Christ Church, Russell, Anglican church in Russell, New Zealand

Christ Church is a simple wooden building with a hipped roof, built in 1835 by Gilbert Mair under Charles Baker's supervision. A belfry was added in the early 1870s, and the church was restored in 2000. It is New Zealand's oldest surviving church.

Christ Church was built in 1835 by Gilbert Mair under the supervision of Charles Baker, and the first service was held on 3 January 1836 by William Williams. Charles Darwin, Captain Fitzroy and officers of HMS Beagle contributed to its construction cost. In 1845 the building was damaged by musket and cannonballs during the Battle of Kororareka, and in the early 1870s it gained its present name and a belfry.

The church's Māori name is Te Whare Karakia o Kororareka. The land was bought in 1834 from local chiefs on the condition that Māori and Pākehā would have equal burial rights in the churchyard. Services remain in English and Māori, and the building is used for weddings and funerals.

Sunday Anglican worship is held at 10.30am, with some services in te reo Māori, and the building also hosts weddings and funerals, so time a visit around these. The churchyard, where Tāmati Wāka Nene is buried, can be walked through. The church was restored in 2000 and is a tourist attraction as well as a working parish church.

Tāmati Wāka Nene, the Māori chief buried in the churchyard, fought on the British side at the 1845 Battle of Kororareka, when the church itself was hit by musket and cannon fire. The building still carries damage from that fighting.