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.
Search Starts For Te Whare Hononga Curator

We have started looking for an innovative curator to shape the first, mission-defining exhibition for our planned bicultural peace and reconciliation centre in Taranaki. This person will have the opportunity to literally create a piece of New Zealand history inside Te Whare Hononga (The House That Binds) which will be one of the central pillars of our $15 million redevelopment project at St Mary’s. A site-wide exhibition will tell the stories of the church’s relationship with local iwi. Importantly, the narratives... read more

E-ffervescence-9

Last week, Mary Harker encouraged us all to ‘draw near’ and find peace and contentment in our beautiful grounds here at the Cathedral of St Mary. I hope you have had (weather permitting) a chance to linger for a while and enjoy the sense of holiness that is certainly to be found there. This week, I have the great privilege of inviting you to ‘draw near-er’, as we are now able to offer opportunities to gather on-site. Due to our remaining Covid restrictions, we are certainly still unable to offer the full sense of community and fellowship that goes hand in hand with what I consider to be a truly profound worship experience, however we will do our best! 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

ANZAC DAY SERVICE

I'm sure many of you will be joining in the “Stand at Dawn” service at 6.00am tomorrow morning in your drive ways, but please do find below a link to a short liturgy for ANZAC Day which includes readings, prayers, choral music, Bugle calls, The Ode, a minute silence, and the National Anthems. There is an Order of Service for you to follow should you wish. The liturgy lasts for 30 minutes and you are welcome to listen to it at any time during the day. read more

E-ffervescence - 3

Friday 17 April 2020 Welcome to Week Three of E-ffervescence… which means we have passed the third week of life in lockdown. By the time you have receive this, the Government will have given information regarding possible moves to slightly more freedom. Be assured that the Diocese is working to put procedures in place to ensure we are exercising due diligence in terms of our responsibilities at this time. I have assured staff that they will be notified as soon as possible regarding any changes to the present situation, and you will receive it via this document next week. read more

Special Events

There are no upcoming special events just yet - make sure you check back later though.

Diary

  • 31May

    8am Service of the Word for Pentecost !
    10am Service of the Word for Pentecost !
    10am Ministry of the Word via Facebook

  • 01Jun

    8:30am Morning Prayer

Click here to see all events for the coming fortnight

"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

Jacqui Paterson

Joint Leader, Archdeacon of Paraninihi

Christopher Luke

Director of Music

Jenny Goddard

Cathedral Remediation & Development Manager

Dan Lander

Priest
See the rest of the team

Where is Taranaki Cathedral

Contact Info

Need to contact us? Feel free to contact us on the details below - we would love to hear from you.