Liston Retirement Village could be demolished to improve access to an Auckland park. Auckland Council plans to extend Monte Cecilia Park in Hillsborough. This would require the removal of Liston Retirement Village. However a new report commissioned by the Puketapapa Local Board highlighted the lack of social housing options for the elderly. Continue reading
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Out for a stroll – sharing the big questions
Tuesday, August 25th, 2015
Last Saturday the Young Church Ministries in the Wellington Archdiocese ran a programme called SEEK 2015. A group of young adults joined with Cardinal John Dew, Diocesan and Marist priests, seminarians, Sisters of Compassion, Marist Brothers, married couples and their families and consecrated singles from around the archdiocese of Wellington at the Home of Compassion, Island Read more
St Gerard’s built on rock – can survive an eathquake
Tuesday, August 25th, 2015
St Gerard’s Maintenance and Restoration Trust chairman Gordon Copeland says they are seeking a second opinion about the earthquake rating of the heritage listed St Gerard’s Monastery that looks down on Wellington Harbour. It hoped to receive the results soon, and that they will prove far less strengthening work, or even none, is needed. In the Read more
Hato Petera students doing a home make over on their hostel
Tuesday, August 25th, 2015
The students at Hato Petera College are taking things into their own hands in an effort to ensure their hostel remains a going concern. The Ministry of Education doesn’t have oversight of school hostels, but it is responsible for their licensing and in extreme circumstances they can revoke them. The ministry has expressed concerns about Read more
New Zealanders still choosing the religious life
Tuesday, August 25th, 2015Radio New Zealand’s Morning Report briefly profiled the New Zealanders who are in the process joining communities of religious. One woman and two men briefly spoke about their motivation and about their experience of living in a community. The report noted that while there are not lot of people opting for religious life these days, Read more
Retired bishop banned from petrol station in Coromandel
Tuesday, August 25th, 2015A retired bishop has been banned from his local petrol station, which has had eggs thrown at it and horse manure dumped in the forecourt. Bruce Gilberd, former Anglican Bishop of Auckland, has been trespassed from the Gull Service Station in Tairua with his wife Pat and three others in the small Coromandel town. The Read more
Destiny launches third bid for charter status
Tuesday, August 25th, 2015Destiny Church will make a controversial fresh bid to open a charter school. Ministry of Education bosses previously rejected an application from the church, amid concerns students would be pressured into joining the Brian Tamaki-led movement. Papers detailing the rejection revealed ministry reservations over Destiny’s belief that identity as God’s child was more important than Read more
350 expected at Poverty and Justice Bible launch
Friday, August 21st, 2015
A Poverty and Justice Bible campaign will be officially launched by Cardinal John Dew in Wellington on 13 September to coincide with the start of Social Justice Week. The campaign, jointly developed by Bible Society New Zealand and Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand, centres around a new catholic Poverty and Justice Bible. It is estimated up to Read more
NZ system stacked against low-skilled workers
Friday, August 21st, 2015
“It’s a myth that low-skilled workers can just get a job and work their way out of poverty,” says Father Jeff Drane of Wellintown. “It’s just not that easy, there are big cracks in the system,” he says. Drane, who has worked for many years with community groups, says the system is ‘stacked against’ vulnerable Read more
Our Lady of the Highway restored
Friday, August 21st, 2015
A statue of Our Lady believers say has slashed the number of deaths on a Northland road has been restored and returned to its place overlooking the once accident-plagued highway. For more than 20 years, Our Lady of the Highway – known to locals as Matou Whaea (Our Lady) – has looked out over State Read more