The High Court has approved an application by an Anglican Church entity to forgive a $14.8 million debt owed by the trust which supports Te Aute College and Hukarere Girls’ College in Hawke’s Bay. The application was made by the St John’s College Trust Board, a charity which provides for scholarships and approved educational programmes Read more
New Zealand
Ukrainian grandmother pleads to stay with her NZ family
Monday, March 7th, 2022
Ukrainian Olena Dragomyretska is pleading with the New Zealand Government to let her stay in New Zealand permanently. Stuff reports the 69-year-old grandmother, returning to her homeland is unthinkable at the moment, but her visa expires at the end of March. Dragomyretska is worried she will be forced to leave. She was in New Zealand Read more
Vinnies’ innovative housing project to house seven young families
Monday, March 7th, 2022
Catholic voluntary organisation St Vincent de Paul (Vinnies) has come up with an innovative housing project that will see seven young Christchurch families at a time into warm, dry, secure and affordable homes. So far 55 per cent of the funds needed to complete the project are already confirmed and a fundraising strategy is in Read more
Blenheim’s Repair Café opens offering help with wiring over coffee
Monday, March 7th, 2022Marlborough Mayor John Leggett opened Blenheim’s new Repair Café on Saturday morning. Organised by the Nativity Church, the new initiative was based at the Crossroads Marlborough Café on Redwood Street and offered free repairs for the community’s broken bits and bobs, from hair dryers and sewing machines, to bikes and bain-maries. Members of the Church’s Read more
Children’s charity calls for immediate action over child abuse
Monday, March 7th, 2022Three Kiwi children have already died from alleged child abuse this year – that’s three deaths in just nine weeks. They coincide with the jailing of a Rotorua woman, Leza Rawiri, who watched a young boy being beaten to death by his father two years ago. A children’s charity that trains people to identify and Read more
Ethical practice: Russian investments off-limits in NZ
Thursday, March 3rd, 2022
Good ethical practice has it that now’s the time to rid yourself of any investments in schemes that benefit Russia in any way. Early starters are KiwiSaver managers, some of whom have been selling millions of dollars in investments in Russian companies. Others, like the New Zealand Superannuation Fund, are reviewing their positions as Russia Read more
Auckland City Mission has new home
Thursday, March 3rd, 2022
Ten years after the Auckland City Mission – Te Tāpui Atawhai – began working on finding a new home, it has finally opened its doors. Called HomeGround, Auckland City Missioner Helen Robinson (pictured at the new facility) says its new one-stop health and social services space for the city’s most vulnerable people realises a long-held Read more
Avoid church and other high risk places
Thursday, March 3rd, 2022
Churches are among the high risk places to avoid at present, say public health professor Nick Wilson and epidemiologist Michael Baker (pictured). As daily Omicron cases soar throughout the country, avoiding high risk places means steering clear of bars, restaurants, cafés, gyms, churches and protests. Retail shops, offices, lifts, stairwells, malls, community pools, public transport Read more
Statement on Ukraine by leaders of NZ’s four main Christian churches
Thursday, March 3rd, 2022Leaders of New Zealand’s four main Christian denominations have released a statement on Russian aggression in Ukraine. Across the globe people are horrified by the invasion of Ukraine by Russia. In a region that learnt the devastating lessons of war last century, the pattern has the tragic possibility of repeating. It flies in the face Read more
Caritas funding humanitarian work in midst of Ukraine crisis – Caritas NZ
Thursday, March 3rd, 2022Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand has agreed to send $10,000 to support Caritas work in Ukraine as we stand in solidarity with our sister organisations and with the people of Ukraine. “We pray for all the people in Ukraine, especially the vulnerable and marginalised communities who will be most severely impacted by the recent invasion of Read more