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New Zealand

Traditions present: Protestantism, Buddhism, Catholicism

Five places written in New Zealand. Each carries its history, architecture, site and orientation, festivals, and the way to get there.

Places
5
written
Traditions
3
present
Regions
4
regions, cities
English
5
pages translated

IPlaces Written

All 5 pages now have an English version.

By tradition
By region
Protestantism · Bay of Plenty (Rotorua) · 1914 (dâng kính), thánh hiến năm 1918, nhà thờ đầu tiên năm 1885St Faith's Church, OhinemutuTe Hāhi o te Whakapono, St Faith's Anglican Church Ōhinemutu, St Faith's Church Rotorua, Church of the Faith Ohinemutu

An Anglican church in the Māori village of Ōhinemutu on the shore of Lake Rotorua, built in an Elizabethan exterior style while its interior is richly adorned with Te Arawa whakairo carvings, woven tukutuku panels, and painted kōwhaiwhai patterns. A sand-blasted window in the Galilee Chapel depicts Jesus Christ wearing a kiwi-feather cloak.

Heritage New Zealand, Wāhi Tūpuna No. 9705 (2017)Hurunga Street, Ōhinemutu, Rotorua 3010, đối diện marae Te Papaiouru

Photo: User: (WT-shared) ED01 at wts wikivoyage, Phạm vi công cộng, Wikimedia Commons

Protestantism · Wellington Region · Nhà thờ chính tòa gỗ cổ (Old St Paul's tại phố Mulgrave) thánh hiến ngày 6 tháng 6 năm 1866 theo thiết kế của mục sư Frederick Thatcher; Nhà thờ chính tòa Thánh Phaolô hiện tại do kiến trúc sư Cecil Wood thiết kế năm 1938, Nữ vương Elizabeth II đặt đá góc tường ngày 13 tháng 1 năm 1954, mở cửa phụng vụ năm 1964 và hoàn thành toàn diện năm 1998St Paul's Cathedral, WellingtonWellington Cathedral of St Paul, Te Whare Karakia Matua o Paora Tapu ki Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Anglican Cathedral of Wellington and Old St Paul's

The Anglican Cathedral of the Diocese of Wellington standing directly opposite the New Zealand Parliament Buildings in Thorndon, designed by architect Cecil Wood in a monumental synthesis of Neo-Romanesque and modernist seismic-resistant reinforced concrete with its foundation stone laid by Queen Elizabeth II on January 13, 1954, while preserving a living historical bond with nearby timber-built Old St Paul's of 1866.

Cathedral of the Anglican Diocese of Wellington (Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia) and associated Category 1 Historic Place heritage of Old St Paul's (Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga)Corner of Molesworth Street and Hill Street, Thorndon, Wellington 6011, North Island, New Zealand

Photo: Bruce Tuten from Savannah, Georgia, United States, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Buddhism · Auckland Region · Khởi lập đạo tràng tại Auckland đầu thập niên 1990 dưới sự chỉ đạo của Đại sư Tinh Vân (Venerable Master Hsing Yun, 1927 tới 2023); thi công đại tùng lâm tại Flat Bush suốt bảy năm từ năm 2000 tới năm 2007 và cử hành đại lễ lạc thành khai quang vào tháng 10 năm 2007Fo Guang Shan Temple, AucklandFo Guang Shan Buddhist Temple New Zealand, Fo Guang Shan North Island, Flat Bush Buddhist Temple Auckland

The largest Buddhist temple complex in New Zealand situated in Flat Bush, southeastern Auckland, constructed over seven years from 2000 to October 2007 in classical Tang Dynasty monastic style under the auspices of Fo Guang Shan founder Venerable Master Hsing Yun, renowned for its Main Shrine Hall, two-ton bronze Dharma bell, Fo Guang Yuan Art Gallery, and cherry-blossom Zen gardens.

Largest Buddhist Monastic Complex in New Zealand and North Island Headquarters of the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Order16 Stancombe Road, Flat Bush (Manukau), Auckland 2016, North Island, New Zealand

Photo: Ingolfson at English Wikipedia(Original text: Uploader.), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

Catholicism · Canterbury Region · Đặt viên đá đầu tiên ngày 6 tháng 2 năm 1910 bởi Giám mục John Joseph Grimes SM và khánh thành trọng thể ngày 8 tháng 10 năm 1911 theo đồ án của đại kiến trúc sư Francis William Petre; đại trùng tu gia cố kháng chấn từ năm 2019 tới tháng 6 năm 2021Sacred Heart Basilica, TimaruBasilica of the Sacred Heart Timaru, Sacred Heart Catholic Church Timaru, Holy Family Parish Basilica Timaru

An architectural masterpiece of Roman Renaissance and Byzantine style in the South Canterbury port city of Timaru, designed by renowned New Zealand architect Francis William Petre and dedicated on October 8, 1911, celebrated for its twin copper-domed facade towers, central dome, Oamaru limestone colonnades, Timaru bluestone base, and twenty-eight Munich stained-glass windows.

Category 1 Historic Place of New Zealand (Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga, List No. 327) and Historic Parish Sanctuary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Christchurch7 Craigie Avenue, Parkside, Timaru 7910, South Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand

Photo: Ulrich Lange, Bochum, Germany, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Protestantism · Canterbury Region · Hoàng tử Henry, Công tước xứ Gloucester đặt viên đá góc tường ngày 15 tháng 1 năm 1935; khánh thành và thánh hiến ngày 3 tháng 8 năm 1935 theo phác thảo của nữ họa sĩ Esther Hope và thiết kế của kiến trúc sư Richard Strachan De Renzy HarmanChurch of the Good Shepherd, Lake TekapoTe Whare Karakia o te Hepara Pai, Pioneer Memorial Church Lake Tekapo, Mackenzie Country Pioneer Church

New Zealand's iconic glacial-boulder sanctuary standing on a rocky peninsula beside the turquoise waters of Lake Tekapo beneath the Southern Alps, built in 1935 from sketches by artist Esther Hope and plans by architect Richard Strachan De Renzy Harman, famous for its clear plate-glass altar window framing the alpine lake and the starlit skies of the Aoraki Mackenzie International Dark Sky Reserve.

Category 1 Historic Place of New Zealand (Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga, List No. 311) within the Aoraki Mackenzie International Dark Sky ReservePioneer Drive, Southern Shore of Lake Tekapo, Lake Tekapo 7999, Mackenzie District, Canterbury Region, South Island, New Zealand

Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

IIHelp Us Build This

This library is open and free, and it records its own progress in public. Three things you can help with today:

  1. Name a place we missedA founding temple, a church, a mosque, a shrine the table above does not have. Send the name, the province, and one line on why it belongs.
  2. Send a photograph with an open licenceNothing is published without both the photographer and the licence. Your own photograph with your permission, or an openly licensed one, are both welcome.
  3. Report an errorA wrong date, a wrong original name, a wrong lineage, a wrong address. A library that is wrong once is not trusted again, so corrections are very welcome.

Write to thayungkhiem@gmail.com

IIILog

  • 24/10/2026Completed three major initiatives on the same day: (1) Verified primary international sources and published the remaining 199 full English editions across 192 countries and territories, officially completing Stage D with 100% bilingual Vietnamese and English coverage across the entire library. (2) Visually verified and published 35 openly licensed Wikimedia Commons photographs for 22 sites in Vietnam and 13 international sanctuaries. (3) Authored 100 new bilingual sacred place monographs with real photographs for Stage C across 25 countries and territories (South Korea, China, Taiwan, Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Mongolia, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Russia, Turkey, Egypt, Israel, Canada and Mexico), expanding each from 1 to 5 places and bringing the library to 761 sacred places.
  • 29/09/2026Officially opened the doors of Hall of Myriad Paths to readers worldwide as a living spiritual library that grows every day. On the same day, authored 60 new Stage A sacred place monographs across 60 countries in the Nordic and Baltic regions, the Balkans, the Gulf, Central Asia, European microstates, Africa, Oceania, Latin America and the Caribbean (including Roskilde Cathedral, Hallgrímskirkja, the Gate of Dawn in Vilnius, Ostrog Monastery, Malé Friday Mosque, Sulayman-Too, Old Orhei, the Temple in the Sea and Ambohimanga), while verifying and publishing 59 openly licensed photographs for the second and third batches.

?Quick Questions

Why are there no opening hours or ticket prices

Because they change constantly. A library that is wrong once about a practical detail loses its standing on everything else. Check with the place itself before you travel.

Where do the images come from

From Wikimedia Commons under open licences, each credited to its photographer, or photographed by UK MASTER ACADEMY. No image is published without both its author and its licence.

How were these places chosen

Four tests: it is officially listed as a heritage site, it belongs to a tradition this library covers, its site and orientation can be read in feng shui terms, and an openly licensed photograph exists.

Why is my country still grey

The library opens one country at a time, beginning with the countries that have the most readers, and within each country with its most significant places. A grey country is simply one whose turn has not come. Suggestions are welcome through the page of Master Ưng Khiêm.

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