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{{Short description|Historic church in Auckland, New Zealand}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox church
| name             = Church of the Holy Sepulchre
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| other name       = St Sepulchre's
| native_name      = {{langx|mi|Te Mīhana Māori o Tāmaki Makaurau}}
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| caption          = Church of the Holy Sepulchre, in 2022
| coordinates      = {{coord|-36.864843|174.7628507441338|type:landmark_region:NZ|display=title,inline|format=dms}}
| country          = New Zealand
| denomination     = [[Anglican]]
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| relics           = ''Te Take ki Oihi'' [[Crozier]]<ref name="crozier">{{cite web|url=http://www.anglicantaonga.org.nz/news/tikanga_maori/gift|title=The gift that keeps on giving|accessdate=13 May 2019|publisher=Anglican Church in Aotearoa, NZ and Polynesia}}</ref>
| address          = 71 [[Khyber Pass Road, New Zealand|Khyber Pass Road]], Grafton, Auckland
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| founded date     = 1880<!-- {{start date|YYYY|MM|DD|df=y}} - but see note below -->
| founder          = [[William Cowie (bishop)|Bishop William Cowie]]
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| architect        = [[E. Mahoney and Son]]
| architectural type = Church
| style            = [[Gothic Revival architecture|Gothic Revival]]
| years built      = 1880–1881
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| materials        = [[Agathis|Kauri]] timber
| parish           = St Sepulchre’s
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| diocese          = [[Te Pīhopatanga o Te Tai Tokerau|Te Tai Tokerau]]
| province         = [[Te Pīhopatanga o Aotearoa|Aotearoa]]
| archbishop       = [[Don Tamihere]]
| bishop           = [[Te Kitohi Pikaahu]]
| vicar            = Shona Pink-Martin
| deacon           = {{ubl|Esther & Wilson Chan|}}
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| priest           = {{ubl|Jenny Quince|Te Karere Scarborough|Neihana Reihana|Deb Cole}}
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| embedded         = {{designation list|embed=yes|designation1=NZ Category I|designation1_number=[https://www.heritage.org.nz/list-details/98/98 98]|designation1_date=6 June 2006}}
| logo             = Te_Mīhana_Māori_Logo.png
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'''The Church of the Holy Sepulchre''' ({{langx|mi|'''Te Ana Tapu'''}}), commonly known as '''Holy Sep''' and '''St Sepulchre's''', is an historic [[neo-Gothic]] [[Anglican]] church located on [[Khyber Pass Road]], Grafton, Auckland, New Zealand.<ref>{{cite web |author= |date=1902 |title=The Church of the Holy Sepulchre |url=https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc02Cycl-t1-body1-d1-d23-d13.html |access-date=5 October 2023 |work=The Cyclopedia of New Zealand (Auckland Provincial District) |publisher=Cyclopedia Company Limited |via=[[Victoria University of Wellington]] |location=Christchurch}}</ref>

Established in 1880 and built to a design from [[Edward Mahoney]], the church is registered as a [[List of category 1 historic places in Auckland|category 1]] building with [[Heritage New Zealand]]
==History==
The original church, now known as Old St Sepulchre's Church, was constructed in 1865 on [[Symonds Street]] as an Anglican chapel in the nearby [[Symonds Street Cemetery]].<ref name="knight" /><ref name="NZHPT 98" /> [[Bishop Selwyn]] opened the church on 27 August 1865 but was never consecrated. Rapid population growth saw a [[parsonage]] constructed in 1869 and the following year the church district was made a parish. The Reverend [[Benjamin Dudley (Archdeacon of Auckland)|Benjamin Dudley]] was appointed vicar, a position he held for 36 years. The nave of the church was extended in 1874 so the church could fit more than 400. Shortly after it was decided to build a new church. Old St Sepulchre's was sold in 1903 to Baptists who relocated the church to [[Mt Eden]] where it became the ''Grange Road Baptist Church'' until 1965 when it became used by St Alban's Boy Scouts.<ref name="knight">{{cite book |last1=Knight |first1=Cyril Roy |title=The Selwyn churches of Auckland |date=1972|pages=60–61 |publisher=Reed}}</ref>

The foundation stone for the new church was laid in 1880 by [[William Cowie (bishop)|Bishop William Cowie]], the first Bishop of Auckland.<ref name="NZHPT 98" /> Initially planned to be built in on Symonds Street, it was later decided to build on [[Khyber Pass Road]] due to the level of traffic and noise on Symonds Street.<ref name="knight"/> The architect was Edward Mahoney of the firm of [[E. Mahoney and Son]], an architecture practice which specialised in designing gothic revival buildings in wood.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Taonga|first=New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu|title=Mahoney, Edward and Mahoney, Thomas|url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/2m26/mahoney-edward|access-date=2021-12-22|website=teara.govt.nz|language=en}}</ref> The site was the top of a large ridge overlooking the parish and beyond and The structure incorporated a steeple that was considered to be the tallest in Auckland.<ref name="NZHPT 98" /> 

The timber hall was moved to the Holy Sepulchre site in 1898, to the south of the church. It had been built in 1885 as a temporary place of worship and school for Auckland’s first church, [[St Paul's Church, Auckland|St Paul’s]], after their original building had to be demolished. After some modifications for classrooms, a small lean-to kitchen and bathroom, the hall accommodated a [[Sunday school]] of 325 children.<ref name="NZHPT 98" /><ref name="tati hono" />

In the 1930s a [[Lady Chapel]] was added to the main building.<ref name="NZHPT 98" />

The parish was closed in October 1963, and the complex was taken over by the [[Auckland City Mission]], and in 1969 the church became the Auckland Anglican Māori Mission, overseen by the Reverend [[Kīngi Īhaka]], reflecting the movement of Māori from rural to urban centres during the 1950s and 1960s.<ref name="NZHPT 98" />

In the early 2000s, during Canon Roger Hill’s term as Missioner and church manager, the main church building was fully restored for a cost of $480,000, including recladding the steeple in donated copper.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Church's past splendour to be revived|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/churchs-past-splendour-to-be-revived/3CZGMNF4YV2N2COP54DUTSWGXY/|access-date=2021-12-22|website=NZ Herald|language=en-NZ}}</ref>

Holy Sepulchre was used as a location for New Zealand's first [[Māori language]] full-length feature film [[The Maori Merchant of Venice]] in 2001.<ref name="NZHPT 98" />

On 4 July 2009 the church hall was refurbished and rededicated as a [[marae]] and named ''Tātai Hono'', which means ‘bound together’. The refurbishments included new entrance [[whakairo]] by Bernard Makoare, community [[tukutuku]] panels and paintings by Theresa Reihana.<ref name="NZHPT 98">{{NZHPT|98|Church of the Holy Sepulchre and Hall|13 May 2019}}</ref><ref name="tati hono">{{cite web|url=http://anglicantaonga.org.nz/news/tikanga_maori/tatai_hono|title=Tatai Hono: tying us together|accessdate=12 May 2019|publisher=Anglican Church in Aotearoa, NZ and Polynesia}}</ref>

On 28 May 2023, Rev'd Shona Pink-Martin was inducted as Māori Missioner, ''Te Mīhana Māori o Tāmaki Makaurau.''<ref>Service of Induction of The Rev'd. Shona Pink-Martin as the Māori Missioner, Te Mīhana Māori o Tāmaki Makaurau booklet, Te Pihopatanga o Te Tai Tokerau, 28 May 2023</ref>

== Gallery ==
{{Gallery
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|File:St Sepulchre's Church, Symonds St, Auckland.jpg 
 |St Sepulchre's in the Anglican section of the Symonds Street Cemetery, circa 1865.
|File:Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Auckland, 1910.jpg
 |The north and west faces of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on the corner of Burleigh Street and Khyber Pass, 1910.
|File:Older Churches Along Khyber Pass Road II.jpg
 |Church of the Holy Sepulchre on Khyber Pass Road, 2009.
|File:Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Auckland, Lady Chapel Window.jpg
 |Lady Chapel stained glass window, commissioned in 2004. A ''wahine'' (Māori woman) draped in a [[Māori traditional textiles#Korowai|korowai]] with [[pounamu]] cross necklace holding a bible, framed by Luke 1:46-47. Below her are crests of [[Te Pīhopatanga o Te Tai Tokerau]]. Above her are doves.
}}
==References==
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== External links ==
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*{{official website|https://www.temihana.org.nz}}

{{Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia|state=collapsed}}
{{Grafton, New Zealand}}

[[Category:Grafton, New Zealand]]
[[Category:Churches in Auckland|Holy Sepulchre]]
[[Category:Heritage New Zealand Category 1 historic places in the Auckland Region]]
[[Category:Listed churches in New Zealand]]
[[Category:19th-century Anglican church buildings in New Zealand]]
[[Category:1880s churches in New Zealand]]
[[Category:Gothic Revival church buildings in New Zealand]]
[[Category:Wooden churches in New Zealand]]