Welcome to Holy Trinity Cathedral

Holy Trinity Cathedral is a place for all. As the spiritual centre and focus of the Diocese, city and region of Auckland, it is a dynamic and active worship community; a living space for music, art, culture, architecture and learning.

Cathedral life is built on a rhythm of daily worship and prayer. The Cathedral Choir leads worship on Sundays during term time. On weekdays there are daily Eucharist services and the Boys' and Girls' Choirs and the Cathedral Choir sing at midweek Choral Evensong services. These worship opportunities provide a prayerful space in the middle of life’s busy-ness. From this centre flows a range of community activities and opportunities to explore faith and spirituality. They include mainly music, ministry to children, youth and their families, a range of periodic seminar series and regular home groups and other interest groups.
The Cathedral is a popular place for baptism, wedding and funeral services. It is also a sought after venue for music and cultural events. The Cathedral Precinct in Parnell includes Holy Trinity Cathedral and St Mary’s, the historic former cathedral church. It is home to a memorial garden, a labyrinth and Terry Stringer’s “Mountain Fountain”, all of which provide spaces for contemplation and reflection. The Cathedral is open to the public every day. Come and join us as we live and pray in Auckland. We will be glad to welcome you.

The Very Reverend Jo Kelly-Moore, Dean

Cathedral Completion Competition Winner


The new look of Holy Trinity Cathedral in Parnell has been unveiled  with the announcement of a winning architectural design for a new Chapel at the south end of the Cathedral.  - The winning firm is Fearon Hay.
Competition judging panel chair, David Sheppard (President-elect of the New Zealand Institute of Architects), said: “With walls of glass and a canopy roof with applied mosaic artwork, this winning design, in its inherent simplicity and economy of means, provides a powerful starting point for achieving an inspiring, useful and ‘of its time’ Chapel. It promises to become a perfect complement to the great works of St Mary’s, Architect Towle’s Chancel, Dr Toy’s Nave and forecourt, and Jacky Bowring’s memorial gardens.”
Cathedral Dean, Jo Kelly-Moore, also a competition judge said: “We are very excited by the vision and possibilities of Fearon Hay’s design. Each week literally thousands of people come to the Cathedral precinct, whether it is for a few quiet moments or as part of a large gathering. The dimensions of this project have as their main purpose enabling the Cathedral to better serve the people of Auckland and New Zealand. We all agreed that Fearon Hay had understood and interpreted that purpose. Like the great Cathedrals of Europe, these mighty buildings take generations to build. This is this generation’s contribution to the Cathedral.”.  read more

Chorister Auditions




Organ Recital Series






Notre-Dame comes to Auckland

The sounds of Notre-Dame de Paris will be evoked in the Cathedral during May and June as the Cathedral Choir embarks on an exciting season of music inspired by the French capital. The Mass settings at the 10am Choral Eucharist each week will be those composed for the vast space in Notre-Dame over the past hundred years. An extra organ has been generously loaned (by Ralph Cullen of Keyboard Music Stystems Ltd) to allow the antiphonal ‘double organ’ nature of the works to be realised in spectacular fashion, with guest organists Myles Hartley, and, on 10 June, internationally renowned organ virtuoso Olivier Latry – currently organist at Notre-Dame itself. The cycle begins on 13 May with the Mass for Two Choirs and Two Organs by Charles-Marie Widor (the composer of the famous Toccata), and the following week, the monumental and thrilling Messe Solennelle by Jean Langlais will be performed.

On 27 May, the Missa Parisiorum for upper voices by Director of Music, Timothy Noon, will receive its world premiere, performed by the Cathedral Junior Choristers with the women’s voices of the Cathedral Choir. On Trinity Sunday (3 June), our patronal festival, the choir will perform the New Zealand premiere of the sensational Mass for Notre-Dame by David Briggs. The season closes on 10 June with the most famous work in the set, the Messe Solennelle by Louis Vierne, who was organist at Notre-Dame in the early twentieth century. As it is rare to find two organs together in this country, these exciting works are seldom heard in New Zealand, especially in their original liturgical context.