The Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia has passed a Bill to strengthen reporting on clergy and lay leaders' fitness for ministry before they move from one place to the next.
Hoani Tapu - St John's Theological College has reported major changes over 2025 - 2026, including a big increase in its overall student cohort, with significantly more students from Tikanga Māori taking up the College's programmes.
The Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia has passed a motion opposing the ideologies of Christian Zionism and Antisemitism, highlighting the violence and injustice enacted by people holding these extremist attitudes.
• Religious takes on Macklemore–Sheeran: Peace, Zionism, Antisemitism
Leaders of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia have moved to prioritise oceanic health in the Anglican Church's mission to care for Creation.
Anglican delegates meeting in Nuka'alofa have received a powerful challenge to see the world from the perspective of oceans – as the vastest realm on earth that God filled with life and declared as good.
The Anglican Church General Synod Te Hīnota Whānui meeting in Nuku'alofa this August has passed a Bill (#11) to refine this Church's canons governing conduct in ministry. Changes introduced in the Bill return minor and pastoral complaints to management by licensing bishops, enabling Ministry Standards Commission investigations to focus on allegations of misconduct.
Thirteen General Synod Te Hīnota Whānui 2026 delegates have returned safely home to Aotearoa following a whale-watching excursion in Tonga on 21 August 2026, when the vessel they were travelling on took on water while refuelling and partially sank with delegates still on board.
The 67th General Synod Te Hīnota Whānui has passed an historic Bill empowering Te Pīhopatanga o Aotearoa to exercise tino rangatiratanga over the St John's College Trust Board education fund distributions.
• Bishop John Bluck reflects on Anglicans and Te Tiriti 1992 - 2026
The 67th General Synod Te Hīnota Whānui opened its first full day of business this Monday 17th August with a full Synod talanoa on the issue of resource inequity across the Tikanga of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand Polynesia.
