We are pleased to welcome Billy Rowe to the Archdeacons (AD) team, following her appointment from 1 February this year.
Little Revolutions returns to Wellington and Christchurch in June 2026
Common Grace Aotearoa invites you to join them in imagining a flourishing Aotearoa.
A traditional vaka named Uto ni Yalo — “Heart or Soul of the Spirit” — is carrying prayers, stories, and shared commitment across the waters of Fiji as part of the Sails 4 Hope programme, a faith-rooted response to the accelerating impacts of climate change across the Pacific.
Children and families from St Tom’s Anglican Church in Newtown spent the weekend in God’s creation, for its annual Rātapu Children’s Church tramp into the Orongorongo Valley.
EfM is a unique course of study, theological reflection, Christian formation and discipleship.
Each year, Vaughan Park Anglican Retreat & Conference Centre welcomes ministers, scholars, writers, artists, and researchers seeking dedicated time and space for theological study, reflection, writing, research, and creative work within a peaceful retreat environment overlooking Long Bay, Auckland.
Join a cohort of emerging leaders from across the globe to build skills, deepen faith, and strengthen the WDP movement for generations to come.
For 47 years EfM has been providing education for lay people (and some clergy) that makes a difference. Those who have completed our programme have a solid understanding of scripture, the story of the church in the last 2000 years and the skills to discern God’s presence in the everyday world around them.
It is with a heart of thanksgiving and praise that we announce the election of The Venerable Susan Wallace (Kai Tahu, Ngāti Whātua, Ngāti Wai) to be the new Bishop of Te Hui Amorangi ki Te Waipounamu.
As the third week of escalating conflict unfolds between Iran, Israel, and the United States, we are called to raise our voices in prayer for peace and safety for all of God’s children.
We celebrate and unequivocally support the Right Reverend and Right Honourable Dame Sarah Mullally DBE as the 106th Archbishop-designate of Canterbury.
As the anniversary of 7 October 2023 draws near, the present injustice must be seen in the light of a much longer history of fear, trauma, and violence.
The Bishops have accepted the resignation of Alison Stewart as Priest in Charge of the Parish of Rangitikei.
Canon Precentor at the Wellington Cathedral of St Paul, Sue Paton, has resigned to take up the role of Vicar of Temuka-Te Ngawai Parish.
The Bishops have accepted the resignation of Jethro Day as Vicar of the Parish of Petone.
The Bishops have accepted the resignation of John Loong as Priest in Charge of the Parish of Wadestown.
His final day will be Saturday 14 March 2026.
Bishops Justin and Anashuya ask us to join in prayer for the friends and family of Reverend John Terris who passed away this week.
The Bishops have accepted the resignation of Hennie and Sarah Nothnagel as Priests in Charge of the Parish of St Mark’s Carterton, and Epiphany, Masterton.
The Bishops have accepted the resignation of Andrew and Emily Spence as Co-Vicars of the Parish of Miramar-Seatoun-Strathmore.
The story of faith has always been one embedded in difficult and desperate situations and in the face of oppression and empire – whether that’s Egypt, Assyria, Greeks, or Romans – yet in the end, the seed of love always continues. Seeing that God seems to be present to work again and again across history is something we can hold onto in the face of overwhelming challenges.
As we consider our calling as a transformative movement of local faith communities, how are we forming ourselves as people with spiritual disciplines that help us thrive?
We do not need to be afraid. God is faithful. God goes ahead of us. If we have faith to believe that to be true, then we will faithfully seek where God is already at work.
I can see that we as humanity tend to follow at least one of three coping mechanisms or behavioural responses when faced with an engulfing tide of threatening or disturbing events.
The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel (which means “God with us”).
Matthew 1.23
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.”
Bishop Justin encourages us to attend the the Leading your Church into Growth hui on 17-19 October.
