Seven money lenders and retailers have been named by marae advocates for allegedly helping poor South Auckland families to incur heavy debts. Te Puea Memorial Marae chairman Hurimoana Dennis has named the South Auckland lenders and retail outlets whom he says are most commonly owed money by homeless families coming to the marae for help. Read more
Carol Coddington has been appointed as the new Deputy CEO, of the New Zealand Catholic Education Office (NZCEO). She replaces Susan Apáthy, who will retire later in the year. Coddington was the Principal of St Dominic’s Catholic College in Auckland for 22 years and has had numerous roles in Catholic leadership and wider networks of Read more
A new document reflects a fresh approach taken by the official Anglican-Roman Catholic dialogue commission. It shows a major development in ecumenism by establishing that difference is not cause for suspicion or reproach but is rather an opportunity for mutual listening, learning and conversion. The statement, Walking Together on the Way: Learning to Be the Church Read more
Two Māori education leaders have lodged a claim with the Waitangi Tribunal saying the government’s decision to axe charter schools will have a detrimental effect on Māori students. Continue reading
Peter Dunne argues New Zealanders angry about Trump’s family separations policy should look instead at our own racist policy on family reunifications. Continue reading
An international report has used Winston Peters’ rhetoric as an example of hostilities that Muslims face in New Zealand. Washington’s Pew Research Center confirms New Zealand’s religious freedom. It functions without government interference. But some Muslims face social hostility. It quotes a 2016 US State Department report on religious freedom. The report quotes Peters saying Read more
Christ Church Cathedral rebuild will start this month. The Church Properties Trust administers the cathedral. It and the government have now agreed on a funding plan for the rebuild. It will be a joint venture. Greater Christchurch Regeneration Minister Megan Woods says they’ve agreed in principle on how to pay for the rebuild. Work will Read more
Principals of several Auckland Catholic schools have joined a protest against what they call a rushed NCEA review. Education Minister Chris Hipkins says four months is long enough to review the NCEA. Forty Auckland school principals disagree. They took the full-page advertisement in a Sunday paper to mark the minister as a failure. Yet Hipkins Read more
Pushpay Holdings is a mobile payments app developer targeting the North American church donation market. It’s co-founder, Eliot Crowther, is about to depart the business with a stake worth just over $99 million. Crowther says he is leaving the business for personal reasons to focus on his family. In 2011 he started the company with Chris Read more