Tekapo Attractions
The village of Tekapo (pop. 400) at the south end of Lake Tekapo is famed for the Church of the Good Shepherd, built in 1935 for the shepherds on the huge sheep farms of the Mackenzie Country. Through the chancel window there is a view of Lake Tekapo and the snow-capped summits of the Southern Alps. Beside the church is a bronze figure of a sheepdog carved by a sheep-farmer's wife.
Irishman Creek
16km south of Tekapo on Highway 8 is the Irishman Creek farm, where William Hamilton, inventor of the jet boat, once lived. He is commemorated by a small museum.
