The Gambling (Harm Reduction) Amendment Bill passed its final reading on Wednesday night. In its original form, the Bill would have required gaming machine proceeds to be solely distributed locally. It would also have forced machine operators to track players and provide pre-paid cards. But these provisions were scrapped during the select-committee stage, to ensure the Read more
On Monday, the Chair of Auckland’s Catholic Justice and Peace Commission, Peter Garrick, had to issue a clarification of a report on National Radio about the Catholic church’s views on the Sky City International Convention Centre. The National Radio report said that a commissioner with the Justice and Peace Commission of the Catholic Church, Seamus Donegan, told the New Read more
Last weekend, in Whanganui, several hundred Sisters of St Joseph of Nazareth and Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart gathered to celebrate their coming together as one religious congregation. Sister Catherine Shelton, of Whanganui’s Sisters of St Joseph of Nazareth, said the weekend was a symbolic one for everyone. “It has been an Read more
Last Thursday (local time) Father Peter Brown was ordained as the second Bishop of Samoa Pago Pago. More than 1000 people attended the 3 hour long mass of consecration which took place at the Holy Family Cathedral Fatuoaiga with many bishops from Oceania attending. Bishop Brown was consecrated on Thursday by His Excellency, the Apostolic Read more
Gwenda Costello, who with her husband Terry, have a farm near Seddon has told NZ Catholic that she thought the Catholic Church at Ward — south of Seddon — was probably a write-off. The initial earthquake was a vicious, violent one, she said. Even though the statues and other items were tied down, “the statue Read more
‘There’s no place like home’ on violin played in support of Caritas’ submission on the Social Housing Reform Bill this week. Caritas Advocacy Coordinator Lisa Beech played the violin as part of her state housing story to show. Beech told the Committee how when she lived in Housing New Zealand flats in Petone, a long-time Read more
St Mary of the Angels, Erskine College and Chapel and St Gerard’s Monastery feature in a poll, launched by Wellington Mayoral Candidate John Morrison, which seeks to measure the amount of support for a bond system to help Wellington building owners strengthen their properties. The question asked is “Which Wellington heritage building would you like to Read more
More than 200 people gathered in Wellington on the weekend marking the launch of On a Mission, a book, tracing the lives of 22 former Marist seminarians. A weekend chocker of catchups, re-introductions and lots of stories, for old mates, some who had not seen each other for 30 years or more focused around Friday Read more
A review of current financial position of the Archdiocese Samoa-Apia as at 18th June 2013, says the Archdiocese of Samoa-Apia is “insolvent”. This statement is contained in a review prepared by public Accountant, Tupuola Oloiali’i Koki Tuala, which the Samoa Observer says was leaked to the Sunday Samoan. In his report, Tupuola says the total Read more
A New Zealand Herald investigation into First XV rugby in Auckland shows that five schools are estimated to be spending more than $400,000 collectively on their respective First XVs while the other seven teams in the 1A competition are spending collectively about $50,000. Auckland’s Sacred Heart estimates total annual expenditure on its First XV to be Read more