General Synod / Te Hinota Whanui voted unanimously to support Maori right to due process in their claims to the foreshore and seabed. General Synod considered that the legislation proposed by the Government violates Maori rights guaranteed under the Treaty and denies Maoris the opportunity to have their claims heard in the Maori Land Court as recognised by the Appeal Court.
17 May 2004
Te Pihopa o Aotearoa, the Right Reverend Te Whakahuihui Vercoe, was today elected Primate of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia.
10 May 2004
The Maori Anglican Church has accused the government of trying to take away their fundamental rights in its foreshore and seabed law.
30 April 2004
If we are to believe the media reports, the Christian Church is an irrelevancy for many people in today's society. For some, the only contact with the Church from year to year is the occasional baptism, wedding or funeral, and even then, more of these services are taking place without the Church being involved at all.
13 April 2004
The first woman diocesan bishop in the Anglican Communion has announced her retirement. After 14 years as the Bishop of Dunedin in New Zealand, the Rt Revd Dr Penny Jamieson will retire at the end of June.
23 March 2004
The Melanesian Brotherhood - the largest religious community in the Anglican Communion - was awarded the first prize in the regional category of the 4th Pacific Human Rights Awards, for its active role in peacemaking and reconciliation during the 1999 and 2000 ethnic conflict in the Solomon Islands.
09 March 2004
Two recent actions within the Anglican Communion are viewed with deep sadness by the Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea - the authorization of a Public Rite of blessing for those in same sex relationships in the Diocese of New Westminster, Anglican Church of Canada, and the consecration of a divorced priest now living in a same sex relationship in the diocese of New Hampshire, Episcopal Church of the USA
05 February 2004
The Reverend Helen Jacobi has been appointed as the new Dean of St John's Cathedral in Napier, a city in the North Island of New Zealand.
21 January 2004
Taken from a Column written by Archbishop Peter Jensen for publication in the Sun-Herald 18/01/04...Last weekend the UN launched the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery. The launch ceremony was held at Cape Coast, Ghana, an area that was once one of the most active centres for the international slave trade.
20 January 2004
The head of the Anglican Church in Australia, Archbishop Peter Carnley, has announced that he will step down as Archbishop of Perth and Primate of Australia in May 2005.
13 January 2004