At Taranaki Cathedral, we are a community that is committed to peace and reconciliation, taking Te Tiriti o Waitangi seriously, working through the good and bad of our history, figuring out what it looks like to be disciples of Jesus on this whenua, and playing our part in building a better Aotearoa for generations to come.
"All my strength and my voice is guidance to this
generation, that you be the empowerer
of both peoples.”
Tohu Kākahi
"For he himself is our peace, who has made the
two groups one and has destroyed the barrier,
the dividing wall of hostility.”
Saint Paul
Resources from our Treaty Principles Bill pizza party to get you thinking about what you could include in a submission.
With sadness, we notify our parish and project supporters that the remaining $2.75m of Crown money (from $5.75m) dedicated to cathedral remediation has been removed.
Jesus wasn’t resurrected all shiny new, he still bore the wounds of his execution in/on his resurrected body…
Check out these upcoming Holy Week and Easter Sunday events. We would love to see you there.
Alistair Reese is joining us on March 18th, 7-8pm in Te Whare Hononga to discuss his kauhau at the Waitangi Day Dawn Service. Please register here…
Wildernesses, whatever they may be for us, are places fraught with difficulty, but they can also be places of goodness and growth…
Encounter means to "unexpectedly be faced with or experience something hostile or difficult or "to meet someone unexpectedly."…
Toitū Te Tiriti. All are welcome at Te Whare Hononga on Waitangi Day - to sit and reflect in our beautiful whare….
"During Advent we anticipate the coming of a Messiah. During Christmas season we celebtate the coming of a Messiah…
The story of the Magi’s sojourn to Jesus is a story full of contrasts: insiders and outsiders, places power and privilege versus the margins…
As we gather together to recall and celebrate the arrival of Christ, my prayer, my hope, is that you, that we, amid the noise, find some space and…
"Hopepunk" is a hopeful literary response to "grimdark," a type of fiction with a tone, style, or setting that is particularly...
This Advent, I (along with some others) am journeying with Saint Oscar Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador…
A conversation with Johnny Sertin. Together, we will look at how one might find a way home when one feels displaced…
The rainbow community and the Taranaki Cathedral will keep putting out a positive message about love after a sign was…
The Following Speech was delivered online, by Jay Ruka, to the 2020 Tear Fund Justice Conference. It is directed toward …
St Mary’s “Lament & Hope”
Our mini-documentary exhibition can be viewed in Hatherly Hall from 9:30 am to 3 pm, weekdays - or by appointment.
Entry is free, and all are welcome. For more about the exhibition click here.