The church has always had a presence in our community and plays a vibrant role in the city’s culture. We aim to strengthen our presence through The Cathedral Project: A Taranaki Taonga. Understanding our past to build our future.
Life At Taranaki Cathedral Under The COVID-19 Protection Framework

Aotearoa NZ is now using the Covid-19 Protection Framework or “Traffic Light System”. No doubt you will be coming to terms with what this means for many aspects of your life. The following breaks down how things will play out at Taranaki Cathedral. Before we start though, we want to be clear that we support your individual right to choose. Unvaccinated people are still very welcome to be part of our parish. However, because of the nature of the COVID-19 virus... read more

Christmas 2021 At Taranaki Cathedral

Here’s what’s coming up over in the lead-up to Christmas at Mere Tapu Festival of 9 Lessons & Carols – Wednesday 22nd, 7:30pm, Interim Cathedral Christmas Eve Family Picnic – Friday 24th, noon, Pūkākā (bouncy castle, games, music) Midnight Mass – Friday 24th, 11pm, Interim Cathedral (Archbishop Philip preaching) Christmas Day Service – Saturday 25th, 8am & 10am, Interim Cathedral (Archbishop Philip preaching & presiding) Sunday Service – Sunday 26th – Regular Sunday Service, 9am, Interim Cathedral All of these... read more

Donate Now - Pipe Organ Fund

Stand shoulder to shoulder with the generous people of New Plymouth who have funded the Taranaki Cathedral Pipe Organ over the past 150 years – Donate today and ensure this magnificent instrument retains its central place within the cathedral and community. #1 Make A Direct Donation via online banking (or at your local bank) to: Taranaki Anglican Trust Board 15 3942 0846740 01 Put ORGAN as a reference and we’ll make sure your donation goes directly and specifically to our Organ... read more

Nau mai, haere mai, welcome to the website of The Taranaki Cathedral Church of St Mary. We are a warm, friendly and loving church community. A people and a place of prayer, peace and reconciliation.

The Venerable Trevor Harrison, Vicar General.

Latest Blogs

Dec 5th In-Person Worship Cancelled

In-person services scheduled for Sunday Decemeber 5th (8am, 10am and 5pm ALT_Mary) are CANCELLED. In the past 24 hours positive COVID-19 cases have been identified in areas where Taranaki Cathedral kamahi live. As this is a developing situation, with contact tracing still underway to identify locations of interest, we believe it is prudent to cancel this weekend's in-person services. We are hopeful that we will be able to gather again next weekend. You can find more information about how we are... read more

8am and 10am In-Person Services This Sunday

From this Sunday (Nov 21st) we will be offering two in-person services — at 8am and 10am. All the “normal” COVID-19 safety measures apply including mask wearing, social distancing and recording your visit. If you’re not feeling well (or simply enjoy our virtual services) our online worship will continue via Facebook page HERE or via YouTube HERE read more

CANCELLED! In-Person Sunday Service for 14 November

Although there have been no official changes to gathering restrictions, we believe that the responsible thing to do (in light of the evolving COVID-19 situation in Taranaki) is to cancel our scheduled in-person services this Sunday, November 14th. We will be offering a virtual service on our Facebook Page at www.facebook.com/TaranakiCathedral Stay safe and know we are only a phone call away if you need us. We will be in touch next week to let you know about any ongoing changes.... read more

In-Person AND Online Services of The Word

As Government rules on social distancing have relaxed (from 2 meters back down to 1 meter for places of worship), we are able to offer an In-person Service of The Word this Sunday October 3rd at 10am. We will also be offering a virtual service and encourage anyone who wishes to, to participate this way via our Facebook page HERE or via YouTube HERE If you plan on coming to an in-person Service of The Word, please make sure you understand,... read more

ALL In Person Services Suspended (until 1-meter or less distancing required) 

There will be no services offered at Taranaki Cathedral until we are at an Alert Level which requires 1-metre (or less) physical distancing. While the Government rules for Level 2-Delta do allow for in-person gatherings of up to 50 people, Government Guidelines and our Diocesan regulations stipulate that we need to ensure there is a 2-meter physical distance between anyone not in the same bubble. This requirement (and our natural inclination to come together to chat, offer comfort etc) would make... read more

Level 2-Delta at Taranaki Cathedral

Government and Diocesan advice and rules means that (like everyone) we will be operating differently at Level 2-Delta than we did during previous Level 2 periods. As always, your physical, mental and spiritual heath remains our top priority. No one should feel there is an expectation to attend in-person services – we encourage everyone to consider our on-line offerings as an alternative in the short term. Because of different vaccine statuses, age, health and personal circumstances, we all have different comfort... read more

Special Events

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Diary

  • 27Jan

    8:30am Morning Prayer
    10am Food 4 Thought
    7pm Home Group - Led by Jen and Ruth

  • 28Jan

    8:30am Litany of the Cross of Nails and Morning Prayer Suspended

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"Taranaki Cathedral : A Centre for Peace and Reconciliation, and a member of the Worldwide Community of the Cross of Nails."

Meet Our Team

Jay Ruka

Joint Leader , Director of The Paul Reeves Centre

Christopher Luke

Director of Music

Jenny Goddard

Cathedral Remediation & Development Manager

Dan Lander

Priest
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