Bishop Selwyn Chapel is a small yet significant addition to the Anglican Cathedral in Auckland, New Zealand. One of several church buildings situated on a prominent ridge, it sits alongside a finely detailed, gothic wood structure, St. Mary’s, that served as the principal Anglican church in New Zealand’s largest city from 1888 to 1973. On its north end, the chapel is attached to a monumental redbrick chancel, a major expansion dating to 1939. In the 1960s, another extension, signaled by a dramatically folded roof over a nave, was added. Then, in 2011, the diocese prepared a brief calling for a new space that could accommodate 100 people for worship, choral performances, and special events. Fearon Hay Architects, an Auckland-based firm, was selected as the architect for this latest addition, named for the first Anglican Bishop of New Zealand (from 1848–58), who was an important advocate for the rights of New Zealand’s indigenous people, the Maori.