St. Columba Church , Pembroke. Pembroke and the adjoining townships were separated from the Anglican parish of Queenstown, and formed into a separate parochial district, by the Bishop of Dunediu, in 1900. The Rev. A. Douglas Mitchell was appointed to take charge of it. Since then a site has been bought, and the first church to the west of Cromwell built in Pembroke. It was opened on Sunday, the 5th of October, 1902, and is built of wood, lined within with linoleum, which makes it very comfortable. The church is free from debt, and all the seats are free. It is hoped that after a little time it will be possible to add a chancel, vestry and porch, and so complete the church according to the plan drawn by Mr Burnside, architect, of Dunedin.