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General Synod heads to Tonga

The Diocese of Polynesia will host the General Synod Te Hīnota Whānui in Nuku’alofa, Tonga this 15-21 August as it meets for the two-yearly governing meeting of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia.

Cathedral hosts climate strike

St Paul's Cathedral Dunedin stepped up to welcome last Friday's 'School Strike for Climate' after Anglican students on the organising team saw storm clouds on the horizon.
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Prayers gather Christ's body

Christchurch-based Anglican liturgical scholar the Reverend Bosco Peters has released free digital copies of his 'Book of Prayers in Common' which offers trinitarian collects for a full liturgical year. 

ACC offers a taste of unity

The Reverend Wendy Scott reports on the Anglican Consultative Council meeting (ACC-19), Belfast, in Northern Ireland this July.

Youth leaders lock in skills

Fifteen professional workshops and talks made for a high-quality youth ministry training intensive at The Abbey again this year, with around 150 people joining the programme on site at Living Springs Christian Camp in Governor's Bay, near Christchurch.

Project honours Benji Hartfield

Anglican Missions has established a new project in memory of the late Benji Hartfield that will help disabled children in Western Uganda express themselves through visual arts. The new Creative Arts Programme honours the life and creativity of Benji Hartfield, who died unexpectedly in January this year aged 26. 

The Abbey opens up to 'presence'

More than a hundred young Anglicans and youth leaders from across the Aotearoa New Zealand Anglican Dioceses gathered at Living Springs Christian Camp in Governor's Bay last night to launch this year's youth ministry training conference, 'The Abbey'.

Indigenous Anglicans back Navajoland

Indigenous Anglican leaders from four provinces of the Anglican Communion have issued a joint statement of support for the Episcopal Church in Navajoland (TEC), after the second postponement of the election of its first Bishop Diocesan. 

Polynesia centres healing addiction

This July the Diocese of Polynesia is focusing its annual month of daily Bible study, prayer and reflection on the shared theme of healing drug addiction, as Pacific communities face the worrying presence of addictive drugs. 


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