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— OUR VENUES

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Food and drink permitted

Conference venue

Wedding venue

Funeral venue

Piano/organ available

Live streaming available

Nave

CATHEDRAL NAVE

Capacity: 1100 seated 

Cost: On application

The Cathedral Nave is not only used for worship, the space is regularly used as an auditorium, concert venue, lecture theatre and conference venue to name but a few. The space is versatile with movable furniture enabling the Nave to be configured in many different ways. The vibrant stained glass creates an uplifting effect during the day and is atmospheric in the evening. Events held in the Cathedral Nave include concerts by the Auckland Philharmonia, Bic Runga, Dave Dobbin, Paul Kelly and Beth Orton, Auckland Choral, the Lexus Song Quest, the KBB Music Festival, and workshops with the King's Singers.

Nave
Chancel

CATHEDRAL CHANCEL

Capacity: 100 seated  

Cost: On application

The Cathedral Chancel is a spectacular venue suitable for smaller concerts, with high ceiling arches, polished wooden floors and beautiful acoustics. The Chancel has been the setting of many concerts and is the perfect environment for chamber music, both vocal and instrumental.

Chancel
Chapel

BISHOP SELWYN CHAPEL

Capacity: 190 standing

Cost: On application​

Designed by Auckland architects, Fearon Hay, this remarkable space has glass walls and a gilded curved ceiling. Sitting in the Chapel you look out through mature oaks across the city to Maungakiekie, to your right you see the historic and beautiful St Mary’s, and to your left there is a glimpse of the Waitematā.  On summer days, the front wall is fully opening, with nine sliding panels, inviting interaction with the Trinity Garden, in which sits a gilded cross sculpture designed by Christchurch artist, Neil Dawson. This award-winning Chapel is an exquisite venue for cocktail functions, dinners, product launches, conferences, chamber music concerts and much more.

Image: Patrick Reynolds

Chapel
St Mary's

ST MARY'S-IN-HOLY TRINITY

Capacity: 550 seated

Cost: On application

St Mary's-in-Holy Trinity is over 120 years old and made almost exclusively from native Heart Kauri. It is one of the larger wooden churches in New Zealand but still provides an intimate atmosphere for concerts and lectures.

St Mary's
St Stephen's

ST STEPHEN'S CHAPEL

Capacity: 40 seated 

Cost: On application

Nestled in an historic graveyard, overlooking Judges Bay and Auckland Harbour, this charming chapel is perfect for small services. St Stephen's Chapel is steeped in Auckland history, and has been used continuously for worship, weddings and funerals from 1856 to the present day. Intimate and privat, the Chapel is surrounded by expansive grous with a view of the water, and is a breaktaking place to hold a small service or ceremony.

St Stephen's
Gallery

JOHN WILSON GALLERY

Capacity: 80 standing

Cost: On application

The newest venue at Holy Trinity Cathedral, the John Wilson Gallery is a creative and vibrant space ideal for cocktail functions. This exciting new gallery space is located in the undercroft (lower level) of the Cathedral. The Gallery features nine works on rotating loan from the Arts House Trust and was made possible through a generous bequest from the late John Wilson and other donations.  The gallery currently houses artworks by Gavin Chilcott, Dick Frizzell, Georgie Hill, Allen Maddox, Rhea Maheshwari, Ian Scott, William Sutton, Julia Webb and Evan Woodruffe.

Wireless microphones are available and there is a kitchenette adjacent to the gallery.

Gallery
Visitors' Centre

BISHOP MONTEITH

VISITORS' CENTRE

Capacity: 100 seated | 200 standing

Cost: On application

The Bishop Monteith Visitors' Centre is the long, glass building located off the Cathedral's sunny Forecourt with excellent views over the Waitemata on one side and of the Mountain Fountain on the other. The Visitors' Centre is suitable for a variety of catered functions from sit-down dinners to cocktail parties, and there is a functional and well-stocked kitchen facility attached. There is also a fixed projector screen enabling this venue to be used for presentations, AGMs and lectures.

Visitors' Centre
Marsden Chapel

MARSDEN CHAPEL

Capacity: 40 seated

Cost: On application

The Marsden Chapel is named after the Reverend Samuel Marsden who came to New Zealand in 1814 with the Church Missionary Society. He preached the first Christian sermon to be held in this land in the Bay of Islands on Christmas Day of that year.

The chapel is built into the North transept, with seating for 40 and  commemorates the missionaries who brought the Gospel to our country and those who took it from here to Melanesia and elsewhere.

Marsden Chapel
Small Spaces

SMALLER MEETING SPACES

Capacity: various

Cost: On application

Holy Trinity Cathedral has many smaller spaces for hire which are suitable to host a wide range of meetings, smaller events and can also function as breakout rooms for larger events.

Our events team can help you choose the right space for you.

Small Spaces
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+64 (0)9 303 9500

office@holy-trinity.org.nz

 

446 Parnell Road

Parnell

Auckland 1052

New Zealand

 

PO Box 37-148

Parnell

Auckland 1151

New Zealand

Regular Visiting Hours 

Monday - Thursday 10am - 3pm

Friday 10am - 1pm

Saturday 10am - 12:30pm

Sunday 12pm - 3pm

Regular Office Hours

Monday - Thursday 10am - 3pm

Friday - Sunday closed

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