Against a backdrop of high inflation, Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand is reminding the Government to address its responsibilities to tackle ongoing crises in housing, climate change and underlying inequality that worsen outcomes for the poor. It made the comments in its submission to the Finance and Expenditure Committee about the Budget Policy Statement 2022. Inequality Read more
Against a background of the war in Ukraine and the conflict in Afghanistan, ANZAC Day 2022 challenged many Wellington youth to appreciate the war sacrifice of our ancestors and pray for peace, to ‘remember them.’ As part of programmed visits and a range of events, the young people joined a pilgrimage around Wellington’s military sites Read more
Determined taggers risked their lives to deface the spire of one of Timaru’s oldest landmarks, scaling about 56 metres above the ground to vandalise the church. St George’s Coptic Church in Timaru, formerly Chalmers Presbyterian Church, has been undergoing repairs since 2021 to address earthquake strengthening issues as well as make repairs to damage caused Read more
Clothing retailer Postie is returning to Alexandra after a three-year absence, but the move comes at the expense of its Queenstown store in the Five Mile Shopping Centre. Postie chief executive Linda Leonard confirmed the Queenstown outlet would shut up shop on Anzac Day. Three staff would go as a result of the closure. Unfortunately, Read more
The Royal Commission of Inquiry into abuse in care is now turning its attention to several Protestant churches and closed faith communities. The Royal Commission is extending its Anglican enquiry investigation and will now be known as the Protestant and Other Faiths Investigation. As well as adding the Presbyterian and Methodist and the Salvation Army Read more
A man has failed to convince the High Court that his late sister’s house should be taken from the Catholic Church and given to him. The Court’s decision in favour of the Church refutes Colin Morais’s claim that it was not using his late sister’s house in accordance with her last wishes. Her wishes were Read more
“We’re back,” was the reaction of one parish priest to the swelling congregations at Easter services. The priest with four churches in the parish told CathNews that all the main services at prime times were full. “I always knew people would come back”, he said in an uplifted tone. “I nearly had to erect a Read more
Former interns of ARISE mega church say they have felt forced to work on the church pastors’ properties on their days off. It’s just the latest in allegations against the mega church which revealed earlier this week it was launching an independent external review after stories emerged online. That review would start after Easter, ARISE Read more
A Covid isolation support service set up by a group of Taupō churches has helped around 130 families during the latest outbreak of the disease. The Taupō Churches Community Support Hub was set up near the start of the Omicron outbreak in February, but spokesperson Lynelle Laws said there’s still a lot of work to Read more
A short text message and some creative thinking have opened the door to an entirely lay-led Zoom Liturgy of the Word. The move in the former Newtown and Island Bay parishes, now Wellington South parish, helps the community keep connected when parishioners are unable or anxious about coming to Mass. Essentially as a service of Read more