Bishop Susan Hinemoa Wallace was ordained Bishop of Te Hui Amorangi ki te Waipounamu in a joyous festival Eucharist on Saturday 6 June, joined by more than 500 worshippers and wellwishers.
The Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia is mourning Professor Whatarangi Winiata, whose decades of faithful service and advocacy for Te Hāhi Mihinare challenged and enriched the three Tikanga Church in many spheres.
Te Hāhi Mihinare has joined iwi Māori around the motu to mourn two giants of the education world – Sir Tāmati Muturangi Reedy and Sir Hirini Moko Mead.
Students working towards the new Diploma of Christian Studies through Te Takawai have spent the last seven weeks centred on Creation care – trailblazing a course that connects biblical models of stewardship and mātauranga Māori perspectives on kaitiakitanga.
The Venerable Susan Wallace has been elected Bishop of Te Hui Amorangi ki te Waipounamu, the Māori Anglican Church in the South Island of Aotearoa New Zealand.
• Bishop-elect Susan speaks to Te Pīhopatanga media
• 1News: Te Waipounamu names its first wahine Māori Anglican bishop
• STUFF: First Anglican Bishop with a moko kauae
• ACNS introduces Bishop Susan to the Communion
Te Pīhopatanga o Aotearoa has reported that Māori Anglican church communities have been responding with care as devastating storms swept the North Island last month hitting hard in communities from Northland, to Coromandel, Bay of Plenty and down to Te Tairāwhiti.
Māori Anglican ministry education is thriving in Te Tai Tokerau, with 53 students enrolled in courses this year designed to enable Mihingare ministry with whānau across the north.
Te Hui Amorangi ki Te Waipounamu - the Māori Anglican Church in the South Island - has begun a four-month journey to discern the next Bishop in Te Waipounamu. This will be the first election to follow the guidelines of a newly-formed Māori Anglican (Mihinare) process on how to discern, appoint and support Hui Amorangi bishops.
Te Pīhopatanga o Aotearoa laid foundations for future flourishing at its biennial governance gathering, Te Rūnanganui in Ngāmotu-New Plymouth this 4-7 December.
