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Situated on the shores of Lake Tekapo is the Church of the Good Shepherd, which, in 1935, was the first church built in the Mackenzie Basin. The church at Lake Tekapo was designed by Christchurch architect R.S.D. Harman, based on sketches by a local artist, Esther Hope. The church is one of the most photographed in New Zealand, and features an ...
Patrick DesJarlait Sr. (1921–1972) was an Ojibwe artist and a member of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians. Known for his watercolor paintings, DesJarlait created roughly 300 artworks during his lifetime.
The land for the building was given by the owners of Braemar Station, which is (mostly) located on the eastern shore of Lake Tekapo. A generous amount of land belongs to the church so that the building will continue to be sited on its own. Esther Hope, a local artist from Grampians Station, provided sketch designs for the proposed church. The ...
Lake Tekapo Regional Park (also known as TakapÅ Regional Park), is a regional park in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand's South Island. It covers 165 hectares (410 acres) at the eastern side of the southern end of Lake Tekapo , east of the Lake Tekapo township .
Scientists accidentally discovered an 118-year-old painting by one of Britain's most famous explorers in Antarctica.
Emily Valentine Bullock – jeweller and creator of wearable art; Brit Bunkley (born 1955) – sculptor, installation artist and digital/video artist; Fanny Buss (1910–1986) – textile artist, fashion designer, printmaker and book illustrator; Debra Bustin (born 1957) – visual artist; Maude Burge (1865–1957) – painter
The statistical area of Mackenzie Lakes corresponds to the portion of the Mackenzie Basin within the Mackenzie District. It includes Mt Cook Village and Lake Tekapo, but not Twizel. Mackenzie Lakes covers 5,139.71 km 2 (1,984.45 sq mi) [10] and had an estimated population of 1,440 as of June 2024, [11] with a population density of 0.28 people ...
Lake Tekapo, the second-largest of three roughly parallel lakes running north–south along the northern edge of the Mackenzie Basin in the South Island of New Zealand; Lake Tekapo Airport, Non-Certificated Airport 1.5 nmi (1.7 mi; 2.8 km) west of Lake Tekapo township in the Mackenzie District of the South Island in New Zealand