Around 65 people gathered at St John's Featherston on Sunday 4 August for the blessing of three new homes built on the parish's own land.

After seven years of pouring her whole, bubbly self into just about every corner of the Anglican Centre, Ella Brown is hanging up her many hats as Whānau Discipleship Enabler and heading off to a new chapter as school librarian at Wairarapa College.

What if we put on an 80s party for our neighbourhoods in the middle of Winter this year? It’s the gloomiest time of year and people need some fun and laughter – and what’s more fun than the 80s?!

After fifteen years at the Anglican Centre and nearly six years at the heart of the Bishops' Office, Paul Carey is stepping back from full-time ministry supporting Bishops Justin and Anashuya.

From 15 to 22 August, representatives from across the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia will gather in Tonga for the 67th General Synod Te Hīnota Whānui.

Parish administrators, treasurers and wardens from across the Diocese gathered at the Anglican Centre on 28 July for the annual Orientation Day, an opportunity to learn more about the people and resources that support parish life throughout the Diocese.

From 11.30am on Sunday 19 July until 2.30am on Thursday 23 July, 37 people from seven churches took turns reading every word of the Bible on the Cathedral steps. Together they covered all 88 hours, from Genesis to Revelation.

Leaving Well was a five-week community conversation series hosted by St Alban's Eastbourne throughout July. The series invited people from across the community to explore death and dying through kōrero, practical information, poetry, music, reflection and shared kai.

Held following Sunday morning’s service, the Joyrun involved up to 30 tamariki aged from age three to twelve (and a few enthusiastic adults).

For many delegates, what mattered most was not winning an argument but remaining connected. There was a genuine desire to stay together, even where deep disagreements remain. That commitment to relationship felt profoundly hopeful.

Hosted by Anglican Missions and made possible by Aotearoa Christians for Peace in Palestine, the Bearing Witness tour brought Dr. Lamma Mansour and Dr. Yousef Khoury to Wellington to share their stories and to invite us into a deeper conversation about what it means to follow Jesus in a broken world.

A Bishops’ Medal is awarded for a lay person’s long-standing, faithful service to a Parish, Mission Unit or to the Diocese at large. It is a way of honouring outstanding commitment to Christ and His Church.

Our Bishops’ Justin and Anashuya will make a combined oral submission on Tuesday night and earlier Common Grace Aotearoa will make theirs.

The Church of England's General Synod has voted to hear Palestinian Christian testimony on Gaza, as famine spreads across the Holy Land.

A contested debate in York, a worsening crisis on the ground, and one small Anglican hospital still treating the wounded.

Every year, up to 200 people arrive in Wellington as part of Aotearoa New Zealand’s official refugee quota programme. They come from many different countries and circumstances, and with the desire to build a new life in a safe community.

As Matariki and Puanga rise in the winter dawn sky, people across Aotearoa mark the Māori New Year.

Rise Up Camp is an annual AYM camp seeking to foster community and to dig deeper into faith post-Easter.

On Monday and Tuesday this week, more than 150 people from across Aotearoa gathered in central Wellington for Little Revolutions — two days of dreaming, wrestling, praying and imagining what it looks like to follow the revolutionary Jesus in this particular moment.

The poverty premium (or poverty penalty) is the concept that people on low incomes pay more for the same essential goods and services than those who are financially better off. It represents a monetary disadvantage where the lack of upfront capital or lower creditworthiness forces individuals into more expensive payment methods or higher-cost products.

The Anglican Diocese of Wellington mourns with the people of Ngāti Raukawa, as we honour of the passing of the Reverend Doctor Whatarangi Winiata.