The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has released the location of the Wellington New Zealand Temple, which was first announced by Church President Russell M. Nelson in April 2022.
Wellington New Zealand Temple
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Map showing the location of the Wellington New Zealand Temple. 2022 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved.The Wellington New Zealand Temple will be built on a 3.35-acre site located near Okowai Road and Whitford Brown Avenue, Aotea, Porirua, New Zealand. Plans call for a two-story temple of approximately 14,900 square feet, as well as an ancillary building with arrival facilities and patron housing.
This will be the third temple in New Zealand. The historic Hamilton New Zealand Temple, the first house of the Lord built in the southern hemisphere, was recently rededicated. The Auckland New Zealand Temple is currently under construction.
New Zealand, a large island nation in the South Pacific, is home to more than 108,000 Latter-day Saints in over 210 congregations. The first Latter-day Saint in New Zealand was baptized in 1854.
Detailed design plans for this temple are still being developed. Further information — including exterior renderings — will be made public later. The groundbreaking date will be announced in the future.
Project leaders will soon start working with city officials on preliminary plans for this temple, and they will begin filing public documents in the coming months.
Latter-day Saints consider temples the house of the Lord and the most sacred places of worship on earth. Temples differ from the Church’s meetinghouses (chapels). All are welcome to attend Sunday worship services and other weekday activities at local meetinghouses. The primary purpose of temples is for faithful members of the Church of Jesus Christ to participate in sacred ceremonies, such as marriages, which unite families forever, and proxy baptisms on behalf of deceased ancestors who did not have the opportunity to be baptized while living.