St. Patrick's Cathedral and Joseph is located in the heart of Auckland, just a few meters from the Sky Tower.

In the 1840s, the government has allocated land for the construction of several Catholic churches in the central part of Auckland. The first building of the church of St Patrick was constructed of wood. Only after 6 years in 1848 it has been built a new stone church. The church was so beautiful and great that it has become a kind of landmark in the city. She began to display on the prints and photographs as a symbol of Auckland. In 1884 he started reconstruction of the building, laid the foundation and erected the foundation. It was then gutted the building that can be contemplated today.

In 1960 an additional building was built Liston house to house administrative offices of the diocese. Now on the first floor of the building located Liston Hall. He allocated for services and visits to parishioners. Also here conduct their work the social services of the city. For example, there are meetings of Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, people with hepatitis C. loft Liston Hausa priests live.

In order to attract young people to the church in the cathedral regularly hosts a variety of activities for young people. On the second Sunday of each month in the cathedral going indifferent to the problems of those who are in prison, and every fourth Sunday - people who are ready to provide all possible assistance in hospital in Auckland.

In St. Patrick's Cathedral and Joseph has a lot of interesting things to explore. For example, the bust of Bishop Jean-Baptiste Francois Pompalera. Pompaler was the first Catholic Bishop of New Zealand. In 1937, Archbishop James Liston Pompalera instructed to perform a bust in honor of the centennial of his arrival in New Zealand. The bust was created on the basis of all available portraits of Jean-Baptiste, including the Cross of the Legion in his chest.

The main treasure of the Cathedral is the bell tower. It is home to two of the oldest bells in New Zealand. In the larger of the two bells (24h26 inches) bears the inscription: "Hail Mary, in honor of St. Bartholomew and Stephen in 1723". On a smaller bell (20h18 inches) sign indicates that the bell was donated to the butchers of the city in the name of St. Mary. Until 1980, the bells rang manually. But later it installed an automated system, and 31 October 1980 at 6 pm the bell for the first time the mechanism is controlled electrically.