In a Stuff/Massey University election survey respondents said people coming to New Zealand are not adapting to the way of life here. Pope Francis addresses this question in his statement for next year’s World Day of Migrants and Refugees In this statement, which was released this week, Francis says receiving nations need to do more need to do Read more
A promotional poster for a band’s new album was posted on a New Zealand building. However the poster, which features a demonic character covering the face of the band frontman Josh Homme , was swiftly taken down by the building’s owners. The building which the poster was plastered onto was in fact owned by a Read more
The fate of a university anti-abortion club will be decided this week in a referendum that could see it disaffiliated. Auckland University Students Association members are now able to vote on whether the ProLife Auckland group should remain affiliated with the association. The referendum also asks whether clubs with a “similar ideology” should be banned from Read more
Referee Nigel Owens, who is in New Zealand to officiate the second Bledisloe Cup test in Dunedin, took to the turf at St Peter’s College in Auckland on Wednesday to officiate a friendly under-15’s match between St Peter’s College and a Japanese touring side. Owens has refereed many big rugby matches over the years, including the Rugby World Cup Read more
The Catholic Institute of Aotearoa New Zealand (TCI) will be teaching a paper from the Australian Catholic University’s four paper Graduate Certificate in Leadership and Catholic Culture (GCLCC) next year. The graduate certificate programme is aimed at developing leadership capabilities for people who work, or wish to work, in Catholic organisations. The paper being presented Read more
A year 13 student and a recent old boy of St Patrick’s College Wellington have each earned scholarships after competing in the Wellington Regional Eureka Awards. Year 13 student Xavier English gave a 6 minute speech about the use of virtual reality for training in health and safety situations. “It’s the next platform and will create lots Read more
Archbishop Joshua Idowu-Fearon, the secretary general of the Anglican Communion has just completed seven-day tour of the church in Aotearoa New Zealand. He says that on first impression the three tikanga church has modelled an age-old Anglican virtue of patience; something, he fears, that is in danger of being lost. He has that impression, he Read more
Controversial group Family First has been stripped of its charitable status “because it does not advance exclusively charitable purposes”. But the group is not going down without a fight, saying it will argue the decision in the High Court. The decision by the Charities Registration Board was made public on Monday. It is the second time the Read more
Do not rebuild it or repair the Christ Church Cathedral – keep it as a precious ruin surrounded by reflective pool, an architectural practice suggests. Inspired by ideas overseas, Walker Community Architects proposed what they call a third way to deal with the earthquake-wrecked church. Continue reading
St Patrick’s College, Silverstream have won their first WelTec Premiership title since 2012 with a come-from-behind win over Wellington College. St Pats Silverstream kept Wellington scoreless in the second half as they turned an 11-7 halftime deficit into a 17-11 win at Porirua Park on Sunday afternoon. Continue reading