In 1980 , the cathedral organ was rebuilt and enlarged . It had been first installed in Old St Paul 's in 1877 as a two-manual tracker action instrument blown by water pressure . The console now has four manuals , 81 stops and there are some 3,500 pipes . The organ suffered " significant damage " after an earthquake in November 2016
an earthquake in November 2016
2016 Kaikoura earthquake
Wellington Cathedral of St Paul