Opotiki-based Anglican Lynne Dempsey wants her fellow Christians, and her Church, to make a stronger call for peace for the people of Palestine and Israel, and right now an urgent end to Israel's genocidal actions against Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank.

Bishop John Bluck saw a seismic shift in Aotearoa New Zealand at the tangihanga of Kiingi Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII and enthronement of his daughter Te Arikinui Kuini Nga wai hono i te po last week. 

Bishop John Bluck reflects on where our Church stands in the political climate of Māori-Pākehā relations in 2024 – especially with our own co-governance journey already 33 years in the making.

Bishop John Bluck – who backed this Church's three-tikanga constitution in the early 1990s – sees plenty to concern Anglicans in the new Government's line on Māori-Pākehā relations.
• What if the Treaty had been honoured? -E Tangata

Dunedin Anglican Ollie Alexander heads to the cinema to ponder the state and meaning of masculinity – in response to a challenge from Student Christian Movement Otago.

Lucy Nanson revisits the biblical character of Mary Magdalene to consider if the seven demons she carried may have been the result of sexual abuse. 

The Bishop of Waiapu reports from last week's visit to bless the Hukarere Māori Girls' College site.

Bill Bennett reviews the new Williams' family history by Hugh McBain.

Rev Dr Paul Oestreicher offers words of thanks as he receives the honour of OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) for his lifetime of work advocating for peace, human rights and reconciliation.