The College of St. John the Evangelist – Hoani Tapu te Kaikauwhau i te Rongopai opened this week with a pōwhiri honouring the past and looking to the future with a strong new cohort of students and a new kaiako joining St John’s teaching staff.

With Aotearoa New Zealand moving to Covid Alert Level 3 for Auckland, and Level 2 for the rest of the country, Anglican churches are adapting to beginning Lent 2021 with a new shape for Ash Wednesday.

The Archbishops of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia have released a video message of peace and hope for Christmas 2020.

The Diocese of Polynesia is putting phase one of its Anglican Missions-supported response and recovery plan into action in Fiji, co-ordinating damage assessments, responding to immediate emergency needs and considering options for longer-term recovery.

Today the Anglican Women’s Studies Council held the Christchurch launch of their newly published anthology of women clergy’s stories that celebrate 40 years of women’s ordination in this province.

A group of 13 and 14 year-old Anglican school students from Dilworth Rural Campus have gifted a sleepout building they constructed themselves, to support a local family struggling with overcrowding.

The Common Life Liturgical Commission has released a new revised edition of A New Zealand Prayer Book - He Karakia Mihinare o Aotearoa that comes after many years of specialist work from experts across the Province.

The two Aotearoa New Zealand-based Anglican Archbishops have sent a letter to the Church advising dioceses, bishoprics and institutions on how they expect this Church to respond and cooperate with the Royal Commission of Inquiry on Abuse in Care.

Bishop of Tairāwhiti Archbishop Don Tamihere and Bishop of Waiapu Andrew Hedge have reported that Anglican parishes and institutions based in Napier have avoided major damage in the recent deluge and are now focused on supporting flood-affected families.