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Hindu temples and gurdwaras in New Zealand

Most of New Zealand’s Hindu temples and gurdwaras are in Auckland: Bharatiya Mandir on Balmoral Road, the first purpose-built Hindu temple in the country; the Thiru Subramaniyar Aalayam in Māngere; the Sri Ganesha Temple in Papakura; the BAPS mandir in Avondale; the ISKCON temple at Kumeu; and the Takanini gurdwara, the largest in the country, with others in Papatoetoe, Ōtāhuhu, Manurewa and Papakura. Wellington has the Gita Mandir in Kilbirnie, the Kurinchi Kumaran Temple in Newlands, the BAPS mandir consecrated in Naenae in August 2025 and a gurdwara in Naenae. Hamilton has the Sri Balaji Temple in Frankton, Christchurch a BAPS mandir at Papanui and Tauranga the Sanatan Dharam Mandir at Tauriko. Diwali is on Sunday 8 November 2026.

Namaste Community deskChecked October 23, 202644 places open

South Auckland

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Papatoetoe, Ōtāhuhu, Māngere, Manukau, Takanini, Manurewa and Papakura hold most of Auckland’s gurdwaras and Tamil temples.

  • Sikh

    Gurdwara Sri Kalgidhar Sahib (Takanini Gurdwara)

    Address
    70 Takanini School Road, Takanini, Auckland 2112 · Directions
    When
    No hours published — ring or ask before a first visit

    Opened on 13 March 2005 by Prime Minister Helen Clark, at a cost of NZ$6.5 million, on 3.5 hectares of land: the largest gurdwara in New Zealand and the headquarters of the Supreme Sikh Society of New Zealand. The site also holds the Sikh Heritage School, a preschool and the NZ Sikh Sports Complex. No programme times are published on the society’s site; its Facebook page (TakaniniGurdwara) is the place to check. Langar is open to everyone.

    Website

  • Sikh

    Gurdwara Sri Dasmesh Darbar

    Address
    158 Kolmar Road, Papatoetoe, Auckland 2025 · Directions
    When
    No hours published — ring or ask before a first visit

    One of three gurdwaras in Papatoetoe, in a building opened in December 2011. A second directory lists a Dashmesh Darbar at 166 Kolmar Road, which may be the same gurdwara; no hours are published online.

  • Sikh

    Gurdwara Sri Guru Teg Bahadur Ji

    Address
    24 Dunnotar Road, Papatoetoe, Auckland 2025 · Directions
    When
    No hours published — ring or ask before a first visit

    A Papatoetoe gurdwara listed by Wikipedia, World Gurudwaras and indiansinnz.com; World Gurudwaras gives the number as 22, so check on a map before you travel. No hours are published online.

  • Sikh

    Sri Guru Singh Sabha

    Address
    127 Shirley Road, Papatoetoe, Auckland 2025 · Directions
    When
    No hours published — ring or ask before a first visit

    The third Papatoetoe gurdwara, listed by Wikipedia and indiansinnz.com; no hours are published online.

  • HinduSwaminarayan (ISSO)

    Shri Swaminarayan Mandir (ISSO)

    Address
    10 Wentworth Avenue, Papatoetoe, Auckland 2025 · Directions
    When
    No hours published — ring or ask before a first visit

    The International Swaminarayan Satsang Organisation’s mandir, with Ghanshyam Maharaj, Nar Narayan Dev, Radha Krishna Dev and Ram Parivar among its deities; the deities were installed on 24 March 2008. ISSO’s Papatoetoe complex adjoins it at 1/7 Wilmay Avenue. Wikipedia gives the mandir as 10–12 Wentworth Avenue. Darshan times are not on ISSO’s main page.

    Website

  • HinduTamil Murugan

    Thiru Subramaniyar Aalayam

    Address
    69 Tidal Road, Māngere, Auckland · Directions
    When
    Open seven days, 10:00–13:00 and 18:00–21:00; aarathi daily at 11:30 and 19:30; Vel Abishegam every Tuesday with annadhanam at 19:30; Navagraha pooja with homam on the last Saturday of each month

    Run by the New Zealand Hindu Temple Society, which has used the Tidal Road site since 2015. Our Auckland guide lists a ten-day Thaipusam programme here in January or February. The site lists no Diwali programme yet.

    Website

  • HinduTamil Murugan

    New Zealand Thirumurugan Temple

    Address
    145 Church Street, Ōtāhuhu, Auckland · Directions
    When
    Monday to Friday 09:30–11:30 and 18:30–20:30; Saturday and Sunday 09:30–12:30 and 18:30–20:30; pooja daily at 10:00 and 19:00 (20:00 on Fridays); times change on festival days

    A Tamil Murugan temple in Ōtāhuhu whose main annual event, the Mahotsavam, is generally held in January. Its site lists no events for 2026 yet. Directories give the postcode as both 1061 and 1062.

    Website

  • HinduGanesha

    Sri Ganesha Temple (Auckland Sri Ganesh Temple Trust)

    Address
    4 Dent Place, Papakura 2110 · Directions
    When
    Daily 10:00–13:00 (morning arti 11:30) and 18:00–21:00 (evening arti 19:30)

    A temple to Ganesha, established in 2002 on a site of more than two acres in Red Hill, Papakura. It hosts festivals such as Ganesha Chaturthi and Diwali, and weddings and other ceremonies; the poojas and festival calendar are linked from its site.

    Website

  • HinduShakta

    Maa Durga Temple

    Address
    4/3 Onslow Avenue, Manukau, Auckland · Directions
    When
    Every day, 08:00–10:00 and 17:30–20:00

    Established in 2012 and run by the Maa Shakti Charitable Trust, with weekly bhajan programmes, free music classes for children and a hall for community use.

    Website

  • Sikh

    Gurdwara Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji

    Address
    120 Princes Street, Ōtāhuhu, Auckland 1062 · Directions
    When
    No hours published — ring or ask before a first visit

    The Supreme Sikh Society of New Zealand lists it with Takanini as its two gurdwaras. A community listing dates the congregation to 1986 and describes daily diwans with the main one on Sundays; the society publishes no current times.

    Website

  • SikhNanaksar

    Nanaksar Thath Isher Darbar

    Address
    100 Great South Road, Manurewa, Auckland 2102 · Directions
    When
    No hours published — ring or ask before a first visit

    The Nanaksar gurdwara of Manurewa, listed by Wikipedia and World Gurudwaras (which gives 100–106 Great South Road). Our Auckland guide has it holding a nagar kirtan along Great South Road in December. No hours are published online.

  • Sikh

    Begampura Gurdwara Sahib Ji

    Address
    1/9 Vernon Street, Papakura, Auckland 2110 · Directions
    When
    No hours published — ring or ask before a first visit

    A Papakura gurdwara listed by Wikipedia and indiansinnz.com, separately from Dukh Niwaran Sahib on Broadway; no hours are published online.

  • Sikh

    Gurdwara Dukh Niwaran Sahib

    Address
    7/46 Broadway, Papakura, Auckland 2110 · Directions
    When
    Open daily, about 06:00–19:30 (the site gives two slightly different sets of times); Sunday diwan from 09:00 or 10:00 to 13:00, with live kirtan on Facebook from 11:00

    A gurdwara on Papakura’s Broadway with its own website, which streams kirtan from the Darbar Sahib on Facebook and says it offers langar.

    Website

  • Sikh

    Gurdwara Sri Guru Hargobind Sahib Ji Patshahi 6

    Address
    84 Lady Ruby Drive, Dannemora, Auckland 2013 · Directions
    When
    No hours published — ring or ask before a first visit

    A gurdwara in the East Tamaki and Flat Bush area, listed by Wikipedia and indiansinnz.com; no hours are published online.

  • SikhRavidassia

    Gurdwara Sri Guru Ravidas Temple

    Address
    1998 Great South Road, Bombay 2675 · Directions
    When
    No hours published — ring or ask before a first visit

    A Ravidassia temple at Bombay, south of Auckland, listed by Wikipedia and indiansinnz.com; the two directories give the street differently, so ring before you travel.

Central and West Auckland

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    Bharatiya Mandir

    Address
    252–254 Balmoral Road, Mt Albert, Auckland · Directions
    When
    No daily opening times are published; Sundarkand with mahaprasad on Tuesday and Saturday 17:00–19:00; Satya Sai Baba satsang on the first Sunday of the month 17:30–19:00

    The first purpose-built Hindu temple in New Zealand: a dream from 1986, finished in June 1993, near Sandringham. A library in the basement holds books in Hindi, English and Gujarati, and Balmoral Hall hosts events. A youth group meets on Saturdays 16:00–18:00, adult yoga on Sundays 08:00–09:00 and Bal Vikas classes on Sundays 10:00–12:30.

    Website

  • HinduKrishna

    Sri Radha Krishna Temple (Mahatma Gandhi Centre)

    Address
    145 New North Road, Eden Terrace, Auckland 1021 · Directions
    When
    Monday to Friday 08:00–12:30 and 17:30–20:30; Saturday, Sunday and festivals 08:00–20:30; aarti daily at 08:30 and 19:00, prasad offering at 18:45

    The mandir of the Auckland Indian Association, inside its Mahatma Gandhi Centre beside Mount Eden station. A panditji is available to perform poojas, and the centre’s halls can be hired.

    Website

  • HinduShirdi Sai

    Shri Shirdi Saibaba Sansthan of New Zealand

    Address
    12–18 Princes Street, Onehunga, Auckland · Directions
    When
    Monday to Friday 07:00–13:00 and 17:00–21:00; weekends and public holidays 07:00–21:00. Kakad aarti 07:00, Madhyana aarti 12:00, Dhoop aarti 18:00, Shej aarti 20:30

    A Shirdi Sai Baba temple with abhishek for Baba, Shiva and the Navagrahas at 07:30 each morning. The temple’s site prints a different postcode from the one NZ Post uses for Onehunga, so go by the street address.

    Website

  • HinduBAPS

    BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir

    Address
    21 Barrhead Place, Avondale, Auckland 0600 · Directions
    When
    No hours published — ring or ask before a first visit

    BAPS’s Auckland mandir and cultural complex, consecrated in February 2002 and the first New Zealand temple of the Swaminarayan sect. It holds Diwali and Annakut celebrations; BAPS’s page does not give darshan times, so ring first.

    Website

  • Hindu

    Shri Ram Mandir

    Address
    11 Brick Street, Henderson, Auckland · Directions
    When
    Daily 07:30–20:30, including weekends and public holidays; arati at 08:15 and 19:00; the altar is closed 12:00–16:00 on weekdays

    The first Shri Ram temple in New Zealand, opened in June 2015. The weekly programme runs Monday Shiv abhisheka (18:15), Tuesday Ramayana (19:30), Friday kirtan, Saturday Hanuman Chalisa and Sunday Bhagavad katha at 10:30 with arati and maha-prasad. The site was under maintenance in October 2026, so confirm times with the priest.

    Website

  • Sikh

    Gurdwara Sri Guru Harkrishan Sahib

    Address
    3034 Great North Road, New Lynn, Auckland 0600 · Directions
    When
    No hours published — ring or ask before a first visit

    The gurdwara of West Auckland, listed by Wikipedia, World Gurudwaras and indiansinnz.com (which gives the unit as 4/3034); no hours are published online.

  • HinduISKCON

    Sri Sri Radha-Giridhari Temple (ISKCON Auckland)

    Address
    1229 Coatesville Riverhead Highway, Kumeu · Directions
    When
    Open to the public free of charge all year, with no daily hours published; deep daan for Kartik is at 07:15 and 19:15 every day from 27 October to 24 November 2026

    ISKCON’s Auckland temple on a 100-acre campus about 30 minutes from the city, on land bought in 1978; the deities were installed at this site in 2004. It marked its 20th anniversary in January 2024.

    Website

North Shore and north Auckland

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The North Shore has one Hindu temple and one gurdwara.

  • HinduSanatan Dharam

    Shree Hanuman Mandir

    Address
    14 Bay Park Place, Birkdale, Auckland 0626 · Directions
    When
    Monday to Friday 07:30–11:00 and 16:00–20:00; Saturday and Sunday 07:30–20:00; open all day on Mahashivaratri, Ramnavami, Hanuman Jayanti, Krishna Janmashtami and Durga Ashtami. Morning aarti 08:15, evening aarti about 19:00

    A Hanuman temple by Beach Haven, run by the Shree Sanatan Dharam Hanuman Mandir Charitable Trust, with shrines to Bal Gopal, Ganesh, Gopal and Ram Parivar. The weekly programme is Monday Shiv abhishek and katha (19:20), Tuesday Ramayan recital (19:30–21:30) and Saturday Hanuman Chalisa (10:00–12:00). Its site gives the evening aarti as 19:00 in one place and 18:45–19:15 in another.

    Website

  • Sikh

    Gurdwara Sahib North Shore

    Address
    128 Sunnybrae Road, Hillcrest, Auckland 0627 · Directions
    When
    No hours published — ring or ask before a first visit

    Run by the North Shore Sikh Society and opened on 9 March 2019 as the first gurdwara in Hillcrest, with more than 5,000 Sikhs at the opening; no regular hours are published online.

Wellington and the Hutt Valley

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Wellington City has about 13,000 people of Indian ethnicity and Lower Hutt about 8,000 (2023 census), and the Hutt Valley holds the BAPS mandir, the Venkateswara temple and the gurdwara.

  • Hindu

    Gita Mandir (Wellington Indian Association)

    Address
    48 Kemp Street, Kilbirnie, Wellington · Directions
    When
    Daily 08:00–10:00 and 17:30–20:00; aarti at 08:30 and 19:00

    The mandir at Bharat Bhavan, the Wellington Indian Association’s hall, with a full-time pandit for all religious occasions; Ram and Sita idols were installed in 2024. The association, founded in 1925, also runs a Gujarati school and the Namaste Wellington, Holi and Navratri events.

    Website

  • HinduTamil Murugan

    Kurinchi Kumaran Temple

    Address
    3 Batchelor Street, Newlands, Wellington 6037 · Directions
    When
    Morning 08:30–10:30 (pooja 09:00) and evening 18:30–20:30 (pooja 19:00)

    A Murugan temple that started in a rented property in 1992, moved to its own premises in 2000 and was rebuilt as a traditional temple structure, with a Kumbabhishekam in December 2013.

    Website

  • HinduBAPS

    BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir

    Address
    226 Cambridge Terrace, Naenae, Lower Hutt 5011 · Directions
    When
    Darshan Monday to Saturday 07:15–11:15 and 16:00–20:00; Sunday 07:15–11:15 and 15:30–20:00; arti daily at 07:15 and 19:00; Sunday youth and children’s assemblies from about 16:00

    The new BAPS Hindu Mandir and Community Centre, inaugurated from 6 August 2025 and consecrated on 10 August, described as Wellington’s largest Hindu temple. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon joined its Annakut on 22 October 2025. Older directories still give the earlier address, 83A Eastern Hutt Road, Taita.

    Website

  • HinduVenkateswara

    Sri Venkateswara Swamy Temple of Wellington

    Address
    25 Waiu Street, Wainuiomata, Lower Hutt 5014 · Directions
    When
    Monday to Friday 19:00–20:30; Saturday and Sunday 09:30–11:30 and 19:00–20:30

    Run by the Sanatana Dharma Paripalana Seva Trust, which bought the Waiu Street site for a permanent temple and is raising money for it. Programmes are held on the site: Pradosham Rudrabhishekam on Saturday 24 October 2026 at 19:15 and Karwa Chauth on Thursday 29 October from 16:00.

    Website

  • Sikh

    Wellington Gurudwara Sahib (NZ Sikh Society Wellington)

    Address
    4–10 Vogel Street, Naenae, Lower Hutt 5011 · Directions
    When
    No hours published — ring or ask before a first visit

    The Wellington region’s gurdwara, in a former supermarket and reported in 2016 as the largest Sikh temple in the lower North Island. It is run by the New Zealand Sikh Society Wellington and open to everyone; programme times are on its Facebook page.

  • HinduISKCONClosed

    ISKCON Wellington (Newlands temple)

    Address
    105 Newlands Road, Newlands, Wellington 6037

    The temple closed in 2024. ISKCON Wellington’s fundraising page says a property has been bought and approved as a place of worship in Petone; building consent has been granted and demolition has begun (update of 6 October 2026), so there is no temple to visit yet. ISKCON’s centre directory lists a courses centre, Journey of Self Discovery, at 64 Kentwood Drive, Woodridge.

Hamilton and the Waikato

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Hamilton City has 17,283 people of Indian ethnicity (2023 census), and many Waikato Sikhs took up dairy farming from the 1950s.

  • HinduVenkateswara

    Sri Balaji Temple

    Address
    2 Kent Street, Frankton, Hamilton · Directions
    When
    Open seven days: Monday to Thursday 11:00–13:00 and 17:30–20:00; Friday 11:00–13:00 and 17:00–20:30; Saturday 09:30–14:30 and 17:00–20:30; Sunday 10:00–13:00 and 17:30–19:30

    A Balaji (Venkateswara) temple run by the Sri Balaji Temple Trust; its site has a calendar and a list of poojas and sevas.

    Website

  • HinduBAPS

    BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir

    Address
    10 Tawn Place, Pukete, Hamilton · Directions
    When
    No hours published — ring or ask before a first visit

    BAPS’s mandir for Hamilton, one of five BAPS mandirs in New Zealand named in 2025 coverage; the address is from Wikipedia’s list, and no darshan times are published, so ring first.

  • Sikh

    Gurdwara Mata Sahib Kaur Ji

    Address
    23 Bryant Road, Te Rapa, Hamilton 3200 · Directions
    When
    No hours published — ring or ask before a first visit

    Hamilton’s gurdwara, listed by World Gurudwaras, indiansinnz.com and Wikipedia. Wikipedia’s list also gives 6391 Te Rapa Road, Horotiu, for the New Zealand Sikh Society Hamilton, so ring if you are unsure which door; no hours are published online.

Christchurch

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Christchurch City has 16,191 people of Indian ethnicity (2023 census); a larger Hindu temple is planned at Templeton.

  • HinduBAPS

    BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir

    Address
    19 Frank Street, Papanui, Christchurch · Directions
    When
    No hours published — ring or ask before a first visit

    BAPS’s Christchurch mandir, opened after a renovation that the 2011 earthquake interrupted. No darshan times are published where we could read them, so ring first.

    Website

  • HinduISKCON

    ISKCON Christchurch (Bealey Manor)

    Address
    83 Bealey Avenue, Richmond, Christchurch 8013 · Directions
    When
    No hours published — ring or ask before a first visit

    ISKCON’s temple here since 1986, destroyed by the 2011 earthquake and rebuilt on the same property, reopening in March 2017 with replacement deities of Sri Sri Nitai Gaurachandra. We found no timetable or coverage after March 2018, so check the temple’s social page before you go.

  • Sikh

    Gurdwara Singh Sabha Christchurch

    Address
    537 Ferry Road, Woolston, Christchurch 8023 · Directions
    When
    No hours published — ring or ask before a first visit

    The congregation of the New Zealand Sikh Society South Island moved into this building on 10 June 2018; before then it gathered every Sunday at a community hall in Cashmere. Programme times are not published online.

  • Sikh

    Gurdwara Jagat Guru Nanak Sahib (Deg Tegh Fateh Sikh Society)

    Address
    29 Kilmarnock Street, Riccarton, Christchurch 8011 · Directions
    When
    No hours published — ring or ask before a first visit

    A second Christchurch gurdwara, listed by Wikipedia as Jagat Guru Nanak Sahib and by indiansinnz.com as the Deg Tegh Fateh Sikh Society at 29C Kilmarnock Street; no hours are published online.

Tauranga and the Bay of Plenty

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  • HinduSanatan Dharma

    Sanatan Dharam Mandir

    Address
    108 Whiore Avenue, Tauriko, Tauranga 3171 · Directions
    When
    No hours published — ring or ask before a first visit

    Tauranga’s first Hindu temple, built by the Sanatan Dharam Trust on land bought in 2012; the deities were installed in a ceremony on 9–11 February 2018. Tauranga City Libraries’ community page says the committee celebrates the major Hindu festivals. No hours are published online.

  • Sikh

    Gurdwara Sikh Sangat Tauranga

    Address
    43 Burrows Street, Tauranga South, Tauranga 3112 · Directions
    When
    No hours published — ring or ask before a first visit

    Listed by World Gurudwaras, indiansinnz.com and Wikipedia; no hours are published online.

  • Sikh

    Gurdwara Sri Kalgidhar Sahib Tauranga

    Address
    Cheyne Road, Pyes Pa, Tauranga 3112 · Directions
    When
    No hours published — ring or ask before a first visit

    A second Tauranga gurdwara. Wikipedia gives the number as 322 and indiansinnz.com as 342, so confirm before travelling; its Facebook page is linked from the latter.

  • Sikh

    Gurdwara Te Puke

    Address
    26 No 3 Road, Te Puke 3183 · Directions
    When
    No hours published — ring or ask before a first visit

    About 20 km from Tauranga; Te Ara lists Te Puke among the early gurdwara locations, and indiansinnz.com gives this address. No hours are published online.

  • Sikh

    Gurdwara Sri Guru Amardas Sahib Ji

    Address
    24 Ward Avenue, Fenton Park, Rotorua 3010 · Directions
    When
    No hours published — ring or ask before a first visit

    The Rotorua gurdwara, listed by Wikipedia and indiansinnz.com; no hours are published online.

Palmerston North

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Palmerston North has a gurdwara but no Hindu temple building we could confirm.

  • Sikh

    Gurdwara Shri Fateh Sahib (Palmerston North Sikh Society)

    Address
    444 Botanical Road, West End, Palmerston North 4412 · Directions
    When
    No hours published — ring or ask before a first visit

    The Palmerston North Sikh Society is a registered charity providing religious services, with its address on the Charities Register at 444 Botanical Road; World Gurudwaras and Wikipedia give Botanical Road without a number. No hours are published in the places we could read.

    Website

Dunedin

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Dunedin has a gurdwara but no Hindu temple that we could confirm.

  • Sikh

    Dunedin Gurdwara (Gurudwara Singh Sabha Trust)

    Address
    Forbury Park, Dunedin · Directions
    When
    Daily 06:00–08:00 and 18:00–20:00 (as reported in April 2025), with two volunteer priests present

    The Guru Granth Sahib was kept in a member’s home for many years before the community found a space at Forbury Park, reported in April 2025; everyone is welcome to worship, meditate or have a free meal. The Gurudwara Singh Sabha Trust was registered in December 2024 and publishes no street address — its Facebook group is the way to find the door.

Hawke’s Bay

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  • Sikh

    Gurdwara Sahib Hastings (NZ Sikh Society Hastings)

    Address
    402 Eastbourne Street East, Hastings 4122 · Directions
    When
    No hours published — ring or ask before a first visit

    The Charities Register lists the New Zealand Sikh Society (Hastings), also known as the Sikh Temple, at this address, with a purpose of maintaining Gurdwara Sahibs and running religious ceremonies for Sikhs in Hawke’s Bay. No hours are published online.

Also worth knowing

Visiting: take your shoes off at the door and dress modestly. In a gurdwara cover your head and sit on the floor; langar, the free vegetarian meal, is open to everyone who comes. Most temples open in a morning and an evening session with a gap between — the Gita Mandir in Kilbirnie is open 08:00–10:00 and 17:30–20:00, the Māngere Murugan temple 10:00–13:00 and 18:00–21:00 — so a midday visit often finds the doors closed. Hours change on festival days, so check the temple’s page the day before.

Diwali 2026 is on Sunday 8 November and is not a public holiday in New Zealand, so the celebrations fall on the weekends around it. The free BNZ Auckland Diwali Festival is on Aotea Square on Saturday 31 October and Sunday 1 November, 12pm to 9pm, with fireworks from about 8:50pm. Wellington’s free Diwali Festival of Lights is on Sunday 25 October, 2pm to 8:30pm, at TSB Arena and Shed 6 on the waterfront, with fireworks at 8:50pm, and the Dunedin Indian Association’s Diwali is on Sunday 1 November, 2pm to 8pm, at the Edgar Centre. ISKCON Kumeu offers deep daan daily at 07:15 and 19:15 from 27 October to 24 November. The temples’ own pujas, Annakut at the BAPS mandirs and Bandi Chhor Divas at the gurdwaras are announced by each place; when we read their sites on 23 October none of Bharatiya Mandir, the Māngere and Ōtāhuhu Murugan temples, the Onehunga Sai temple, the Henderson Ram Mandir or the Hanuman Mandir had posted a Diwali programme. Guru Nanak’s Gurpurab, around 24 November in 2026, is kept at every gurdwara with kirtan and langar.

Finding a pandit: for a house puja, naming ceremony or wedding, the Gita Mandir in Kilbirnie has a full-time pandit, the Shri Ram Mandir in Henderson takes pooja and hall bookings through its priest, and the Sri Ganesha Temple in Papakura hosts weddings. The Hindu Council of New Zealand (hcnz.org), whose other registered names include the Hindu Organisations Temples and Associations Forum, is the national body. Parking is published for few places: the Auckland Indian Association’s Mahatma Gandhi Centre says its halls have parking for up to 130 cars, and the Takanini gurdwara stands on 3.5 hectares. Elsewhere allow extra time on festival days.

Where the list is thin: Christchurch has one confirmed Hindu temple beside ISKCON, whose last coverage we found is from 2018; the Sri Ganesha Trust is planning a larger temple at Templeton, and until then worships at a home shrine, so no address is listed. Palmerston North and Dunedin have a gurdwara and no Hindu temple building we could confirm: the Manawatu Hindu Society aims to build one, and a Krishanbalram Mandir Dunedin Charitable Trust was registered in November 2024. BAPS also has a mandir in Rotorua, but we could not find an address for it.

Not listed because we could not confirm them from more than one listing or from a page of their own: Shiv Mandir in Manurewa, Shree Ambe Maa Mandir in Avondale, the Ram Krishn Mandir and Vishwa Shanti Ashram in Papatoetoe, ISKCON Panmure, the Thiru Murugan temple in Mount Wellington, the Ramakrishna Vedanta Centre at 27 Arawa Street in New Lynn (which publishes online satsangs rather than visiting hours), the Ravidass gurdwara in Hastings, the Whangārei gurdwara, a second Palmerston North address at 7 Amesbury Street and the Linwood gurdwara in Christchurch. We found no Jain temple building. Several gurdwara addresses above come from community directories rather than the gurdwara’s own site, so ring or check the Facebook page before you travel.

Questions people ask

Where is the biggest gurdwara in New Zealand?
Gurdwara Sri Kalgidhar Sahib, the Takanini Gurdwara, at 70 Takanini School Road, Takanini, Auckland. Run by the Supreme Sikh Society of New Zealand, it opened on 13 March 2005 and is the largest in the country; the site also holds a Sikh heritage school and a sports complex.
Which was the first purpose-built Hindu temple in New Zealand?
Bharatiya Mandir at 252–254 Balmoral Road, Mt Albert, Auckland: a dream from 1986, finished in June 1993. It has a library in Hindi, English and Gujarati and a hall for events.
Where are the Hindu temples in Wellington?
The Gita Mandir at 48 Kemp Street, Kilbirnie, open daily 08:00–10:00 and 17:30–20:00; the Kurinchi Kumaran Temple at 3 Batchelor Street, Newlands; the new BAPS mandir at 226 Cambridge Terrace, Naenae, consecrated in August 2025; and the Sri Venkateswara Swamy Temple at 25 Waiu Street, Wainuiomata. The gurdwara is at 4–10 Vogel Street, Naenae.
Is there a BAPS Swaminarayan temple in New Zealand?
Yes. BAPS has mandirs in Auckland (21 Barrhead Place, Avondale), Lower Hutt (226 Cambridge Terrace, Naenae), Hamilton (Pukete), Christchurch (19 Frank Street, Papanui) and Rotorua.
Is there an ISKCON temple in New Zealand?
ISKCON’s Auckland temple, Sri Sri Radha-Giridhari, is at 1229 Coatesville Riverhead Highway, Kumeu, and is open to the public free of charge. ISKCON Wellington’s temple closed in 2024 and a new one is being built in Petone; the Christchurch temple at Bealey Avenue was rebuilt in 2017.
Where are the gurdwaras in Auckland?
The largest is at Takanini; Papatoetoe has three, on Kolmar Road, Dunnotar Road and Shirley Road; there are others in Ōtāhuhu (Princes Street), Manurewa (Great South Road), Papakura, Dannemora, New Lynn and Hillcrest on the North Shore. The Auckland region had 28,401 Sikhs at the 2023 census.
Where are the Tamil and Murugan temples in Auckland?
The Thiru Subramaniyar Aalayam at 69 Tidal Road, Māngere (open seven days, 10:00–13:00 and 18:00–21:00), the New Zealand Thirumurugan Temple at 145 Church Street, Ōtāhuhu, and the Sri Ganesha Temple at 4 Dent Place, Papakura.
Is there a Hindu temple in Christchurch, Hamilton or Dunedin?
Hamilton has the Sri Balaji Temple at 2 Kent Street, Frankton, open seven days. Christchurch has a BAPS mandir at 19 Frank Street, Papanui, and an ISKCON temple on Bealey Avenue, with a larger temple planned at Templeton. We could not confirm a Hindu temple building in Dunedin, where the gurdwara at Forbury Park is open daily 06:00–08:00 and 18:00–20:00.
When is Diwali 2026 in New Zealand and where are the celebrations?
Diwali is on Sunday 8 November 2026. The free BNZ Auckland Diwali Festival is on Aotea Square on 31 October and 1 November, 12pm to 9pm; Wellington’s Festival of Lights is on Sunday 25 October at TSB Arena and Shed 6; Dunedin’s is on Sunday 1 November at the Edgar Centre. ISKCON Kumeu lights lamps daily from 27 October to 24 November.

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Checked on October 23, 2026. When a temple’s own page and this list disagree, the temple wins.

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