Churches across the diocese are hosting a variety of special services and events to mark the Seasons of Lent and Easter. Below is the list of confirmed services, which will be updated as new information becomes available.
The list is organised by region and then by area in alphabetical order. If you’re looking for a particular church that isn’t yet listed, use the Find a Church section to get details of the parish’s Facebook page or website.
132 Hobson St, Auckland
Wednesday 18 February
12.20pm & 6pm – Ash Wednesday Services
Sunday 22 February
10am – First Sunday in Lent
Sunday 29 March
10am – Palm Sunday Service
After the 10am service the installation of the Labyrinth and ready for walking.
Thursday 2 April
7pm – Maundy Thursday Service
Friday 3 April
10am – Good Friday Service
Followed by removal of the Labyrinth.
Friday 3 April
10am, 5pm-7pm – Good Friday Concert
Saturday 4 April
8pm – Easter Vigil
Sunday 5 April
10am – Easter Day Service
St Paul’s Church, 28 Symonds Street, Grafton
Friday 3 April
10am – Good Friday Service
Sunday 5 April
10am & 5:30pm – Easter Sunday Service
443 Dominion Rd, Balmoral
Wednesday 25 March
7.30pm – Stations of the Cross
Sunday 29 March
9.30am – Palm Sunday Service
Thursday 2 April
6pm – Passover meal
Eucharist foot washing
7.30pm – stripping of the church
Friday 3 April
10am – Good Friday Service
Sunday 5 April
9.30am – Easter Sunday Service
2 Heaphy Street, Blockhouse Bay
Thursday 2 April
7.30pm – Maundy Thursday Service
Friday 3 April
9am – Good Friday Messy Easter
12-3pm – Good Friday Meditation at the cross
Sunday 5 April
9am – Easter Sunday Celebrations with Baptisms
4.30pm – Easter Sunday Picnic at French Bat (plus sea baptism)
All services livestreamed on www.facebook.com/cotsnz or youtube.com/cotsnz
100 St Andrew’s Rd, Epsom
Sunday 22 February
8am & 9.30am – Lent 1
Sunday 1 March
8am – BCP
9.30am – Lent 2
Sunday 8 March
8am & 9.30am – Lent 3
Sunday 15 March
8am & 9.30am – Lent 4/Mothering Sunday
Sunday 22 March
8am & 9.30am – Lent 5/Passion Sunday
Sunday 29 March
9.30am – Palm Sunday Service
Thursday 2 April
7pm – Maundy Thursday Sung Eucharist (washing of feet)
Friday 3 April
10am – Good Friday Service
Saturday 4 April
10am – Open Church
Sunday 5 April
8am & 9.30am – Easter Day Service
9.30am services are on Zoom, get in touch with the St Andrew’s office for the Zoom link.
19 Ranfurly Rd, Epsom
Thursday 2 April
7.30pm – Maundy Thursday Service with communion & foot washing
Friday 3 April
10am – Reflective Service
Note: The church will be open on Holy Saturday for those who want more time to engage with the stations.
Sunday 5 April
10am – Easter Sunday Resurrection Service
102 Hillsborough Road, Hillsborough
Friday 3 April
10.30am – Good Friday Family Service (1 hour)
An all-age service reflecting on the meaning of the cross in an engaging and accessible way.
11.30am – Morning Tea
Stay for fellowship and enjoy hot cross buns together.
12pm – Reflection Service (1.5 hours)
A quieter, more contemplative time with Scripture, prayer, and space to reflect on Christ’s sacrifice.
Sunday 5 April
8am – Communion Service
A traditional celebration of the resurrection.
10.30am – Informal Communion Service
A joyful and welcoming service for all ages as we celebrate the victory of life over death.
Online/website links:
St Margaret’s website
Facebook
YouTube
116 Selwyn Avenue, Kohimarama
Thursday 2 April
7pm – Maundy Thursday Seder Meal Service
This is a symbolic Jewish meal of the Last Supper. Including Foot Washing & Holy Communion
Friday 3 April
10am – Combined Churches Good Friday Family Service at Orakei Baptist Church, 96 Kupe St. Orakei
Meeting at 9.30am at Eastridge Shopping Centre.
From there we will walk to Orakei Baptist Church for the service at 10am.
2pm – Good Friday Service
A devotion service of reflections, reading and hymns. At St Andrew’s.
Sunday 4 April
8am & 9.45am – Easter Day Services
2 Islington Avenue, New Lynn
Thursday 2 April
7pm – Evening Mass of the Institution of the Blessed Sacrament
Friday 3 April
9.30am – Stations of The Cross
Sunday 5 April
9.30am – Mass of The Resurrection and renewal of Baptismal Promises
284 Ponsonby Rd, Ponsonby
Wednesdays 25 February, 4, 11, 18, 25 March
7.30pm – Lenten Study & Eucharist
Sunday 22 March
10.00am – Annual General meeting after the Service
Sunday 29 March
8am – Palm Sunday Service with Holy Communion
10am – Service with Palm Sunday Procession and Holy Communion
Friday 3 April
10am – Good Friday Service with focus on Crucifixion
Sunday 5 April
8am – Easter Sunday Said Service with celebration of new life with new fire and Holy Communion
10am – Sung Service of Celebration of the Resurrection with Holy Communion
43 Target Road, Point Chevalier
Sunday 29 March
10am – Palm Sunday
Thursday 2 April
6pm – Maundy Thursday
Friday 3 April
10am – Good Friday
Sunday 5 April
10am – Easter Day
The chapel is open to all residents of Selwyn Village and the wider Point Chevalier community.
5 Ascot Avenue, Remuera
Sunday 29 March
8am – Palm Sunday Liturgy with Holy Communion
9.30 – Palm Sunday Family Service with Holy Communion
Monday 30 March
7pm – 30 minute Reflective Service
Tuesday 31 March
7pm – 30 minute Reflective Service
Wednesday 1 April
11.30am – Mid-week Holy Communion
7pm – Service of Tenebrae
Thursday 2 April
7pm – Maundy Thursday Institution of Last Supper and foot washing
Friday 3 April
9:30am – Good Friday Liturgy
Sunday 5 April
7am – Easter Vigil
8 am – First Eucharist of Easter
9:30am – Family Service with Holy Communion
@staidansremuera
Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday 9:30am family services are livestreamed via our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/StAidansRemuera & available to watch later in the week on our YouTube channel: St Aidan’s Remuera – YouTube
6 Chandler Avenue, Royal Oak
On now until Easter Day
The Desert and the Garden, reflective display
A contemplative journey through Lenten themes and stories with beautiful lino-cut images, scripture and poetry.
Best times to engage are 12-1pm, Tues-Thurs. In the church hall.
Sundays 1, 8, 15 & 22 March
9.30am – Worship for the Sundays in Lent
Saturday 14 March
10.30am-12pm – Manawa creatives
Curated Lectio and Visio meditation and response with The Desert and the Garden texts and imagery
Sunday 29 March
9.30am – Palm Sunday Eucharist with prayer stations and participatory Passion narrative
Combined worship with St Peter’s Onehunga.
Thursday 2 April
6pm (meal) & 7.30pm (service) – Maundy Thursday soup & bread meal followed by Eucharist with foot washing
Friday 3 April
2pm – Good Friday Meditations around the Cross: litany and quiet reflection
Saturday 4 April
8pm – Holy Saturday Easter Vigil with lighting of the new fire and renewal of baptism
At St Peter’s Onehunga – Corner Onehunga Mall and Church Street
Sunday 5 April
9.30am – Easter Day Festive Eucharist
92 St Heliers Bay Road, St Heliers
Sundays in Lent, 22 February – 29 March
8am – Eucharist
9.30am – Eucharist
Sunday 1 March
5pm – Taizé Service
Sunday 15 March
5pm – Evensong
Sunday 22 March (Passion Sunday)
8am – Eucharist
9.30am – Eucharist
Sunday 29 March (Palm Sunday)
8am – Eucharist
9.30am – Eucharist with procession
Monday 30 March – Wednesday 1 April
7.30pm – Night Prayer in the Lady Chapel
Thursday 2 April
7.30pm – Maundy Thursday Eucharist (including stripping of the altar)
Friday 3 April
9am – Combined Good Friday service starting at St Heliers’ Presbyterian Church, 100 at Heliers Bay Road
Sunday 5 April (Easter Day)
6.30am – Combined Church Beach Service at St Heliers’ Beach
8am – Easter Eucharist
9.30am – Easter Eucharist
368 Kohimarama Rd, Kohimarama
Sunday 29 March
9am – Eucharist for Palm Sunday
Thursday 2 April
7pm – Maundy Thursday Eucharist and foot washing
Friday 3 April
2pm – Good Friday Liturgy
Saturday 4 April
7pm – Easter Vigil
Sunday 5 April
9am – Easter Day Eucharist
141 Chapel Road, Flat Bush
Thursday 2 April
7pm – Holy Communion
Friday 3 April
10am – Journey to the Cross
Sunday 5 April
9.30am – Holy Communion
YouTube services available on website – stpaulsinthepark.nz
Corner of Cook Street and Selwyn Road, Howick
Sunday 29 March
7.30am – Eucharist
9am – Gather with the parishioners from Our Lady Star of the Sea at the Village Green, Picton Street, for the blessing of the palms.
9.30am Family Eucharist
Thursday 2 April
7pm – The Last Supper
Friday 3 April
9.30am – Family Service
3pm – Good Friday Service
Saturday 4 April
7pm – Great Easter Vigil
Sunday 5 April
7.30am – Eucharist
9.30am – Eucharist with Easter Hymns
71 Udys Rd, Pakuranga
Wednesday 18 February
7.30pm – Ash Wednesday Service
Thursday 2 April
7.30pm – Maundy Thursday Service
Friday 3 April
9.30am – Good Friday Service
Sunday 5 April
9.30 am – Easter Day Service
222 Dairy Flat Highway, Albany Village
Sunday 29 March
10.30am – Palm Sunday Service
Thursday 2 April
6.30pm – Soup and bread meal
7.30pm – Maundy Thursday Service
Friday 3 April
9.30am – Combined denominational Easter walk, begins from Holy Cross and finishes at Albany Presbyterian Church
Sunday 5 April
10.30am – Easter Sunday Service
56A Tramway Rd, Beach Haven
Wednesday 18 February
7pm – Ash Wednesday Service
Sunday 22 February
8am & 10am – Lent 1
Sunday 1 March
8am & 10am – Lent 2
Sunday 8 March
8am & 10am – Lent 3
Sunday 15 March
8am & 10am – Lent 4
Sunday 22 March
8am & 10am – Lent 5 (Passion Sunday)
Sunday 29 March
8am – Lent 6 (Palm Sunday)
Thursday 2 April
7pm – Maundy Thursday, washing of the feet
Friday 3 April
10am – Good Friday combined denominational walk
Walk starts from Birkenhead Baptist Church at 25 Birkdale Road, Birkdale and finishes at the Cedar Centre, 56a Tramway Road.
Sunday 5 April
8am & 10am – Easter Sunday Service – the Resurrection
327 Beach Road, Campbells Bay
Sunday 29 March
9am – Palm Sunday Service (before the AGM)
Thursday 2 April
7pm – Maundy Thursday Service of foot washing
Friday 3 April
9am – Good Friday Service
Sunday 5 April
8am & 9.30am – Easter Sunday Services
12 Greenhithe Road, Greenhithe
Sunday 29 March
9am – Palm Sunday Service
Sunday 5 April
9am – Easter Sunday Service
Sunday 12 April
9am – St. Michael’s 70th anniversary service & celebration
11 Killarney Street, Takapuna
Sunday 29 March
8am & 10am – Palm Sunday – Liturgy of the Passion
Thursday 2 April
7.30pm – Maundy Thursday
Friday 3 April
10am – Good Friday – Stations of the Cross
Sunday 5 April
8am & 10am – Easter Sunday
Sunday 22 February
9.30am – Lent 1 Eucharist
Sunday 8 March
9.30am – Lent 3 Eucharist
Sunday 22 March
9.30am – Lent 5 Eucharist
Thursday 2 April
7.30pm – Maundy Thursday Service
Sunday 5 April
9.30am – Easter Eucharist
49 North Road, Clevedon
Wednesday 18 February
7.30pm – Ash Wednesday Service
Combined with Clevedon Presbyterian
Thursday 26 February
7.30pm – Lenten Series
Combined with Clevedon Presbyterian
Sunday 1 March
9.30am – Lent 2 Eucharist
Thursday 5 March
7.30pm – Lenten Series
Combined with Clevedon Presbyterian
Thursday 12 March
7.30pm – Lenten Series
Combined with Clevedon Presbyterian
Sunday 15 March
9.30am – Lent 4 Eucharist
Thursday 19 March
7.30pm – Lenten Series
Combined with Clevedon Presbyterian
Thursday 26 March
7.30pm – Lenten Series
Combined with Clevedon Presbyterian
Sunday 29 March
9.30am – Palm/Passion Sunday Service
Monday 30 March
9.30am – Holy Week Eucharist
Tuesday 31 March
9.30am – Holy Week Eucharist
Wednesday 1 April
9.30am – Holy Week Eucharist
Friday 3 April
12-3pm – Good Friday Service
Sunday 5 April
6am – Easter Dawn Service
Location TBC. Combined with Clevedon Presbyterian
9.30am – Easter Eucharist
3 Russell Rd, Manurewa
Wednesday 18 February
10am & 7pm – Imposition of Ashes and Holy Communion
Sundays 22 February to 29 March
9am – “The Faces of Easter”
Wednesdays 25 February to 25 March
10am – Lent Studies: “Living the Mystery of Faith” Based on readings from Matthew’s Gospel.
Tuesday 31 March
9am – Reflective Eucharist
Wednesday 1 April
9am – Reflective Eucharist
Thursday 2 April
7.30pm – Maundy Thursday, hand-washing and Communion
Friday 3 April
9am – Good Friday Service
Followed by hot cross buns.
Sunday 5 April
9am – Celebration of Christ’s Resurrection & Communion
Sundays 22 February to 29 March
11.30am – “The Faces of Easter”
Sunday 5 April
11.30am – Celebration of Christ’s Resurrection & Communion
10 Clayburn Road, Glen Eden
Thursday 2 April
7:30pm – Maundy Thursday Service
Friday 3 April
10am – Good Friday Service
Sunday 5 April
10am – Easter Sunday Service
2-24 Moire Rd, Massey, Auckland
Friday 3 April
10am – Good Friday Service
12-3pm – Afternoon Vigil-Reflective Service
Sunday 5 April
10am – Easter Sunday Celebration Service
602 Mackay St, Thames
Wednesday 18 February
6-6.30pm – Ash Wednesday Service
35 Findlay Road, Mauku
Wednesday 18 February
7.30pm – Ash Wednesday Service
Wednesdays 25 February & 4, 11, 18, 25 March
7.30pm – Lenten Night Prayer
Sunday 29 March
11am – Liturgy of the Passion
Thursday 2 April
7.30pm – Maundy Thursday Service
Friday 3 April
10am – Good Friday Service
Sunday 5 April
11am – Sunday Easter Day Service, hot cross buns & Easter egg hunt
St John’s, 148 George Street Tūākau
Wednesday 18 February
7.30-9am & 3.30-5pm – Ash Wednesday Service
Tūākau main street
Friday 3 April
9.30am – Good Friday witness walk
Tūākau Town Hall, 70 George Street to St John’s, 148 George Street Tūākau for a service
Sunday 5 April
9.30am – Easter Sunday Service
St Stephen’s, 648 Onewhero-Tūākau Bridge Road, Onewhero
9 Colonel Mould Drive, Mangōnui
Friday 3 April
9am – Good Friday Contemplative Service
Sunday 5 April
9am – Easter Sunday Service
25 Karawai Street, Ruakākā
Wednesday 18 February
5pm – Eucharist with Ashes
Sunday 1 March
9.30am – Eucharist
Sunday 15 March
9.30am – Eucharist
Thursday 2 April
7pm – Eucharist with foot washing
Sunday 5 April
9.30am – Festive Eucharist
10 Nova Scotia Dr, Waipū
Wednesday 18 February
12pm – Service of the Word with Ashes
Friday 20 February – 27 March
5pm – Stations of the Cross
Sunday 22 February
9.30am – Eucharist
Sunday 08 March
9.30am – Eucharist
Sunday 22 March
9.30am – Eucharist and AGM
Sunday 29 March
9.30am – Liturgy of the Palms and Eucharist
Friday 3 April
10am – Community non-denominational service
5pm – Stations of the Cross
Saturday 4 April
7pm – Easter Vigil
60 Garfield Rd, Helensville
Sunday 29 March
9.30am – Palm Sunday Service
Monday 30 March to Thursday 2 April
9.30am – Holy Week Services
Thursday 2 April
7pm – Maundy Thursday Service
Friday 3 April
9.30am – Good Friday Service
Sunday 5 April
9.30am – Easter Sunday Service
7 Matua Road, Huapai
Monday 23 February – Monday 30 March
12pm – 6 week Lenten Study “In the Spirit of Lent”
Sunday 5 April
10am – Easter Sunday Communion & Praise