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New Zealand Primate visits Myanmar's Family Gathering

Archbishop Philip Richardson, one of the Primates of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia with responsibility for the seven tikanga Pakeha Dioceses, called in at the third “Anglican Family Gathering” of the Church of the Province of Myanmar on his way to this week’s Primates Meeting.

11 January 2016

Schools Aspire to reach out to refugees

Students from Anglican schools throughout the province of Aotearoa, New Zealand & Polynesia have prayed through the night as part of a 24-hour vigil for the refugees streaming out from Syria across Europe, and into camps in Jordan and Lebanon.

16 October 2015

Oceania Anglican churches look to build regional cooperation for mission

Aotearoa, New Zealand & Polynesia Primate visit to Papua New Guinea ignites enthusiasm for missional collaboration

08 June 2015

NZ Anglican leaders say offensive T-shirt should trigger freedom debate

Archbishop Richardson: "There is a need for an urgent national conversation on how we celebrate and live respectfully with diversity.”

17 February 2015

ANZP Archbishops' call to prayer for Iraq

The Archbishops of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand & Polynesia have urged Anglicans in their province to pray this Sunday for Iraq

21 August 2014

ANZP: Same gender blessings, a way forward

Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia General Synod passes a resolution that will create a pathway towards the blessing of same-gender relationships, while upholding the traditional doctrine of marriage.

14 May 2014

NZ: Archbishop responds to census figures

The 2013  census on religious affiliation contains few surprises. Not even the decline in Anglican affiliation should catch us unawares.

19 December 2013