Pompallier Mission
New Zealand's oldest industrial building, the Pompallier Mission, at the southern end of the Strand, was named after the first Catholic bishop of the South Pacific Jean Baptiste Pompallier. Marist missionaries built the original structure out of rammed earth, because they lacked the funds for timber. For several years the priests and brothers operated a press here, printing Bibles in the Māori language.The gardens are beautiful and there are daily tours.
