David Carter - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 11 Dec 2014 05:03:33 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg David Carter - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 MPs' new prayer rejected https://cathnews.co.nz/2014/12/12/mps-new-prayer-rejected/ Thu, 11 Dec 2014 17:52:13 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=67096 Parliament's Speaker David Carter has announced that the traditional prayer he uses to open daily sittings of Parliament will remain as is, with its Christian references. He undertook a very low-key consultation process with MPs and offered an alternative that would remove religious references to "Almight God" and "Jesus Christ our Lord" from the English Read more

MPs' new prayer rejected... Read more]]> Parliament's Speaker David Carter has announced that the traditional prayer he uses to open daily sittings of Parliament will remain as is, with its Christian references.

He undertook a very low-key consultation process with MPs and offered an alternative that would remove religious references to "Almight God" and "Jesus Christ our Lord" from the English version.

However his alternative prayer included lines in Maori - E te Atua Kaha Rawa - that translates to "Almighty God," something Assistant Speaker Trevor Mallard described as "almost dishonest." Continue reading

MPs' new prayer rejected]]> 67096 St Bede's tops NZ "Ivy League" list https://cathnews.co.nz/2013/02/05/st-bedes-tops-nz-ivy-league-list/ Mon, 04 Feb 2013 18:30:36 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=38518

St Bede's College, a Catholic boys school in Christchurch New Zealand, has been placed at the top of an unofficial New Zealand "Ivy League" list. The list is drawn up as a result of a survey carried out by a New Zealand Sunday newspaper. The Sunday Star-Times bases its list on the schools attended by Read more

St Bede's tops NZ "Ivy League" list... Read more]]> St Bede's College, a Catholic boys school in Christchurch New Zealand, has been placed at the top of an unofficial New Zealand "Ivy League" list. The list is drawn up as a result of a survey carried out by a New Zealand Sunday newspaper.

The Sunday Star-Times bases its list on the schools attended by leading politicians, business leaders, government mandarins and the judiciary. 70 leaders were asked to provide information on their schooling.

St Bede's topped the list, helped by new parliamentary Speaker David Carter, one of five St Bede's old boys in Parliament.

Auckland Grammar was second and Christ's College, once a prolific producer of parliamentarians, judges and business leaders, was tied for third with Matamata College, Napier's William Colenso College and Palmerston North's Queen Elizabeth College.

St Bede's College rector Justin Boyle said it was his college's goal to produce leaders for society so topping the Star-Times' poll came as a pleasant surprise.

Boyle said St Bede's was part of a strong Marist network that involved students in leadership courses.

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