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Interior of St Paul's Church

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Interior of St Paul's Church

This rare image of the interior of Auckland's St Paul's Church in the 1860s highlights its elaborate wooden ceiling. The pews include small metal plates, probably nameplates for the seating of parishioners. The altar in the apse is obscured by light but the pulpit is visible to the right of the image. The church also appears to have a gallery on the upper left side.

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

Reference: 4-2745

by James D. Richardson

Permission of Auckland City Libraries Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Ben Schrader, Historic places – Colonial ideas and practice, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/42120/interior-of-st-pauls-church (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Ben Schrader, published 4 July 2013, updated 19 August 2016.