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Telling the stories of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, NZ and Polynesia

Treaty Bill: an assault on our soul

Rev Rob Baigent-Ritchie from Taranaki Cathedral reflects on his experience of taking part in the historic Toitu Te Tiriti hikoi to Parliament this November.

Stand up for Palestine

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.

Kiingitanga leads seismic shift

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. 

Where to partner? It's 2024

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.

Are we bad faith Treaty partners again?

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

Barbie’s Ken, men and Jesus

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.

Revisiting Mary Magdalene's demons

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. 

Blessing Hukarere after the flood

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

The Plough, the Chalice, the Sword

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

OBE: A word of thanks

In praise of common prayer

Giving thanks for Bishop Kito's 20th

How Early Christians lived community

How imperfection reveals what's real

Gathering the peace(s) in lockdown


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