Yesterday St Joseph’s Home of Compassion rest home in Upper Hutt was facing imminent closure. Today it hopes to keep its doors open after all, says Chief Executive Chris Gallavin. Last month, Gallavin announced the 87-bed rest home would close. Hearing of the closure, Upper Hutt mayor Wayne Guppy said it was “catastrophic for the Read more
Pharmac says it will strengthen its focus on equity for Maori and other population groups as a result of the government’s independent review. That review, released back in June, found Pharmac had issues on accountability, decision-making and responsibilities. It also said the benefits the model brings need to be shared more equitably across Maori and Read more
Upset whānau say asking a pair of Māori schoolgirls to say a karakia (prayer) over human remains found at their school breached many protocols. The human kōiwi (bones) were found at Epsom Girls Grammar school. The school admits that although the idea was well-intentioned, it was a breach of tikanga (custom) and should not have Read more
Catholics are being urged to support New Zealand’s under-funded hospices and palliative care services. Donating, volunteering in hospice shops and asking members of Parliament and the Government to make palliative care a priority are some options. NZ Catholic Bishops Conference Secretary, Bishop Stephen Lowe, says hospices provide a free service to 20,000 palliative care patients Read more
New Zealand climate experts’ advice is almost identical to the Pope’s. We have to modify our lifestyles. The earth is suffering. Excessive consumption of the earth’s resources has to stop. Or at the very least, change. Modify, says Pope Francis. A major new international report shows 2021 record-breaking greenhouse gas emissions. Despite that, international travel Read more
Caritas Pakistan will benefit from a solidarity grant of NZ$10,000 from Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand. The money is to help with humanitarian relief efforts in Pakistan. At least three million people have been directly affected by devastating floods, which have left over a third of the country under water. More than 1,200 people are known Read more
From 1 September, RNZ Pacific will resume its shortwave analogue service to the Pacific region between the hours of 5am and 9am New Zealand time. Shortwave radio is radio transmission using shortwave (SW) radio frequencies. RNZ Pacific broadcasts in digital and analogue shortwave to radio stations and individual listeners in the Pacific . The digital Read more
Women’s role in the Catholic Church is the focus of a New Zealand group working for gender equality in Church leadership. A media release from a group called “Be the Change, Catholic Church, Aotearoa” notes New Zealand women’s suffrage was granted on 19 September 1893, and this month’s anniversary shows the Catholic Church is 129 Read more
The NZ Catholic Bishops Conference is extending its welcome to Father Giosuè Busti from Perugia, Umbria in Italy, on his arrival in Aotearoa New Zealand. Busti is taking up his appointment as First Secretary-Deputy Head of Mission at the Apostolic Nunciature of the Holy See in Wellington. The Apostolic Nunciature is the diplomatic office of Read more
A New Zealand liturgical theologian is sad the NZ Catholic Bishops Conference National Synodal Synthesis is calling for a new English translation of the Roman Missal. Dr Joe Grayland makes the comment in a comment and analysis piece in today’s CathNews. The National synodal synthesis calls for “liturgical language that is welcoming, inclusive, less misogynistic, Read more