Wesleyan Church - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 25 Feb 2013 05:11:54 +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 Wesleyan Church - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 King of Tonga visits Wesley Church in Wellington https://cathnews.co.nz/2013/02/26/king-of-tonga-visits-wesley-church-in-wellington/ Mon, 25 Feb 2013 18:30:03 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=40008

The King of Tonga, Tupou VI and Queen Nanasipau'u Tuku'aho are on their first official visit to New Zealand. On Sunday they attended a service at the Wesley Methodist Church on Taranaki St in Wellington Local pastor, Reverend Viliami Finau, said the children had been excited about the visit for weeks. "It is very exciting Read more

King of Tonga visits Wesley Church in Wellington... Read more]]> The King of Tonga, Tupou VI and Queen Nanasipau'u Tuku'aho are on their first official visit to New Zealand.

On Sunday they attended a service at the Wesley Methodist Church on Taranaki St in Wellington

Local pastor, Reverend Viliami Finau, said the children had been excited about the visit for weeks.

"It is very exciting for the little ones. It's all they have been talking about," he said. "I don't think I've ever seen my grandchildren get up and ready for church so fast."

The service was attended by members from Tongan churches from around the region including Wellington, Tawa, Lower Hutt, Avalon and Upper Hutt.

Tupou VI, whose full name is Ahoʻeitu ʻUnuakiʻotonga Tukuʻaho Tupou VI; was born 12 July 1959

.He is the younger brother and successor of the late King George Tupou V. He was officially confirmed by his brother on 27 September 2006 as the heir presumptive to the Tongan throne, as his brother (a bachelor) had no legitimate children.

He served as Tonga's High Commissioner to Australia, and resided in Canberra until the death of King George Tupou V on 18 March 2012, when ʻAhoʻeitu ʻUnuakiʻotonga Tukuʻaho became King of Tonga, with the regal name Tupou VI.

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King of Tonga visits Wesley Church in Wellington]]> 40008 King tells Tongans to have healthier church feasts https://cathnews.co.nz/2012/07/03/enter/ Mon, 02 Jul 2012 19:30:55 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=28778 His Majesty King Tupou the VI has urged Tongans to make their church feasts healthier and use traditional, local produce. Opening the 89th annual conference of the Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga in Nuku'alofa, the King also said he supported the idea of halving the number of daily meals during conference from 4 to just Read more

King tells Tongans to have healthier church feasts... Read more]]> His Majesty King Tupou the VI has urged Tongans to make their church feasts healthier and use traditional, local produce.

Opening the 89th annual conference of the Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga in Nuku'alofa, the King also said he supported the idea of halving the number of daily meals during conference from 4 to just 2.

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