With 43 members, it was clear that a more permanent base was needed, and a site in Moray Place.

[4] This structure is the southernmost permanent site, past or present, of a synagogue in the world.

[2] The new building, opened in 1881, was built almost directly across Moray Place from the first synagogue, and was designed by Louis Boldini with a facade ornamented by a series of Doric columns.

The current and third synagogue was erected in 1965 in Dunedin North, not far from the University of Otago.

As with its predecessors, it lays claim to being the world's southernmost permanent synagogue.