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Barred from entry
Arcbhishop David and General Secretary Michael Hughes could only gaze through the chain link fencing at Holy Trinity Avonside.
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The challenge of freedom
"The freedom we have is to choose for those on the margins... Exercising that freedom is almost always challenging."
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The New Testament centres on one major theme: the peace and love of God.
Peace be with you.
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Victorian
Bishop Victoria walks past the blossoming Victoria Plum tree in the convent's enclosed garden.
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We are now one people
Paora Ropata, a Te Ati Awa elder, exchanges a hongi with Archbishop David Vunagi of Melanesia.
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Lifting the cup of salvation
Archbishop Brown - who has been ordained for 61 years - celebrates at the runanganui eucharist.
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Garden retreat
Sr Sandra and Bishop Victoria in the enclosed convent garden. The nuns have moved into modern retreat buildings at right.
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Chairman's remarks
The Rev Jim White, Dean of the College of the Southern Cross, chaired the Saturday forum.
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Awaiting their cue
Radio New Zealand's Geoff Robinson hosting Morning Report from Greymouth the day before the Pike River anniversary service.
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Archbishop Ben shows his respect
Archbishop Ben Kwashi responds to the powhiri. In Nigeria, he explained, visitors show their respect by kneeling.
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Table of tribute
One of the younger brigade inspects the table of tributes to the miners.
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Young hopefuls
Hope, evidently, is not in short supply for these three as they wait for afternoon tea at the end of the service.
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Time to robe
Patrick Manning gets a hand to slip into his chorister's robe.
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Bernie and Marge
Bernie Monk, spokesman for the families of the lost miners, shares a relaxed moment after the service with the Rev Marge Tefft.
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"May our fists be open to all."
The Presiding Bishop preaches in Christchurch's first church.
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Kaiapoi crisis ministers
The Anglican team comparing Kaiapoi notes with a Salvation Army worker
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Leaders on the marae
Sir Paul at Owae Marae in Taranaki in March last year with the Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, and Bishop Philip Richardson.
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Peek from a Princess
Princess Rangimarie Takurua. Her mum, Koka Te Aweroa, is a Hukarere teacher - and you can see Huk tartan in the background.
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Morning Report Mora
Tim Mora responds to questions from Geoff Robinson.
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Lost in praise
A view of the gallery during evening worship at the Common Life Mission Conference.
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Major and Manning
Dame Malvina Major and Patrick Manning complete their Pie Jesu duet.
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Seekers for justice
Professor Whatarangi Winiata confers with Bishop John Gray on the wording of the resource-sharing motion.
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Haere, haere, haere...
A view of the tangata whenua paepae.
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Close conversations
Some of the folk who turned up for "A conversation with Bishop Katherine" at the Bishop's Centre, Te Hepara Pai, Christchurch.
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Honoured guest
The Rev Helen Roud greets a guest at one of St Chad's Linwood's regular Friday community lunches.
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Minister for a crisis
The Rev Jane Davison who is helping Rev Dr Geoff Howarth minister to the community in Kaiapoi for the next six weeks.
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Communicating
Bishop Katherine communicates with some of the Cathedral children.
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In herited responsibility?
Bishop Winston's father, Fine Halapua, was also a bishop. This shot is from his episcopal ordination in Tonga, in 1967.
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Granite and coal tribute
Greymouth's Anglican parishes are recognised for their service to their communities in the wake of the Pike River disaster.
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Tim Mora marks sad firsts
Archdeacon Tim Mora, who will MC the Pike River first anniversary service, being interviewed live on Morning Report.
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Icons of the Maori church
The worship at the hui was held in St Faith's, Ohinemutu (at right) - and delegates took their meals in Te Ao Marama, at left.
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Generating discussion - and questions
The Saturday forum broke into small groups for discussion, and the generation of further questions for Bishop Katharine.
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Engaging the questions
Bishop Katharine moved into the gathering to engage with her questioners.
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Playing his lament
Greymouth and Westland brass bands played before the service proper began.
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How great thou art...
Evening worship at the Common Life Mission conference.
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Briefing the bishop
Bishop Victoria and Kaiapoi clergy Geoff Howarth and Jane Davison are updated on civil defence.
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Small treasures
A couple of the younger members of the Holy Trinity Cathedral congregation greet their visitor.
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"A time to weep, a time to laugh..."
A lighthearted moment for Bishop Winston in the grounds of St John's College in Auckland.
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Dean Helen's question
The Rev Helen Jacobi, Dean of St John's Cathedral in the Diocese of Waiapu, puts a question to Bishop Katharine.
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Till death us do part
Michael Tamihere: going places in the worldwide Communion.
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Paora makes a point
Paora Ropata, a Te Ati Awa kaumatua, welcomes the conference delegates during the powhiri.
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Tim tells it straight
Tim Mora tells his hearers that there is a moral responsibility to see the trapped miners are returned to their families.
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New hole in cover
St John's Hororata – after the first quake, last September. Future quake cover for churches is increasingly hard to get.
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The Mora touch
After the memorial service, Tim Mora mingled with the crowd.
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In full cry
Archbishop Ben Kwashi preaching at the Common Life Mission Conference.
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Pane's perspective
Pane Kawhia, of Te Tai Rawhiti, who was chosen to preach the sermon at the runanganui Eucharist.
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Awaiting their cue
Radio New Zealand's Morning Report was broadcast live from Greymouth on the day before the Pike River anniversary service.
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Nunc Dimittis
Sister Sandra, CSN, outside the convent's condemned laundry block. Note the damage done by the fallen chimney.
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Rift in the road
Bishop Victoria and Archbishop David stand either side of the rift in the road outside Churchill Courts' aged care complex.
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To everything, there is a season...
Signs of life amid the mourning.
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Uncle Lucky
Uncle Lucky's whaikorero. He was one of the speakers for tangata whenua at the Common Life Mission Conference.
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Counting the beat
Junior chorister Benedict Sullivan rehearses before the memorial service.
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Miki's moment
Mrs Helen Gray presents Miki Thompson with a pounamu taonga in recognition of his service to Te Wai Pounamu.
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Lamps to their paths
In front of the stage was a black-draped table bearing 29 miners' helmets and lanterns - engraved with the names of the lost miners.
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'In the name of the One who died first...'
Archdeacon Richard Wallace prays the karakia to open the service, and he prays "in the name of the One who died first."
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Winston addresses the elders
Archbishop Winston Halapua responds to the tangata whenua welcome.
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Our 29
Mourners lined up to take a piece of coal and place it in the tray of the vintage Whippet truck - registration number: Our 29.
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On the night before he died...
The Bread of Life and the Cup of Salvation.
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Unruffled
Frazer Densem adjusts the ruff of Ben Johnson before the Cathedral Choir takes the stage.
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Rainbow waiata
Bishop Victoria Matthews and Archbishop John and Margaret Sentamu join the waiata team at Te Wai Pounamu.
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Herft in flight
The Most Rev Roger Herft, Archbishop of Perth and Metropolitan of the Province of Western Australia.
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Well protected
Archbishop John Sentamu with his "bodyguard" during the welcome to Te Wai Pounamu on Sunday.
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A message for this generation
Archbishop Roger Herft wove his address around a reflection on the modern memory stick - and the ancient Aboriginal message stick.
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Eye to eye
Archbishop Brown and the Rev Tom Poata, the Vicar of St Faith's, exchange a hongi after the special presentations.
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Robert's welcome
Robert Kereopa, the Chief Executive of the AMB, welcomes the delegates to the conference.
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Square-off
Backstage before the main event - and a couple of bantamweight choristers stage a mock square-off.
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Freedom from... and freedom for
Bishop Katherine preaches about the gift and responsibility of freedom in Christ.
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Evensong at St Michael's
Plenty turned up to hear Bishop Katharine preach the Evensong sermon at St Michael's and All Angels in Christchurch.
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"May we claim the freedom that is ours."
Bishop Katharine preached at Auckland's cathedral in the morning, and at Evensong at St Michael's in Christchurch.
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Memories
Mrs Doris Vercoe, widow of Archbishop Whakahuihui Vercoe, was acknowledged for her long service to Te Pihopatanga.
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Conversation with... or talking at?
Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori addresses the Canterbury Women's Club.
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Helping hands
Chorister Nathanael Wain holds still while his robe is adjusted.
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Food for the crisis
Bishop Victoria leads a prayer for the people of Kaiapoi.
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Geoff on the job
The Rev Dr Geoff Howarth, second from right, was installed as Vicar of St Bartholomew's five days before the quake ravaged Kaiapoi.
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His daily bread
Chorister Patrick Manning fortifies himself for the feature duet, "Pie Jesu", with Dame Malvina Major.
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Bishop Philip rejects charge
Philip Richardson, Bishop of Taranaki.
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Her blessing
Bishop Katharine pronounces the blessing after yesterday's Eucharist.
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Shifting the burden
The mourners were invited to take a piece of coal and place it in the old pickup truck - as a symbol of shifting their burden of grief.
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Winston weighs the future
Bishop Winston listens to the formal announcement, at the General Synod in May this year, of his election as Bishop of Polynesia.
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Festooned for a welcome
Refreshments at St Michael's after Evensong, in a hall festooned for the occasion.
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The host, Bishop John Gray
"Bishop Katharine," quipped Pihopa John Gray, "is the most exciting visitor we've had in Christchurch since the Beatles!"
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The Presiding Bishop responds
Bishop Katharine engages with her Kiwi audience.
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Acceptable gift
"I have nothing to give you, Jesus. Only my heart." Helen Roud celebrates the Eucharist at St Chad's, Linwood.
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Catholic bishop dies
Bishop Emeritus of the Catholic Diocese of Christchurch, John Cunneen, 78, who has died after a long illness.
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Almost ready
Now this hooks on to that, and the other tucks in here... Chorister William Pegg dresses for the memorial service.
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Little trouper
No stagefright evident here: Chorister Nathanael Wain before the memorial service.
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Christchurch offers civic welcome
Archbishop John Sentamu, Dean Peter Beck and Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker.
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Crisis and opportunity
Bishops David and Victoria discuss options for housing the Community of the Sacred Name. The white structure is a lift tower.
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"A living hope..."
Jay Behan preaching on hope to the St Stephen's congregation.
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Original sin? or Original blessing?
Meditate on this: "You are my beloved, with whom I am well pleased..."
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Cardinal error?
rdinal Kasper: 'When you arrive at Heathrow you think at times that you've landed in a Third World country.'
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People's warden
Peter van Kuijk is a warden at St Bartholomew's Kaiapoi. He's a local dentist, his surgery is off limits - and he's a crisis worker.
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Requiem for a bishop
Closing procession during the requiem mass for Bishop John Cunneen in St Mary's Catholic Church, Christchurch.
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Heading for the stage
Chris Oldham, the ChristChurch Cathedral Administrator, leads the choir onto Hagley Park.
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The Lord bless you and keep you...
The ChristChurch Cathedral Choir sings the final blessing.
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Greetings, in the name of the Lord
Bishop Katharine greets one of the long line of wellwishers after yesterday's Eucharist at Auckland's Holy Trinity Cathedral.
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Condemned quarters
The bishops consider the condemned two-storey brick building where the six sisters at the CSN had lived.
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Sign of the times
These signs are sprouting outside Anglican churches throughout Christchurch.
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Poroporoaki
Archbishop Brown Turei farewells his friends at the poroporoaki for the 2011 Runanganui.
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Michael's mission
General Secretary Michael Hughes amid the rubble of the chapel at Churchill Courts in the suburb of Shirley.
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"To God, be Glory for ever!"
Bishop Winston leads the congregation at Auckland's Holy Trinity Cathedral in singing The Gloria.
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Sonny and Dr John
Sonny Melbourne (left) and Dr John Tamahori chat during the break between the two powhiri at the Common Life Mission Conference.
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Jenny's view
Dr Jenny Te Paa, Te Ahorangi (dean) o Te Rau Kahikatea, the Maori theological college at St John's, speaking about the covenant.
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Reporting Robin
Archdeacon Robin Kingston, who chaired the organising committee, briefs reporters in the grandstand where the service was held.
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Student shovel brigade
Bishop Victoria thanks one of the dozens of students who've turned out to help Kaiapoi in its days of crisis.
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Quake casualty
St John's in Latimer Square.
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Pitch perfect
Jeremy Woodside, the Acting Director of Music at ChristChurch Cathedral, rehearsing the junior choristers at Christ's College.
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Sound of silence
The granite stone memorial for the Pike River mine disaster victims. Photo/Iain McGregor for the Press
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Te Wai Pounamu welcome
The Archbishop of York is flanked by bishops at the start of the welcome to Te Wai Pounamu on Sunday.
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Reflecting on the meanings
Bishop Katharine at the Canterbury Women's Club.
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Kaiapoi crisis
Bishop Victoria at the Kaiapoi Civil Defence HQ - which has been set up in the Kaiapoi Rugby Club rooms.
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There is an end in sight...
The Rev Jay Behan, Vicar of St Stephen's Shirley, preaching on hope to his congregation, which is meeting in a borrowed church.
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Jolyon White: a voice for social justice
Remember those who were already homeless before the quake struck, says Jolyon White, the diocesan social justice enabler.
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Broken for you...
Bishop Katharine serves the Host at yesterday's Eucharist at the Parnell cathedral.
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The Lutherans lend a hand
St Stephen's Shirley was heavily damaged in the Feb 22 quake - and the congregation now meets at St Paul's Lutheran in Burwood.
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The Cathedral's preacher
Bishop Katharine preaching at the morning Eucharist at Holy Trinity Cathedral in Auckland.
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It hurts here
Ben Hutana gives the mihi. He then said: 'We want our boys back.' To which someone in the crowd responded: 'Everyone of them!'
