Well friends, election season is over. Sort of. It was a bit of a damp squib of an election night for those of us who stayed up to watch.

Former St Augustine’s, Petone priest Jethro Day and whānau have moved to Canterbury, and the movement he leads has a new name. Salt & Light Collective, formerly Church Army New Zealand, is looking for people already reaching those who would never walk into a church.

A gift of more than $5000 from one parish to another draws inspiration from scripture.

Around 40 Anglican leaders spent two days in the Parish of Whanganui last week, hearing how a parish that once closed churches is now training and sending leaders for the diocese.

St Michael and All Angels in Newlands Paparārangi set up for about 100 guests at its light party. On a sunny Saturday evening, 350 people came through the doors in under two hours.

The historical narrative that surrounded the world in the last 30 years is bankrupt." On Petra Bagust's podcast Grey Areas, Archbishop Justin Duckworth calls climate change and AI spiritual crises at heart – and explains why he refuses both escapism and despair.

For two young men at Peninsula Parish in Miramar, the discipleship house has become a place to grow in faith, open the door to rangatahi, and learn what it means to live with Jesus at the centre.

When a family arriving in Wellington as former refugees opens the door of their new home for the first time, the first thing they see might be the cheerful face of a knitted monkey.

"It's really clear that God says we walk through the valley of the shadow of death. There's no escaping that in the psalm, but as we walk through the valley, we find still waters and green pastures. You have to go through the valley. There is no choice, but in the valley is the provision and the grace." - Bishop Justin Duckworth

On Saturday 17 October, Synod members, clergy and bishops of the Diocese of Wellington were welcomed onto Whakarongotai Marae in Waikanae by Ngāti Toa Rangatira and Ngā Uri o Wī Parata, the descendants of Wīremu Parata Te Kākākura Waipunaahau. The visit signified the beginnings of a fresh relationship with the Parata whānau and Ngāti Toa Rangatira.

As the sun set over Strathmore on Sunday 4 October, around 15 people gathered on the Kāinga Ora site on Nuku Street to pray for justice and hope.

How do you celebrate the life of someone who died 800 years ago and, yet, still influences the world today?

For more than a decade, St Christopher’s Tawa has hosted a children’s holiday programme during the first week of the September/October school holidays. This year, with the church building under reconstruction, the programme simply moved down the road.

Every year, the bishop(s), ministry coordinators, vicars and parish representatives from all over the diocese gather in one place for the weekend to do business. It’s called synod.

Christmas reminds us that God comes close, especially to those who are doing it tough. Jesus arrives in a humble home, surrounded not by wealth but by love. His birth tells us that God sees every struggle, every quiet worry, every parent doing their best.

Throughout our diocese, parish communities are rolling up their sleeves in a practical and vital way to help people enrol to vote.

Wellington's Anglican Cathedral of St Paul gathered two archbishops, front-line workers, and five election candidates to wrestle with a question the country keeps failing to answer: why, in a land with the resources to house everyone, are people dying on the streets without a home?

St Luke’s Greytown is preparing to celebrate a significant milestone, marking 150 years since the consecration of its original church building in 1876.

Synod reps are delegated by their parish to represent them at synod. They review and discuss matters with the rest of the members of synod and help make decisions accordingly.

The realities of rural ministry in Aotearoa New Zealand were reflected in conversations with church leaders from around the world when Reverend Alison Seifert attended the International Rural Churches Association (IRCA) Conference in Romania in July.