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New Stations of the Cross  to reflect the parishes’ multicultural community have been installed in the recently renovated church of  St Anne’s parish in the suburb of Newtown, Wellington

The Stations of the Cross represent 14 different communities: Māori, Samoan, Rwandan, Goan, Croatian, Cook Island, Irish, Scottish, Filipino, Hungarian, Tokelauan, Polish, Kerala and Tongan.

Each of these communities donated fabric and has a story, and it is intended to capture these and publish them in a brochure so that they are not lost. The next part of the project is to install a plaque with an explanation of each Station in the country’s language.

Parishioner Maria Rodgers came up with the idea of having a visual representation of the cultural richness of the parish community, as there was nothing in the church to represent this. “We decided to incorporate representations of the cultures into what was already there – we in effect ‘reframed’ the existing Stations of the Cross.”  she said

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• Paenga Hihiko
• Image: Paenga Hihiko

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