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Pitt Street Wesleyan Church, Auckland, early 1900s

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Pitt Street Wesleyan Church, Auckland, early 1900s

The Pitt Street Wesleyan Church, known as the cathedral of Methodism in Auckland, opened in 1866. In the 2010s it remained a heavily used centre for the church and its local community.

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Auckland Council Libraries − Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero o Tāmaki Makaurau, Sir George Grey Special Collections

Reference: 35-R96

by Frederick George Radcliffe

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How to cite this page

Tim Shoebridge, Methodist Church – The settler church, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/27514/pitt-street-wesleyan-church-auckland-early-1900s (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Tim Shoebridge, published 30 March 2011.