It was a stifling hot afternoon to be packing out Whanganui's oldest public building - St Peter's in Gonville - for the ordination to the priesthood of Rev Robyn Moses and Revs Luca and Sam Tovey Duckworth on Saturday. 

As we enter this time of Advent we continue to pray for the people of Israel and Palestine.

This Advent, while we are busy with our services of worship and celebration, let us also remember Christ’s call to help and care for the least, the last and the lost.  

On Sunday we celebrated the ordination to the Priesthood of Rev Jessie Thornton Black, Rev Heidi Nayak and Rev Lynda Whitwell in their local context.

The rain came down but that didn’t dampen the warm atmosphere as Bishop Justin ordained seven Transitional Deacons to a full house in the Wellington Cathedral of St Paul.

Here at St Mary Magdalene in the Parish of Pohangina in Ashhurst we are on a restore and rebuild journey with God as our partner and at our side every step we have made. 

We celebrate the achievements of those in our Diocese who received valedictory awards at St John’s Theological College in Auckland.

Nikki and Scott Wheeler and their family are NZCMS mission partners in Kapuna, Papua New Guinea. Read Nikki’s update about how life has been going for them recently and their next steps. 

We celebrated at the Wellington Cathedral on Sunday as Murray Edridge became the first of our Priests to be ordained this year.

Come down to Southern Cross Garden Bar at 3pm-9pm this coming Sunday to support the work of the Free Store, and enjoy an afternoon of music, food and fun!

Supporters of Common Grace Aotearoa recently gathered at Ngatiawa River Monastery to learn how better to be a just church – in our country and the world.

It was a happy occasion at the Wellington Cathedral of St Paul, Sunday afternoon, as The Very Reverend Katie Lawrence was installed as the ninth Dean of Wellington.

I had a moment last month where my past caught up with me. I walked into Thorndon New World and saw an elderly gentleman. I thought “I know who you are, but it can’t possibly be you.”

Last Saturday, Brooklyn Anglicans revived the Brooklyn Twilight Festival for the first time since 2009. 

At the 2023 Synod in Masterton, one of the "missional bites" offered a wine tasting with 27seconds wine.

Rev Chris Frazer, Deacon for Social Justice at the Wellington Cathedral of St Paul, shares a reflection on the pressures low income families in our community are facing, and a way we can support them this Christmas.

A group of current and former Godly Administration Discipleship Group participants recently had a day retreat at Raumati Beach Church.  

How do churches engage with cultural traditions that don’t sit with who they are? This is something Lyall Bay Community Church thought about this year as they approached Halloween.

The Anglican and Catholic Bishops of Aotearoa New Zealand have released a joint statement on the Israel-Palestine conflict.

We’re excited to launch the Common Good Coffee Truck in Wellington City this week.