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In determining the Cathedral's response to the Covid-19 pandemic we are using the following websites to aid our response: Ministry of Health Advice Government Guidelines read more

Announcement from our Bishops of the appointment of Jacqui Paterson and Jay Ruka to lead the Taranaki Cathedral. read more

Our updated fundraising figure for The Cathedral Project has splashed down at the end of January. We have now topped $9m raised. Thanks so much to all our supporters large and small. read more

Sermon preached by Archedeacon Trevor Harrison 29 December 2019: Matthew 2:13-23 Christmas is over. Already people are starting to take the decorations down, to put the crib scenes away and the tree has been dragged out waiting to be next winter's firewood. It's over. Now back to normal. Christmas is a wonderland, a fantasy of peace, joy, love and goodwill. But normal is the world as it really is, the workaday, ordinary fallen world. And yet, after all of tyhe partying,... read more

Sermon preached by Archdeacon Trevor Harrison at the Midnight Mass of the Nativity 25 December 2019 It’s a marvellous, wonderful, wise, loving practical joke. Christmas! The Nativity! There’s God, down through the centuries, listening to the prophecies about the Messiah. Some of them were wonderful and beautiful and spoke the mind of God. Others thundered away about the Conqueror, the one who would come riding on a white charger, with sword in hand, a leader that would be better and... read more

Our Midnight Mass of the Nativity marked the birth of Jesus with song and prayer. The appreciative crowd enjoyed a range of carols before the service began at 11.30pm. A beautiful atmosphere for a service marking this very special time of year. read more

Everyone loves a good Christmas pantomine and the crowds that were at the Interim Cathedral on Christmas Eve were treated to the classic Christmas story. A young audience member said" "I thought it was really cool having a live donkey and getting people seeing the story rather than just telling it...." A visiting family member said it was the mixture of young and old in the audience that made the day for her. "It was wonderful seeing so many families... read more

We are cooking up all sorts of services and events for Christmas this year. Check out the latest details below. read more

Sermon Preached by Acting Dean Trevor Harrison 17 November 2019 Luke 21:5-19 The Temple in Jerusalem was one of the most splendid man-made sights in the world at the time of Jesus’ earthly ministry. In the Temple the pillars of the porches and of the cloisters were columns of white marble, thirteen metres high, each made of one single block of stone. Of the ornaments, the most famous was the great vine made of solid gold, the grape clusters each being... read more

Sermon Preached by Acting Dean Trevor Harrison on 7 November 2019. I met the ‘Black Widow’ first when I was asked to conduct the funeral service for her third husband and she introduced herself to me with, “They call me the ‘Black Widow.’” All fine and good and we farewelled her third husband in fine style. Where it got difficult was when some time later she turned up in my office with a man in tow and she said, “We would... read more