As Members of Parliament, Tuesday, dedicated the day to paying tribute to former Minister of Māori Affairs and Labour MP, Parekura Horomia, St Bede’s College Old Boy and National MP Gerry Brownlee told the house he remembered getting a note from Mr Horomia for not shutting his eyes during the House Prayer. Brownlee recalled Mr Horomia used to Read more
Archbishop of Wellington, the Most Reverend John Dew is requiring priests, parish volunteers and employees who work in schools to undergo police vetting. He will also go through the process himself. Archbishop Dew, Tuesday, wrote to all priests and deacons in the Archdiocese saying that following recent incidents throughout the country, the Education Review Office requires police Read more
The Holy Father, with the agreement of the respective governments, has announced that Archbishop Martin Krebs is the new Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand, the Cook Islands, Kiribati, Palau, and Federated States of Micronesia in the Pacific. Archbishop Krebs (56) was born in Essen, Germany. He was ordained priest in 1983, and after obtaining a doctorate in Read more
Hunger in an agricultural country where the shops and even the garbage bins are full of food seems too hard to believe, said Hamilton Bishop Denis Browne said on Thursday. The NZ Herald reports Bishop Browne is calling on the Government to allow different policy options for food programmes in schools to be examined and Read more
Bishop Peter Cullinane was among speakers remembering those who have died at work, at a commemoration service for Workers Memorial Day in Palmerston North on Sunday 28 April. Bishop Peter said that each one of the “terrible statistics” of workplace deaths, injuries and illnesses represented the suffering of individuals and families. He said human wellbeing Read more
The Hui Aranga 2013 took place at Hawera using the TSB Hub sports centre and the Hawera High School College. These proved ample space for the 1300 participants who came from Opononi in the North, Tauranga in the East and Whanganui, Manawatu and Wellington in the South. In all about 12 Clubs participated. The host Read more