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Conch blown to signal the end of violence in families.

Conch blown to signal the end of violence in families.

International Anglican Family Network Oceania Consultation on ‘Violence and the Family’
Lower Hutt, Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand - 27 October to Sunday 31 October 2010

16 November 2010

Aotearoa, New Zealand & Polynesia diocese gives $120,000 for Haiti

Aotearoa, New Zealand & Polynesia diocese gives $120,000 for Haiti

Anglicans in quake-ravaged Canterbury have given $120,000 for the relief effort in Haiti. This gift – an expression of “thanks and praise” – was announced by Bishop Victoria Matthews midway through the Diocesan Synod at Riccarton Park yesterday (October 30)

31 October 2010

Frontline Anglican family workers head to New Zealand

Frontline Anglican family workers head to New Zealand

Frontline Anglican family workers from throughout the South Pacific will soon gather in Lower Hutt with other church movers and shakers to plan new ways to counter family violence in our region.

14 October 2010

New Zealand: Bishop seeks $100,000 for Haiti relief

New Zealand: Bishop seeks $100,000 for Haiti relief

Canterbury Anglicans are being asked to give at least $100,000 for quake relief in Haiti.

30 September 2010

Confronting family violence

Confronting family violence

Frontline Anglican family workers from throughout the South Pacific will soon gather in Lower Hutt with movers and shakers within the Church to plan new ways to counter family violence in our region.

30 September 2010

Polynesia hears the voice of youth

Polynesia hears the voice of youth

Extracts from the sermon by Sepiuta Hala'api'api', youth coordinator for the Diocese of Polynesia, at Bishop Winston Halapua's service of installation held at Holy Trinity Cathedral, Suva, Fiji, early August.

27 September 2010

Environment in the Spotlight at Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia General Synod

Environment in the Spotlight at Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia General Synod

The environment - and the responsibilities of Christians for its wellbeing - came into sharper focus at May 2010 General Synod

17 June 2010

Winston Halapua becomes third Archbishop

Winston Halapua becomes third Archbishop

At 10.45am on the 12th May Archbishop Brown Turei declared that Bishop Winston Halapua had been elected as the new Bishop of Polynesia – and therefore, as one of the three Archbishops of the Anglican Church of Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia.

18 May 2010

New Bishop in Auckland

New Bishop in Auckland

Representatives from throughout the Anglican Church of Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia will gather this Saturday for the ordination and installation of the Very Rev Ross Bay as the 11th Bishop of Auckland. The service begins at 1pm in the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Parnell, Auckland.

16 April 2010

Archbishop Jabez Bryce Bishop of the Diocese of Polynesia has died in Suva

Archbishop Jabez Bryce Bishop of the Diocese of Polynesia has died in Suva

Archbishop Bryce, who was 75, had led the Diocese of Polynesia for almost 35 years – and he was, at time of his death, the longest-serving bishop in the worldwide Anglican Communion. 

15 February 2010