An editorial on the Suff website labels as “plain silly” a woman’s complaint that her son could hear religious instruction from the classroom next door. He was in the room for the duration of a religious education class that he had chosen not to attend. Tanya Jacob says she pulled her son out of Harewood Read more
The New Zealand Faith Community Nurses Association will be looking at ways to keep the ministry sustainable at its annual conference in September this year. NZ Faith Community Nursing National Liaison Coordinator, Diane Webster, says the conference is a chance for nurses from different Christian backgrounds to come together in support of one another and Read more
Jewish, Christian, and Muslim leaders in Wellington have issued a joint statement regarding the current conflict in Gaza and Israel. “We call upon all of the parties involved in the current conflict in Gaza and Israel to cease hostilities, and sit down at the negotiating table and do the hard work necessary to obtain a Read more
Parliament could get a new prayer after the election in September. A review of standing orders, the rules that MPs must adhere to, was published this week, putting the prayer back on the agenda. The review recommends MPs be asked their views on changing the prayer read by the Speaker at the opening of a Read more
Marycrest, a girls’ rehabilitation school, has been listed on TradeMe by a man who says he’s Georgian royalty. It is on state Highway 1 near Otaki, on the Kapiti Coast, and has been unused since it shut in the early 1980s. Marycrest has been listed for a minimum $2 million by Victor Greenwich, now living in Sydney, Read more
St Michael’s Parish in Remuera, Auckland, is planning to develop its amenities to provide a gathering space and safer traffic movements around the church and the adjacent parish school. The proposed project has three components: An addition to the front of the church with a new ‘gathering space’ The creation of a plaza which would connect Read more
Death Cafes are the latest twist to New Zealand’s cafe culture. However, interest in Tauranga’s Death Cafes has been disappointingly low says chairwoman, of the Tauranga’s Voluntary Euthanasia Society and rest home nurse Tess Nesdale. The society hosted its first Death Cafe in April at the Grindz Cafe, but with such low interest the society plans Read more
Thirty years of Tongan services are being celebrated at the St Columba Church in Grey Lynn. This month members marked the anniversary with a special service, a big feast, music and speeches. St Columba was one of the first Anglican churches to offer the Tongan services in 1974. The initiative was led by John Tamahori, Read more
A company owned by the Gloriavale Christian Community, on the West Coast, expects to drill a new oil well this spring with a rig that has recently arrived from Korea. Ocean Harvest International Ltd (OHIL) is planning the new well on the Niagara structure near Greymouth. Gloriavale’s geological consultant, Murry Cave, said oil had been Read more
A rugby team from St Peter’s College in Gore, which is a town in New Zealand recently played an exhibition match against RugbyNY Western Boys All-Stars at Niagara University, in Western New York. Fred Bressette, the assistant coach of the The RugbyNY Western Boys All-Stars said the got “clobbered by St. Peters College of New Read more