes may be added over time, but only with care and appropriate permission.
The goal is not to create a public ranking of importance. Many of the most important people in any church community were quiet workers whose service was rarely recorded.
This page should honour both the visible leaders and the unseen hands.
Suggested People Record
Profile Notes
A simple profile might include a person’s name, whānau connection, role or service, approximate years of involvement, and a short remembrance or quote.
Where photos are used, care should be taken to identify people correctly and avoid publishing images that families may prefer to keep private.
Past Generations
Those who built, prayed, served, repaired, sang, cleaned, and gathered.
STJ Our People
A respectful record of the people connected to St Joseph’s.
Present Stewards
Those still caring, remembering, organising, and holding the line today.
Whānau Records
Names, photos, memories, roles, connections, and permissions.
Community Memory
The stories and contributions that official records often miss.
Future Mokopuna
Those who may one day ask, “Who were our people?”
Copyright, Permissions & Respectful Use
Contributors should only submit material that they own, have permission to share, or reasonably believe may be preserved for historical, educational, family, or community purposes.
Where copyright ownership remains with the contributor, family, photographer, publisher, or other rights holder, that ownership remains unchanged unless otherwise agreed.
If any person, whānau, organisation, or rights holder believes material has been published incorrectly, without permission, or requires amendment, removal, or clarification, please contact the site administrators and the matter will be reviewed respectfully.
The purpose of this archive is preservation, remembrance, education, and community continuity. Every effort will be made to respect contributors, whānau, cultural values, privacy considerations, and copyright interests.
Mana Pupuri, Whakaaetanga me te Whakamahi Tika
Me tuku mai anake ngā taonga e nōhia ana e te kaituku, kua whakaaetia rānei kia whakamahia, ā, e tika ana kia tiakina mō ngā kaupapa hītori, mātauranga, whānau, me te hapori.
Mēnā kei te kaituku, te whānau, te kaihopu whakaahua, te kaiwhakaputa, me tētahi atu tangata rānei ngā mana pupuri, ka noho tonu aua mana ki a rātou, mēnā kāore he whakaaetanga kē.
Mēnā e whakapono ana tētahi tangata, whānau, rōpū, kaipupuri mana rānei kua tukuna hē tētahi taonga, kāore rānei i whakaaetia, me whakapā mai ki ngā kaiwhakahaere o te pae kia āta arotakengia.
Ko te kaupapa matua o tēnei pūranga ko te tiaki, te maumahara, te mātauranga, me te whakapakari i te hononga o te hapori. Ka whakapau kaha mātou ki te whakaute i ngā kaituku, ngā whānau, ngā tikanga, te tūmataiti, me ngā mana pupuri.
© Te Puna Mahara o Hato Hohepa / St Joseph’s Memory Archive. Contributors retain ownership of their original material unless otherwise agreed.
