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Description: Rangitikei Parish which includes St Thomas' is a large rural parish situated south of Mt Ruapehu and west of the Rangitikei River. St. Thomas was built in 1877 at a cost of 590 pounds. Consecrated by Bishop Hadfield, the architect was Charles Tringham. Mid-Victorian Gothic with tower, apse and sanctuary and built with totara pegs and dowels, rather than nails.