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Council calls for demolition pause

The Christchurch City Council has asked for an "immediate pause" in the demolition of ChristChurch Cathedral.

Making youth proud to be Anglican

The driving force behind Anglican youth ministry in Christchurch has been recruited to lead youth work throughout New Zealand.

Dramatic chapel for Holy Trinity

The winning design for a dramatic new chapel for Auckland’s Holy Trinity Cathedral has been hailed as “this generation’s contribution to the cathedral.”

• $10m facelift to remove corrugated iron

Dreadlocked bishop for Wellington

The new Anglican Bishop of Wellington has been announced - and he may be the least likely-looking bishop ever elected in New Zealand.

• Unlikely Saint - a parishioner's poem

• Kevin Milne chats to Paul Holmes about hippies...

• NZ Herald Saturday feature by Catherine Masters

• Taonga magazine story on Urban Vision

• Not your ordinary bishop - the Campbell Live report

• The DomPost piece on Justin

• The New Zealand Herald report

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Notre-Dame comes to Auckland

The sounds of Notre-Dame de Paris will be evoked in Auckland's Holy Trinity Cathedral during May and June.

Christchurch rejects Covenant

Clergy in the Diocese of Christchurch vote no to the proposed Anglican Covenant.

First sod turned for Transitional Cathedral

Japanese architect Shigeru Ban flies in to turn the first sod for Christchurch's Transitional Cathedral.

• Restore Cathedral group meets Bishop Victoria

• Cera releases file on the cathedral

• Brownlee tells church to release cathedral advice

• Symbols of a feathered kind

• Watch a video of the tower demolition

• Cera shadow hangs over cathedral

• Diocese promises 'comprehensive dialogue'

• Historic Places Trust calls for 'immediate pause'

Interim cathedral gets go-ahead

A Transitional Cathedral for Christchurch – designed by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban – will be built in Latimer Square by Christmas.

• Our bishops peer into the abyss

• Tower set to go next week

• New and a memory of the old

• Former dean hails cardboard cathedral

• Ongoing grant sought from council

Churches back cathedral decision

Canterbury church leaders support the decision to deconstruct ChristChurch Cathedral.

• Deacon Katrina is a Kiwibank Local Hero

• Mixed reaction to Donnithorne design

• View Christchurch before and after the quakes

Cranes poised to remove heritage items

Cranes are poised to remove stained-glass windows and other heritage items from ChristChurch Cathedral.

• Press report and pictures

• Church insurer may favour cash payouts

• World's third most costly disaster

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Lyttelton landmark damaged

Holy Trinity Lyttelton was built in 1860 and is the oldest stone church in Canterbury. It's now out of action until Christmas.
Wellington parties on despite the rain

Despite the rain, people still had to eat during Wellington's sesqui.
Through a glass brightly

The upper part of the new stained-glass window at Christ Church Pukehou
Jenny leaving church

The pallbearers - with Jenny's son James at the rear - bear Jenny through the old St Peter's church graveyard to the hearse.
Symbol of fidelity

The Bishop's ring was once used to seal his correspondence. It is now a sign of his betrothal to the church.
Ready to move out

Tim Harris (in the red fleece jacket ) in March 2009. He accompanied +Richard Ellena on the last leg of his walk around the diocese.
Selwyn Foundation generosity

+Victoria thanks the Board. Duncan Macdonald, CEO, is leaning forward, next to Dr Kay Hawke, Chair of the Selwyn Foundation.
Cup of tea, anyone?

You're all welcome! The Bishop invites his diocesan family to his home for a celebration Sunday afternoon tea.
Terry's turn

Terry Stringer, the Mountain Fountain sculptor, reflecting on the meaning of his work.
'Lift up your hearts!'

Dean Peter Beck leads the Great Thanksgiving during the Sunday morning open-air Eucharist in Cathedral Square.
New colleagues in episcopal ministry

Bishop Victoria Matthews alongside Bishop John Gray prior to her installation in Christchurch.
Episcopal seal

Wellington's new Anglican Bishop, Justin Duckworth, signs his formal acceptance of his new task.
Waiting to fall

Close up of the damage above the portico of the Oxford St Baptist Church
Into the breach

ChristChurch Cathedral's retrieval team poses for a quick photo before venturing into the rubble.
Fountain of living water...

Bishop Ross Bay blesses the crowd - after speaking of the fountain of living water that springs up to eternal life.
Moment of Grace

Bishop Muru Walters reflects, while Archbishop Brown Turei serves the chalice to Bishop Ngarahu Katene.
Lifting the tapu

Dean Peter Beck tells the outdoor congregation that the service will "lift the tapu" on the cathedral.
Open air blessing

Bishop Victoria, seen here at the deconsecration of her Cathedral, says all Christchurch Christmas services are to be held outdoors.
The anointing

March 2010: Jamie Allen, centre, watches as Archbishop John Sentamu installs Philip Richardson as the first Bishop of Taranaki.
No visitors please

The Cathedral's Visitors' Centre is strewn with rubble.
Copts bearing gifts

Fr Bishoy Mekhaiel and his flock from St Mark's Coptic Church - who, for many years, had met in Jim's old church in Ponsonby.
Renewing their commitment to ministry

The Bishops of Auckland and Te Tai Tokerau lead their clergy through the renewal of their vows.
Family gift

The Bishop's mitre was designed and made by his sister, Valerie Swatridge, of Nelson.
Before the dozer rumbles in

Bishop Victoria prays for the Churchill Courts' chapel to be deconsecrated.
Pihopa Hemi

Archdeacon Turi Hollis greets Bishop Jim - and that's their campus colleague Fr George Al-Kopti waiting in the background.
Musical signature

The Waiapu Cathedral Choristers sing at the signing of the organ contract.
Into the depths

A group of our high-flying bishops peer into the ruined depths of ChristChurch Cathedral.
Reverence

Making her communion.
Bishop-elect

Bishop-elect Ross Bay.
The shepherd's crook

Bishop John considers his crozier, or bishop's staff.
Blessing

Dunedin's new Bishop bestows his blessing on the cathedral congregation.
Wellwishers all

Some of the wellwishers who turned up at Parnell's Cathedral for the 'first nail' ceremony on Saturday.
Oboe expert

Russel Walder accompanied Whirimako Black with his oboe.
Solo for his mum

Jenny's son James Harrison singing Ombra mai fu, from Handel's Xerxes - just as he'd done at Jenny and John's wedding.
The Turn of the Tide?

Alan Firth, a layman from St John's Roslyn, preached the ordination sermon.
Dean Jo's response

Dean Jo Kelly-Moore responds to the speeches of welcome.
Selwyns to be honoured

George and Sarah Selwyn: next year marks the bicentenary of their births.
Allan's latest legacy

Bishop Ross Bay commends Allan Davidson, the editor of Living Legacy, for his labours.
Auckland's new Dean

The Rev'd Jo Kelly-Moore, who is to become Auckland's new Dean. This photo was taken during last month's General Synod.
Past connections

Bishop Victoria chat with Mrs Reena Thompson, a Churchill Courts resident whose husband Roger was a well-known vicar in the diocese.
Tools of office

Preacher Jim White hands the new bishop two essential tools of office: a basin and towel.
Greetings from your tikanga partners

Bishop Kito Pikaahu brought Jo greetings on behalf of the tikanga partners - and bestowed his blessing at the end of the service.
Bishop-elect Tim bound for Adelaide

The Rev Dr Tim Harris, the Dean of Bishopdale Theological College - named as Adelaide's new Bishop for Mission and Evangelism.
John and Jenny

The Rev John McAlpine, with his late and much loved wife, the Rev Jenny Harrison.
The Lion, the Loaves and the Fishes

Wellington's sesqui crowd is entertained in the Loaves and Fishes.
Sacred art

Dean Ross at the recent blessing of the cathedral's new cast glass baptismal font. The artist, Ann Robinson, is at right.
The monsignor's message

Monsignor Bernard Kiely, who brought greetings on behalf of the wider church - and who shared a poignant personal story.
Waiting...

ChristChurch Cathedral awaits make-safe work and removal of artifacts. Photo/The Press
Prayer after Communion

"We give you thanks," prayed Bishop Ross, "for this foretaste of your glory..."
Invocation

"Send your Holy Spirit, that we who receive Christ's body, may indeed be the body of Christ..."
Body of Christ

Bathed in the light cast by the Cathedral's stained glass windows, Bishop Ross Bay distributes the communion.
Guard of honour

John McAlpine, Jenny's husband and co-vicar, leading the hearse, flanked by Anne Priestley and James Harrison, Jenny's son.
Farewell haka

Last evening, the four Anglican schools in Auckland gathered to farewell Bishop John and his wife Marion.
Chatting in Cathedral Square

Bishop Victoria chats with a colleague at her installation.
Mantle of leadership

Richard Ericksen, the cathedral's master of ceremonies, places the dean's new cope around Jo's shoulders.
Buckling under the strain

Northern transept wall of ChristChurch Cathedral, photographed on March 26.
Eyeing the city council

Dean Peter Beck who is stepping back from his cathedral job to seek a seat on the city council.
Think on these things

A young boy ponders the meaning of the Eucharist.
"We have been here 150 years"

Waiapu Youth Intern Saachi Kepa leads some young choristers in singing her tune: "We have been here 150 years."
Viewing the body

People line the public walkway into Cathedral Square to view the city's broken icon. Photo: Dean Kozanic of the Press
Coming down

St Luke's in the City is reduced to rubble. Photo: Stacy Squires
Bishop-elect

Justin Duckworth - the newly announced Anglican Bishop-elect of Wellington.
Tripping the light fantastic

Wellington's Anglican cathedral transformed into Fiat Lux - the cathedral's first-ever black-tie fundraising spring ball.
The holy gospel is written in Mark...

Sarah Riley-Curtis of Dannevirke reads the gospel (Mark 1: 21 - 39) for Waiapu's 150th anniversary service at Pukehou.
Jim White: priest, scholar, bishop

The Rev Canon Jim White, who will leave St John's College at the end of the year to take up his new post.
Exposed to the elements

Aerial view of ChristChurch Cathedral. The nave roof appears close to collapse.
'Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth...'

"Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth..." Lay Canon Yvonne Densem reads the second lesson, from Revelation 21.
Phil Trotter - leader of young people

Phil Trotter is the new Youth Advisor for the New Zealand dioceses.
Shared moments

Mrs Clemency Wright, Bridget, Catherine and Scott Murray, Bridget's husband.
Dean Jo's welcome

Dean Jo Kelly-Moore welcomes folk to the Mountain Fountain dedication.
The divine art of cardboard

Japanese architect Shigeru Ban with a slide of his cardboard cathedral. Photo: The Press
Waiapu's past and present

Bishop David Rice and Sir Paul Reeves catch up at Waiapu's 150th celebrations.
Candle in the dark

Kevin Rudd lights a candle for victims of the Christchurch quake. Looking on are Bishop Victoria and Father Peter Williams.
Students rally

Students help to clear a Christchurch street. Picture, Mark Mitchell in the NZ Herald.
Christchurch breaks out the incense

Bells and smoke for the installation of Bishop Victoria Matthews in Christchurch.
On a mission to parents

Gendy Thomson, Wellington's Archdeacon for Young People.
Making her promises

Dean Jo Kelly-Moore recites her vows last night to her Bishop, the Rt Rev Ross Bay.
Bishop Ross fronts up on the forecourt

King's College pupils perform a haka at the conclusion of the Auckland episcopal ordination. Picture, Simon Woolf.
St John's Latimer Square

St John's Latimer Square, close to the centre of the city, has sustained major damage.
Blessing remains

Bishop Victoria Matthews pronounces her blessing after the deconsecration service.
I will

Dean Jo makes her vows before her Bishop, Ross Bay.
Campus colleagues

Tena koe, Pihopa Hemi: Turi Hollis and Jim White, colleagues at St John's College. Jim was a dean, and Turi is doing his doctorate.
Post-mortem

Bishop Victoria and Mayor Bob Parker reflect on the grim fate of the cathedral. Photo: The Press
The law and the prophet

It's a fair cop: Anne Knox with Bishop Philip Richardson. Photo: Andy Jackson of Fairfax Media.
Susan has a new mission

Susan Blakie, who succeeds Des Britten as Wellington's city missioner. Photo: Jacob McSweeny
Driving force

Bishop John Paterson, the driving force behind the history, seen here with Adrienne Puckey, Margaret McLure and Allan Davidson.
Holy trinity?

The three serving Anglican bishops in the north: Bishop Jim, Bishop Kito Pikaahu (Tai Tokerau) and Ak diocesan Bishop Ross Bay.
Enter at your peril

Part of the front entrance to ChristChurch Cathedral. The veranda was Benjamin Mountfort's crowning addition.
Church of the city

Open-air service in Cathedral Square on Sunday morning. Around 500 people turned up.
Shedding new light on Waiapu

Pukehou's new stained-glass window is unveiled during Waiapu's 150th celebrations.
Crozier

The Bishop's new crozier was designed and carved by Hugh Prebble of Oamaru.
Quake aftermath

St Luke's in the City.
In communion with Alaska

Bishop Mark MacDonald (from Alaska) receives communion from Bishop Victoria.
Blessings flow

Archbishop Phillip Aspinall blesses Bishop Tom and Dwyllis Brown.
The Word from Waiapu

The Very Rev Helen Jacobi, Dean of Waiapu Cathedral, who preached the installation sermon.
David Rice is presented to the archbishops.

David Rice is presented to the archbishops.
Chasing the flow of cultural change

Bishop Graham Cray gives fresh impetus to mission during his presentation in St Christopher's, Avonhead, on Saturday.
On the tube

Johnny McFarlane, Project Manager for BECA, with one of the cardboard tubes that will form the cathedral walls.
Media scrum

Bishop Victoria Matthews and earthquake minister Gerry Brownlee face the media.
Selwyn's gift to Christchurch

Bishop Victoria acknowledges Dr Kay Hawke, chairperson of the Selwyn Foundation, who presented the $750,000 cheque.
Her Bishop's blessing

Bishop John blesses Mrs Betty Tevi, who is a cathedral parishioner.
Mourning a great New Zealander

Ed Hillary's funeral party leaves St Mary's, January 2008. Dean Ross is in the yellow cope, with head bowed.
For those in peril...

Royal New Zealand Navy sailors worshipping in Wellington Cathedral. Photo: Jay Berryman
Waipapa blessing

Kids from Parnell School and the Kathedral Kids splash water from the nearby Waipapa Stream, a place for early local baptisms.
Hukarere leads the prayers

A Hukarere College choir leads the Lord's Prayer during Waiapu's 150th celebrations at Pukehou.
Leaders

L-R: Canon Kenneth Kearon (who preached at Bishop John's final service) Archbishop Brown; Bishop John and Dean Ross Bay.
Radio with pictures

The Rev Gavin Yates - the famous kids' holiday programme radio announcer - and his wife Pauline pay tribute.
Their fine family

Bishop Jim with his extended family. Jane is beside him, next to their daughter Sophie. Samuel is at the back, far right.
Eucharist

The bishop serves communion.
Cutting response

Vandalised billboard outside St Matthew-in-the-City.
Quake destorys mortar

St Cuthbert's was built in 1862. The settlers carted rocks from the shores of Lyttelton Harbour and bound them with clay mortar.
His staff, set down

A solemn moment - Bishop John's staff, laid on the altar, ready for the next Bishop of Auckland.
President

Bishop John presided at last Sunday's Eucharist at Holy Trinity Cathedral, Parnell.
Old friends

Bishop Ben Te Haara, retired Pihopa o te Tai Tokerau, presented Bishop John with a carved tokotoko, or ceremonial walking stick.
Temporary space

Interior of the cardboard cathedral proposed for Christchurch.
Listening to the verdict

Bishop Victoria and Anglican Aged Care Director Alison Jephson listen as the structural engineer gives his verdict.
Outdoors services this Christmas

In the wake of the December 23 quakes, Bishop Victoria has announced that all Christchurch Christmas services are to be held outdoors.
The end is nigh

ChristChurch Cathedral – "a very dangerous building," says the bishop. Photo: John Kirk-Anderson/Fairfax NZ
Stepping down

Bishop George Connor on the steps of St Paul's Cathedral in Dunedin.
Bus-born witnesses

The first buses arrive for the deconsecration service.
New clamber zone

Kids clambering over the new feature in the Holy Trinity Cathedral forecourt.
The Invitation...

Bishop Ross Bay invites the congregation to make their Communion.
Defence force Anglican bishop

+Tom has been Bishop to the defence forces for 18 years. Here he is at the 2007 ordination of Rev Wayne Toleafoa, the navy chaplain.
An embrace as wide as the Tasman

Bishop Victoria embraces Archbishop Roger Herft from Perth.
Through a glass brightly

A reflective moment for Sir Paul Reeves during Waiapu's 150th anniversary service.
Getting the measure of his cathedral

Bishop David Rice surveys the interior of Waiapu Cathedral.
'Inherent simplicity and economy of means...'

Holy Trinity's new chapel will stand at the south end of the cathedral, beneath the rose window that looks south towards One Tree Hill.
Natural fit

Terry Stringer's Mountain Fountain, newly relocated to the forecourt of the Parnell cathedral, looks like it belongs there.
A time to smile...

Bishop George on the steps of his cathedral in Dunedin.
The three St John's deans

A summertime shot of the three deans at St John's College: From left - Frank Smith, Rangi Nicholson, and Jim White.
Now he's hooked on Waiapu

David Rice with a good catch from the Upper-Oreti River.
The French connection

Bishop Tom Brown (right) with Paul McIntosh after his deaconing in Paris.
Who wants to cut the cake?

Former mayor Roy McLennan delivers the sword to cut Nelson's birthday cake. Picture: Nelson Mail
Jenny's last journey

The hearse emerges from the honour guard, bound for the crematorium.
Momentum

Off to a flying start from the flanks of the Mountain Fountain.
Blest are the paw...

Nelson's Dean Nick Kirk blesses Fiona Saunders and Yuki. Photo: Patrick Hamilton.
Sad landmark

St John's Hororata, a landmark church about 45 minutes west of Christchurch, is one of the worst affected churches.
Precarious

The trifoil stained glass window above the altar at Holy Trinity Lyttelton - which is on the verge of falling out.
Taking up his cross

A pectoral cross is placed around the neck of Auckland's 11th bishop, Ross Bay. Picture, Simon Woolf.
Laying hands on Bishop Bear

Hannah Crosse from Weber presents Waiapu's Bishop Bear to Archbishop Brown Turei.
From on high

Archbishop David Moxon surveys the nave roof of ChristChurch Cathedral during a bishops' high-flying tour of the red zone.
Top scientist and Anglican

Professor John Morton in full flight during a field trip. He was regarded by many as New Zealand's greatest marine biologist.
Holy Trinity Avonside

Holy Trinity Avonside. The tops of the walls at both ends of this transept collapsed, showering rubble inside and outside the church.
Bishop-elect Ross Bay

Ross Bay, the newly elected Anglican Bishop of Auckland.
'Let us be a pilgrim people'

Bishop Victoria Matthews reflects during the deconsecration service. She challenged her listeners to be "a pilgrim people."
Check this out!

Check this out! A close-quarter inspection, once the fountain has started to flow.
Uninspiring

A crane nibbles at the tower of ChristChurch Cathedral. Photo: John Kirk-Anderson/The Press
His banner over us...

The group from St John's Roslyn escort their vicar, Kelvin Wright, the bishop-to-be, and his family into the cathedral
'Come Holy Ghost'

Wellington ordinands prostrate themselves as the Holy Spirit is invoked. Photo/Jay Berryman
His opening act

Auckland's new Bishop knocks on the cathedral door.
Whirimako sings

Whirimako Black, renowned soul diva, singing in the cathedral after the dedication.
Holy Trinity Avonside

Rubble and upended prayer kneelers near the organ loft at Holy Trinity Avonside.
No way

Looking west. The cathedral's main doors are submerged in rubble from the Rose Window.
Sure to rise

James Boussy (left) and James Glucksman with their gingerbread ChristChurch Cathedral. Photo/The Press
The authors

The ten authors who contribued chapters to Living Legacy, the new released hisotry of the Diocese of Auckland.
Sad end

The excavator drags the fallen bricks of the Churchill Courts chapel into a pile, ready to be carted away.
Turning her back on the rubble

Jenni Carter, vicar of St John's Hororata.
Damage done at Hororata

The tower at St John's Hororata has partially collapsed, puncturing the church roof.
Apostolic succession

The moment of ordination: the Archbishops and Bishops lay their hands on the candidate.
Signing the contract

John Hargreaves, South Island Organ Company; Diocesan Registrar Cliff Houston; and Hilton Verry, chair of Diocesan Trustees.
Pakuranga greets you

The Rev Lucy Nguyen, Vicar of St Peter's Pakuranga, greets the new bishop. Lucy is a St John's College graduate.
Affirmation

Well done, Bishop.
Family celebration

Catherine and Bridget with their mum and dad, Clemency and Kelvin Wright.
Contour-check

The kids check out the contours of the 'new' sculpture.
Close-up on a legacy

Chris Honore and Allan Davidson holding their copies of Living Legacy, the new Auckland diocesan history.
Dean Helen-Ann

The Rev Dr Helen-Ann Hartley, who has been chosen as the new Dean of Tikanga Pakeha at St John's College.
Earthquakes strike, but games go on

Bishop Victoria watches while a spirited game of indoor bowls is in progress.
Kitted up ready to climb

Bishop Bay, kitted up and ready to climb the 28 levels of the Queen St BNZ tower.
549 steps later...

Bishop Ross and his fire police brigade team at the top of the 28 level BNZ tower
The end is nigh

Another view of the eastern end of the Churchill Courts chapel. The entire chapel has now been demolished.
Desolation

The sight that greeted those who arrived by bus for the deconsecration service.
Will this fit?

"Impossible. Something this wide will never fit." Lydia takes a pull-out rule to her husband's girth.
The eyes have it...

A bystander mourns the cathedral deconsecration.
Bishop Victoria welcomed

Bishop Victoria chats with a special guest after her installation.
Bethlehem bound

The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Fouad Twal, approaches a checkpoint on his way to the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. Photo/Reuters
Rose amid the rubble

The west end of ChristChurch Cathedral – minus the much-loved Rose Window.
Waipukurau's unlikely vicar

Leo Te Kira: a man who doesn't try to cover up or apologise for himself.
Let the celebration proceed...

Processing into St Paul's Cathedral at the start of Wellington's sesqui celebration.
The stone has moved

ChristChurch Cathedral's stone altar has been shaken off its pedestal.
They asked for ice...

Dean Peter Beck and Bishop Victoria Matthews take the icy plunge for children with heart defects.
Exploring all the angles

Before the dedication ceremony gets underway, these kids explore the Mountain Fountain's angles.
Waiapu reflects on 150 years

Sir Paul Reeves delivers the sermon at Waiapu's 150th anniversary service at Pukehou.
Lost and found

The "Pembroke bell" which has turned up in an Auckland scrap yard. Photo: TV3
Thanksgiving

Bishop Matthews says grace for the Churchill Courts residents, as they prepare to eat their evening meal in a corridor.
Tim the teacher

Tim Harris (centre) with some of the students at Bishopdale Theological College, in March 2009, shortly after its opening.
'The Lord is here'

Newly ordained priests join Bishop Tom behind the altar. Photo/Jay Berryman
Leadership required, says Bishop

Auckland's Bishop Ross Bay says Parliament needs to show stronger leadership if it's serious about taming alocohol abuse.
Guest of honour?

Dr Rowan Williams' visit to Christchurch towards of the end of the year may coincide with completion of the Transitional Cathedral.
Sisterly embrace

After the service - and the warmth of the congrats dispelled the rain and bluster of the evening.
Blessing

Bishop John gives his blessing.
A vicar with 'streetcred'

Mark Beale: at the heart of Clendon, South Auckland.
In the line of fire

Ross Bay, the new Bishop of Auckland, with members of the Auckland Fire Police Unit. - NZPA
"I'm from the Government. We're here to help!"

"I'm from the Government. We're here to help!" Local MPJohn Bank's quip drew a chuckle.
Christchurch welcomes its new bishop

Bishop Victoria is flanked by Chancellor Richard Cottrell and Registrar Alison Jephson.
Tsunami memorial

The Very Rev Ross Bay welcomes mourners to the national tsunami memorial service, held in the cathedral on November 8.
Forecourt feature

A view from the cathedral of the new addition to the forecourt.
Seeing red

Archbishops David Moxon and Winston Halapua check out the ruins of ChristChurch Cathedral during the bishops' tour of the red zone.
General Synod sermon

The Rt Rev Dr Tom Brown, Bishop of Wellington, preaching at the main 2008 General Synod Eucharist in Wellington.
The Canterbury toll

The Canterbury quake's toll. A closeup of the wrecked belltower at St John's Latimer Square.
Bishop Tom calls it a day

Bishop Tom Brown of Wellington, who has announced his decision to retire, seen here at last week's Tikanga Pakeha Youth Forum.
Bishopdale's new Dean

The Rev Dr Andrew Burgess, who is the new Dean of Nelson's Bishopdale Theological College.
Jim and George

Rev George Al-Kopti embraces the new bishop. Fr George is a Palestinian priest studying for his doctorate at St John's College.
A unique pulpit

Bishop Ross stands by in the basket of Parnell Station’s turntable ladder as a colleague recites the names of the fallen firefighters.
Proud of you, Mum.

Nathan Kelly-Moore gives his newly-installed mum a squeeze of congratulations.
Up by February?

A model showing the entrance to cardboard cathedral proposed for Christchurch.
Tower demolished

St John's Church in Latimer Square
From go to whoa

The Dean of St Mary's Cathedral, Taranaki, The Very Rev Jamie Allen, who is about to read the KJV non-stop. Rob Tucker pic.
Gumboot glory

The Waiapu Cathedral choir dons gumboots in sympathy with Christchurch. Photo: Glenn Taylor
'Keep them strong and faithful'

Newly ordained are presented to the congregation, who react with wild applause. Photo/Jay Berryman
Giving thanks for Waiapu

Rev Winsome McConnochie, of St Andrew's in Westshore, Napier, takes part in the Waiapu 150th anniversary service.
Past and present

Auckland bishops, past and present: L-R: Bruce Moore, Richard Randerson, Jim White, Ross Bay and John Paterson.
Secretary-General preaches

Kenneth Kearon, the Secretary-General of the Anglican Communion, preached at Bishop John's farewell service on the Sunday.
Making his Mark

David Guthrie recording Mark's Gospel.
Dedication

Bishop Ross Bay asperges the Mountain Fountain.
Farewell wave

Bishop Tom's long walk out of the cathedral. Up to 150 clergy robed for the procession.
Dean Jamie

Dean Jamie Allen of Taranaki. Photo by Rob Tucker.
Bishop addresses her diocese

Bishop Victoria Matthews delivers her pastoral letter during the open-air service in Cathedral Square on Sunday morning.
Fully yielded

The bishop-elect prostrated himself before the altar immediately before his ordination.
Our 90th Auckland house, said Ken

Ken Stevenson, Chairman of Habitat for Humanity Auckland. The cathedral house, he said, will be the 90th they've built for Aucklanders.
Cover-up

The St Matthew's billboard after a protestor took a paint brush to it.
Parnell poet

Kids from the Parnell District School had a hand in welcoming the Mountain Fountain to its new home.
Affirmation

The Rev Helen Wilderspin presents the diocese's warm wishes to its new bishop.
Threshold of a new era

The new bishop and his wife respond to wellwishers outside the main entrance to the cathedral.
Roadtest

After the concert, the kids check out the Mountain Fountain.
Family ties

Three generations of the Bishop's family.
The Great Thanksgiving

Archbishop David Moxon celebrates as Bishop Victoria looks on.
Thanksgiving

Bishop Wright watches as The Great Thanksgiving is made.
Longstanding servants

Mrs Joyce Irving, long-time cathedral parishioner, farewells Bishop John.
Her last look around

Bishop Victoria pauses before joining the crew who removed all the religious fittings and furniture from the chapel.
Rt Rev Wright

The new Anglican Bishop of the Diocese of Dunedin, The Rt Rev Dr Kelvin Wright.
Anointed for service

Archbishop David anoints the new bishop.
Deconsecration looms

File Shot: Mrs Helen Gray (left) with Bishops Matthews and John Gray and Dean Peter Beck after the February quake.
If the hat fits...

Archbishop David Moxon prepares to place the bishop's mitre on Ross Bay. Picture, Simon Woolf.
Farewell action

Bishop John and Marion leave Holy Trinity Cathedral to a stirring haka.
Prayers of protest

Billboard protesters kneel in prayer outside St Matthew-in-the-City.
Enthusiastic samplers

Enthusiastic buyers of the book in the cathedral after the launch.
Bishop Tom among friends

Bishop Tom talking with some young friends last week at the Tikanga Pakeha Youth Forum at Ngatiawa, near Waikanae.
Weaving the Cross

Dancers from Chilton St James' School performing during Wellington's sesqui celebration.
Banks is backing this

Auckland city mayor John Banks - who is a Supercity mayoral candidate - declares his 100% support for the relocation.
Precarious

The belltower at St John's Latimer Square.
Watched by angels

The War Memorial stands sentinel over the cathedral remains.
St Cuthbert's

St Cuthbert's, Governors Bay - falling masonry has toppled the altar, and the stained glass window is in jeopardy.
Art show opens with a roar

Dean Frank Nelson welcomes the touring bikers to Wellington Cathedral. Photo/Stu Corlett.
In memory of a twin tower hero

Bishop Ross carried the 'tally' of Fr Mychal Judge, who rushed to the twin towers to minister to others caught in the attacks.
Sad tidings

Bishop Victoria announces that the cathedral will be lowered to sill level. Photo: The Press
Cometh the man, cometh the hour

Dean Peter Beck at a service last year in front of the damaged cathedral. Photo: Lloyd Ashton
Wizard comes to church

The Wizard of Christchurch joins the 500-strong crowd for Sunday morning's open-air service in Cathedral Square.
Dean Jo's welcome

Dean Jo Kelly-Moore welcomes the Habitat for Humanity volunteer builders and supporters to the cathedral.
An appreciative audience

After the dedication, the crowd moved into the cathedral for a concert.
Sacred become secular

With the shattered west wall of the cathedral as a backdrop, Dean Peter Beck gives his mihi to the mourners.
Celebration

Archbishop David Moxon concelebrated the ordination Eucharist with Archbishops Brown Turei and Winston Halapua.
Pulpit laid to waste

Rubble fills the nave of ChristChurch Cathedral. The pulpit has been partially destroyed.
Family celebrations

Kelvin and Clemency Wright: a recent photo, taken at the time of their daughter Bridget's wedding.
Bishop-elect

The Rev Dr Kelvin Wright, the man chosen to lead the Anglican Diocese of Dunedin.
David Rice, 15th Bishop of Waiapu.

David Rice, 15th Bishop of Waiapu.
Bishop George signals goodbye

Bishop George Connor who has announced his retirement in November.
Full cathedral for Wellington sesqui

Children to the fore for Wellington's sesqui celebration in St Paul's Cathedral.
Napier cathedral deans, past and present

Napier cathedral deans, past and present. From left: Bishop Murray Mills, Noel Hendery, Helen Jacobi and Bishop David Coles.
In the name of The Father...

The new Assistant Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Auckland, Jim White, gives the blessing after his ordination service.
Fiat Lux

The nave at Wellington's Cathedral of St Paul, transformed for one night into a ballroom. Fiat Lux raised $5000 for kids in need.
Committed to the "last, lost and least"...

Justin Duckworth, the new Anglican Bishop of Wellington, has a 25-year history of working with the city's "last, lost and least."
Rough - and ready

Justin Duckworth - seen here talking to the 2011 Tikanga Pakeha Youth Forum, which met at Ngatiawa.
Nicked

The long arm of the law – Sgt Stu Kearns from the Serious Crash Unit – catches up with Auckland's new bishop, Ross Bay. Picture, Simon Woolf.
Candidate

Archdeacon Graham Langley and Bishop Winston Halapua present the candidate to the Primates for their examination.
Arsenal fan

Young Nathan Kelly-Moore responds to one of the more dramatic moments of his mum's installation as dean.
The Ngatiawa spirit

Justin and Jenny Duckworth (that's Jenny in the black jacket) with other members of the Ngatiawa Urban Vision community.
Christchurch's Christmas present

An architect's impression of Christchurch's Transitional Cathedral.
Bishop Ross' blessing

Bishop Ross Bay presided over Jo's installation - and gave his blessing at the end of the service of installation.
Aroha

Lady Beverly Reeves congratulates Bishop John on his retirement.
Token of thanks

Archbishop Brown present Bishop John with a farewell gift. Bishop John's wife Marion and grandchildren are in the background.
Hard hat, sad heart

Bishop Victoria surveys the damage to the structure of the chapel.
In the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit...

Dean Ross performs the first baptism at Holy Trinity Cathedral's new glass baptismal font.
Damage, closeup

Holy Trinity Avonside, closeup.
Moving on

The Rev Dr Kelvin Wright, in St John's Roslyn, the Dunedin church he's served for the last 11 years.
Father and son

Having thanked the volunteers, Joseph Fa'afiu shares a squeeze with his youngest son, Ryan.
The mayor's merriment

Cathedral Precentor Howard Leigh, Dean Jo Kelly-Moore and Bishop Ross Bay enjoying the mayor's humour.
"More human, and more divine."

Hundreds of mourners formed a guard of honour for Jenny, standing either side of the lane that leads through the churchyard.
Much-loved bishop dies

Bishop Maurice Goodall: had a heart for the poor.
Marathon man

Dean Jamie after the consecration of St Mary's as a cathedral in March 2010.
Adam's assessment

Adam Kelly-Moore and a mate exploring the sculpture's skateboarding potential.
Phil and Carol

Phil and Carol Trotter have four children - and a 27-year long track record in youth ministry.
On the dotted line

Anglican Church General Secretary Michael Hughes with Justin as he signs the paperwork that formally confirms him as Bishop.
Spire topples

The ruined spire of Christchurch Cathedral. Photo: Getty
Kia ora tatou, e hoa ma...

Rev John Flavell in full cry during Waiapu's 150th celebrations. Archbishop Brown Turei and Sir Paul Reeves are seated behind.
Final briefing

Final briefing before the firefighters begin their 549-step slog up the BNZ tower.
Enter his gates...

Artist's impression of the entrance to the Transitional Cathedral.
Congratulations

The bishop acknowledges a well-wisher.
From Canada with love

The eighth Bishop of Christchurch: Victoria Matthews.
"I'm stoked," he said

Joseph Fa'afiu thanks all those who made possible his dream of a home for his family. "I'm stoked," he said.
'Lifting the tapu'

Dean Peter Beck gives a mihi - telling the congregation that the service will "lift the tapu" on the cathedral.
Hukarere waiata

Hukarere girls offer a waiata at David Rice's ordination in Waiapu.
Destined for deconsecration

ChristChurch Cathedral - destined for deconsecration, and partial demolition.
From Wellington with love

The Wellington prayer quilt that has been presented to the Christchurch City Missioner.
Silenced

The remains of the top of the belltower at St John's Hororata.
CMS family: Steve and Mary Maina with Rinna (8) and Tanielle (5).

CMS family: Steve and Mary Maina with Rinna (8) and Tanielle (5).
Addressing Waiapu

The main speaker for tangata whenua at the anniversary powhiri at Te Aute College.
New team for Auckland

Auckland's Diocesan Bishop, Ross Bay, with his new Assistant Bishop, Jim White.
Easter fallout

The defaced billboard outside St Matthew in the City.
A bishop's humility

Bishop Victoria Matthews prostrates herself before the altar of ChristChurch Cathedral.
Pukehou awaits the procession

Half an hour before Waiapu's anniversary kick-off and Christ Church Pukehou is full, awaiting only the clergy procession.
Mosaic masterpiece?

A bird's-eye view of Holy Trinity Cathedral from the south. Note the applied mosaic artwork of the new chapel's canopy roof.
Rubble at St John's Hororata

The foot of the belltower at St John's Hororata.
Living history

Living history: seven Waiapu bishops - and the 10 authors of The Gift Endures.
Let your light so shine

St Paul's Church beams on Kaikoura. Photo: Marborough Express
Consolation

Seeking consolation... in a time of desolation.
Governor's Bay history at risk

St Cuthbert's Governors Bay which was built in 1862, and is one of Canterbury's heritage treasures, has been severely damaged.
Seating for 700

Artist's impression of the interior of the Transitional Cathedral.
Opening to the light

A side view of the new Holy Trinity chapel at the south end of the cathedral.
Saving scandal

The Rev Dr Marilyn McCord Adams preached the ordination sermon. She'd been Jim's academic supervisor at Yale University.
Revelation

St Matthew-in-the-City's Christmas billboard, portraying Mary's anxiety over a pregnancy test.
Mangere makeover

Selwyn makeover team: church warden Maureen Martyn, historian Carol Mutch and architect Adam Wild. Picture, Shane Wenzlick.
The final act

Bishop Tom lays up his crozier on the altar at Wellington Cathedral of St Paul.
Waiting for the beat

The service drew together the three cathedral choirs - the adult choir, the boys' choir and the girl's choir.
Jubilee

On her way to receive communion, Jubilee Rajiah acknowledges Clemency Wright.
Off limits

A worker removes crosses from the roof of St Mary's, Timaru, after the September 4, 2010 earthquake. Photo: Timaru Herald
Looking for a bishop

The Auckland Electoral College convenes in Holy Trinity Cathedral.
Firefighting Bishop prays

Bishop Ross leads a prayer before the firefighters' memorial climb.
Out of action

The belltower at St John's Latimer Square. What hasn't already toppled is severely damaged.
A long way from home

Murray and Kelly James survey the damage to their house in central Christchurch. Photo: AP.
Beyond us, within us, and between us...

The Rev'd Sarah Moss, Chaplain at Diocesan School for Girls, focussed her sermon on the Eucharist's power to liberate.
His watch over

Bishop John lays down the pastoral staff which he picked up 15 years ago.
Watershed moment

Bishop Victoria blesses the site for Christchurch's Transitional Cathedral. Photo: Kirk Hargreaves/Fairfax NZ

Cathedral coming down to 3 metres

Napier’s cathedral parish celebrates 150 years

Bishop Tom lays down his crozier

Quake fears close Timaru church

Historic bell back from scrap yard

Christ in Christchurch at Christmas

Cathedral rocked again

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Cathedral bells bound for UK

The ChristChurch Cathedral bells will soon be enroute to England for testing and repair.

New guidelines for marriage rites

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A unique and final honour

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Decision time on gay ordination

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Lyttelton landmark damaged

Wellington parties on despite the rain

Through a glass brightly

Jenny leaving church

Symbol of fidelity

Ready to move out

Selwyn Foundation generosity

Cup of tea, anyone?

Terry's turn

'Lift up your hearts!'

New colleagues in episcopal ministry

Episcopal seal

Waiting to fall

Into the breach

Fountain of living water...

Moment of Grace

Lifting the tapu

Open air blessing

The anointing

No visitors please

Copts bearing gifts

Renewing their commitment to ministry

Family gift

Before the dozer rumbles in

Pihopa Hemi

Musical signature

Into the depths

Reverence

Bishop-elect

The shepherd's crook

Blessing

Wellwishers all

Oboe expert

Solo for his mum

The Turn of the Tide?

Dean Jo's response

Selwyns to be honoured

Allan's latest legacy

Auckland's new Dean

Past connections

Tools of office

Greetings from your tikanga partners

Bishop-elect Tim bound for Adelaide

John and Jenny

The Lion, the Loaves and the Fishes

Sacred art

The monsignor's message

Waiting...

Prayer after Communion

Invocation

Body of Christ

Guard of honour

Farewell haka

Chatting in Cathedral Square

Mantle of leadership

Buckling under the strain

Eyeing the city council

Think on these things

"We have been here 150 years"

Viewing the body

Coming down

Bishop-elect

Tripping the light fantastic

The holy gospel is written in Mark...

Jim White: priest, scholar, bishop

Exposed to the elements

'Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth...'

Phil Trotter - leader of young people

Shared moments

Dean Jo's welcome

The divine art of cardboard

Waiapu's past and present

Candle in the dark

Students rally

Christchurch breaks out the incense

On a mission to parents

Making her promises

Bishop Ross fronts up on the forecourt

St John's Latimer Square