Anglican Financial Care has announced it is now able to offer finance for new builds, purchases, relocations and renovations of homes on land in freehold iwi Māori title.

The Pīhopatanga o Aotearoa Commission on Episcopal Leadership (COEL) has held an urgent inquiry into developing a new set of principles to better support ngā Pīhopa.

Anglican leaders were present last week as the new Māori Queen, Te Arikinui Kuini Nga wai hono i te po Pootatau Te Wherowhero VIII, was raised up in a ceremony known as Te Whakawahinga before thousands of people gathered for the tangihanga of her beloved father, the late Kiingi Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII.

Pīhopa o Aotearoa Archbishop Don Tamihere has released a heartfelt message of condolence and thanksgiving for the life of his dear friend Kiingi Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII, who died aged 69 this morning. 

Bishop Muru Walters has died aged 90, and on Monday 19 February hundreds of mourners gathered at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to farewell him and offer their support to his wife Lorraine and whānau.

Last Saturday in Ngaruawahia, Archbishop Don Tamihere preached a message of love to 10,000 people attending a historic gathering at Turangawaewae Marae.
Watch Archbishop Don’s sermon -from 1hr 45 mins- on Kiingitanga Facebook page.
Read Archbishop Don’s full sermon transcript.

Bishop Richard Wallace has been laid to rest at his birth place among his Kāti Irakehu people in Wairewa-Little River following a funeral service held in yesterday’s sweltering hot sun at Wairewa Marae.

The funeral cortege of Pīhopa Rihari set out for tōna ukaipō (his birth place), with a service of thanksgiving and Eucharist at the Christchurch Transitional Cathedral yesterday following his death in Wairoa on Saturday 6 January.

Waves of mourners have arrived in Ōtautahi to express their mamae and aroha for the whānau, iwi and church family of Bishop of Te Waipounamu, the Rt Rev Richard Wallace who died peacefully in his sleep last Saturday.