While you might be used to seeing George O’Donnell behind the sound desk at Wellington’s Cathedral of St Paul. He’s also a funeral director and has a passion for helping families navigate a meaningful and healing experience of fare-welling their loved ones.

Two days before we travelled to Fiji, Rev Sepi (Diocesan Registrar) humbly asked if I could bring any clergy shirts or vestments that were no longer needed by clergy or churches in our Diocese. 

You might be familiar with the work of Brooklyn Anglicans and our Two Todman community space. For the past three years, we’ve been reviving the Anglican presence in our neighbourhood through our central spot which includes a chapel, co-working office, community space, and thrift shop.

The spirit of the ever-expanding love of God was celebrated at St Peter’s on Willis in Te Aro Wellington on Sunday morning the 12th of March.

At a recent retreat for Tikanga Pakeha bishops, we were introduced to this poem. I shared it recently at Ministry Leaders’ Family Camp, and wanted to offer it again now for us all to reflect on as we enter the second half of Lent.

On Saturday, Anglicans from across the pacific gathered together in celebration to ordain and install the Most Rev Sione Uluilakepa as Bishop of Polynesia and welcome him as an Archbishop of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. Ven. Julie Rokotokala went to Fiji to represent us and she tells us about her time there.

Ministering from Weakness was the theme of this year’s Ministry Leaders Family Camp held on 10-12 March at El Rancho in Waikanae. Throughout the weekend we were stimulated, challenged and humbled by some powerful testimonies of God’s goodness in the midst of immense suffering.

The Northern AYM Games took place last Friday and Davis from our Palmerston North whānau tells us what went down.

As we approach ANZAC day, Rev Graham Conlon shares about the transformative work they have been doing with partners in the RSA.

Last weekend, a group of students gathered at Ngātiawa River Monastery to participate in an Old Testament Anglican Studies block weekend. Led by Dr. Don Moffat, the event was filled with various activities and engaging discussions.

AYM kicked off the year (pun intended) with the annual AYM Games. Five youth groups from the southern part of the diocese met in Upper Hutt to battle it out.

All Saints Hataitai-Kilbirnie has been looking for new ways to connect with the neighbourhood and communicate the gospel narrative, and they found a unique solution - street art!

Human trafficking today assumes many forms, is exacerbated by several factors including social and economic inequality, conflicts, and the climate crisis, and inordinately affects the most vulnerable whose desperation is often exploited.