This coming week Anglican Church leaders and decision makers from across Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia will gather in Hastings for the Church’s biennial week-long wānanga and parliamentary forum known as General Synod Te Hīnota Whānui.
St Paul’s Cathedral Dunedin saw an influx of worshippers on Sunday 12 May as Anglicans and wellwishers turned out from across Otago and Southland to farewell and thank Bishop Steven Benford for his faithful service as Bishop of Dunedin over the last seven years.
Archbishop Sione Ulu'ilakepa and Archbishop Don Tamihere have been in Rome with thirty more Anglican Primates where they met together with the Archbishop of Canterbury and took part in a special audience with Pope Francis.
Two Mission Units in the Diocese of Wellington have welcomed former refugees to start new lives in their communities through the Community Organisation Refugee Sponsorship (CORS) scheme.
Hoani Tapu - St John’s Theological College has warmly welcomed the Reverend Dr Hirini Kaa as their new Manukura (Principal) with a pōhiri last Friday followed by a Eucharistic celebration where he was installed in the role.
The New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services (NZCCSS) has launched a groundbreaking new guide that centres on the needs and rights of children in middle childhood – those aged 5 - 12 years old.
Archbishop Sione Ulu’ilakepa and the Diocese of Polynesia have welcomed the twenty-member Executive of the Pacific Conference of Churches’ to Suva this April for their first meeting since elections at the 12th General Assembly in Noumea, Kanaky New Caledonia last November.
A recently released toolkit for Aotearoa New Zealand churches offers a first responder’s guide to accompanying survivors of sexual abuse.
Reverend Michael Hartfield and the team at Anglican Missions are sharing their humanitarian aid insights and prayers for the world with anyone who wants to log in to ‘Pray the news’.
