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Church leaders call for fair shares

Church leaders call for fair shares

Church leaders are calling on all political parties to acknowledge their shared responsibility to provide a just share of Aotearoa New Zealand’s wealth and resources for all its citizens, especially the most vulnerable.

31 October 2011

Archbishop to South Australia's politicians: "Consider Adelaide's urban ecology"

Archbishop to South Australia's politicians: "Consider Adelaide's urban ecology"

Anglican Archbishop of Adelaide, Jeffrey Driver, has called on South Australia’s politicians to begin the conversation about Adelaide’s urban ecology.

30 September 2011

Aussie scores cathedral's All Black icon

From Anglican Taonga

An Australian rugby visitor has bought Wellington Cathedral's "All Black Jesus" for an undisclosed sum.

23 September 2011

Lord of the Haka

Lord of the Haka

An image of Jesus as an All Black rugby player has gone on display in Wellington Cathedral to coincide with the Rugby World Cup tournament, which is currently taking place in New Zealand.

22 September 2011

$1m handed over to Christchurch

$1m handed over to Christchurch

Anglicans have raised more than $1m for Christchurch – and those funds have now been passed to the two bishops in the city to distribute for quake relief and rehabilitation projects.

19 September 2011

Violence against women in Pacific undermines region, says aid agency

Violence against women in Pacific undermines region, says aid agency

Levels of violence against women in parts of the Pacific are “horrific” and must be addressed if development is to have any chance in the Pacific region, said an Australian aid agency head today.

07 September 2011

Youth empowerment tops agenda at Anglican Alliance's second consultation

Youth empowerment tops agenda at Anglican Alliance's second consultation

Youth empowerment tops the agenda for the Anglican Alliance consultation which opens in Solomon Islands in the Pacific today.

05 September 2011

Archbishop of York pays tribute to Sir Paul Reeves

Archbishop of York pays tribute to Sir Paul Reeves

The Archbishop of York has paid tribute to Sir Paul Reeves, saying he found a kindred spirit in the former Governor-General, who stood for truth and what was fair.

18 August 2011

Carbon emission reduction "a moral necessity", says Anglican Church agency

Carbon emission reduction "a moral necessity", says Anglican Church agency

The government and people of Australia have been issued a prophetic challenge by The Environment Working Group of the General Synod (the national parliament) of the Anglican Church of Australia, to take up their moral responsibility to reduce carbon emissions, and it says paying for the cost of carbon pollution will be a necessary part of that action.

18 August 2011

Baillieu Government's youth sentencing plan flawed says Anglican Archbishop

Baillieu Government's youth sentencing plan flawed says Anglican Archbishop

Anglican Archibishop of Melbourne Dr Phillip Freier has lashed out at the Baillieu Government's mandatory sentencing plan for juveniles, describing it as a flawed plan which would delay justice for both perpetrators and the victims of crime.

17 August 2011