Anglican worship in Miramar began not in a church building, but in private homes, in Peter’s Store, Kelly’s Boarding House, and in Hector McCleod’s Tea Rooms. The first Annual Meeting of parishioners in Miramar was held in 1907, in Peter’s Store. These early parishioners laid the plans and arranged finance for the first church, built on the rising ground above Tauhinu Road and dedicated on 16 October, 1910. It cost £287 to build on land given to the Church by the Miramar Land Company. The architect was Frederick de Jersey Clere, the Wellington Diocesan Architect at the time.
The early years of this church were as part of the Parochial District of Kilbirnie-Worser Bay and were made difficult by staffing problems exacerbated by the service of both laity and clergy in World War 1. In 1914 the Church was permitted to elect its own Vestry and Wardens and continued on the Tauhinu Road site until November 1923. This followed the 1922 division of the Parochial District when Miramar became part of the Parochial District of Miramar-Seatoun-Lyall Bay.
As the community of Miramar expanded, largely on the flat land further south, the Tauhinu Road site was considered too far north to be of real service to the growing needs of the community. Two sections on Miramar Avenue were purchased for £320 and the church was moved to its current site in November 1923. Two months later the parish hall was erected behind the church. By the end of 1924 an extension was made to this hall, including the provision for Sunday School classes. Further divisions to the Parochial District were made until in 1945 St Aidan’s became a separate Parochial District. This meant the parish had a vicar of its own and that there was a need for a vicarage. The Vicarage was dedicated in November 1947. After this the hall was moved from behind the church to its present position and extensions to the hall were completed in 1954. Extensions to the church, designed by Herbert de Jersey Clere, son of the original architect, were dedicated in 1956. The Link between the church and the hall (now called the Iona Centre), was dedicated on 1 August, 1998.
In 2008, St Aidan’s Miramar was amalgamated with St George’s Seatoun/Strathmore, and in 2009 this work of two becoming one was furthered by the move to having one combined vestry.
The early years of this church were as part of the Parochial District of Kilbirnie-Worser Bay and were made difficult by staffing problems exacerbated by the service of both laity and clergy in World War 1. In 1914 the Church was permitted to elect its own Vestry and Wardens and continued on the Tauhinu Road site until November 1923. This followed the 1922 division of the Parochial District when Miramar became part of the Parochial District of Miramar-Seatoun-Lyall Bay.
As the community of Miramar expanded, largely on the flat land further south, the Tauhinu Road site was considered too far north to be of real service to the growing needs of the community. Two sections on Miramar Avenue were purchased for £320 and the church was moved to its current site in November 1923. Two months later the parish hall was erected behind the church. By the end of 1924 an extension was made to this hall, including the provision for Sunday School classes. Further divisions to the Parochial District were made until in 1945 St Aidan’s became a separate Parochial District. This meant the parish had a vicar of its own and that there was a need for a vicarage. The Vicarage was dedicated in November 1947. After this the hall was moved from behind the church to its present position and extensions to the hall were completed in 1954. Extensions to the church, designed by Herbert de Jersey Clere, son of the original architect, were dedicated in 1956. The Link between the church and the hall (now called the Iona Centre), was dedicated on 1 August, 1998.
In 2008, St Aidan’s Miramar was amalgamated with St George’s Seatoun/Strathmore, and in 2009 this work of two becoming one was furthered by the move to having one combined vestry.