A small Anglican church, known as St Peter's Church, was built by Bert Weenick and Harry Bush at Jacobs River in 1931, on land donated by local farmer Bob Ritchie. It was later taken over by the Roman Catholic church when the Anglican congregation in the area declined, and renamed Our Lady of the River. During
Cyclone Fehi in early 2018, the church was blown off its foundations and destroyed. Two years later, on 1 February 2020, a memorial on the site was blessed by Anglican and Catholic bishops of Christchurch,
Peter Carrell and
Paul Martin, and the Māori Anglican bishop of Te Waipounamu,
Richard Wallace. The memorial includes a carved stone installation by
Fayne Robinson. ==Education==