St. Augustine's church

St Augustine's is the second church in the Anglican Parish of the Holy Trinity, Devonport. Devonport is ( according to those who live here ) a rather special part of the Auckland urban area, which is the largest conurbation in ( though not the capital of ) New Zealand. Auckland City is on the south side of the Waitemata harbour, and Devonport faces it on the north side.

Holy Trinity church is the main Anglican centre in our parish, but St. Augustine's has its own programme, serving mainly residents of the Stanley Point area of Devonport. Devonport stands at the end of a peninsula, which is approximately boot-shaped ( like Italy - but, of course, much smaller ); Stanley Point is the toe of the boot. ( Holy Trinity church is somewhere in the heel. )

Our church is named after St.Augustine of Canterbury, not the more famous St. Augustine of Hippo. Our St. Augustine was the first Archbishop of Canterbury, and therefore in some sense a forerunner of the Anglican church - though he would certainly have been totally opposed to the split between Canterbury and Rome.

We have some more pages which deal with specific topics to do with St Augustine's :

• Welcome to St Augustine's - a leaflet about the church, giving information about the activities, the history, the building and its contents, and the regular services;

• About our Family Services;

• Our form of service for the Advent Candles ceremonies;

• Some notes on the Advent Candles ceremonies;

• Forthcoming events in the immediate future;

• Special events through the year;

• A very approximate ground plan of the church;

• We have some modest musical connections;

• NOT our theme song !

More about us on the Holy Trinity web site :

• A brief description, with two pictures.

Our address is :

95, Calliope Road,
Devonport,
Auckland,
New Zealand.