On Sunday the 25th of March, 2007, one hundred and fifty people of all ages gathered at Saint Patrick's Catholic Church in Raetihi to celebrate its centenary. "The church is really a physical expression of the community of people" said Bishop Peter Cullinaine. And he praised the support that members of the Waimarino congegation had given each other over the past hundred years. This sense of enduring mutual support was described by the architecture high in the nave of the building where huge heart-rimu beams were tied together by steel fish-plates and connecting rods.