The Anglican Observer at the United Nations, Archdeacon Taimalelagi F. Tuatagaloa-Matalavea, was recently named a Member of the Order of Samoa, her native country.
15 July 2005
Pacific Islanders gathered at Holy Trinity Cathedral in Parnell last night (Sunday, April 17) to celebrate their first locally-based Anglican bishop. The Rt Revd Dr Winston Halapua, who was born in Tonga, but a Fiji citizen, has been installed as the first Bishop for the Diocese of Polynesia in New Zealand.
19 April 2005
Maori from throughout Aotearoa will gather at Turangawaewae in Ngaruawahia tomorrow afternoon (10 Feb) to elect a new Pihopa o Aotearoa, or leader of the Maori arm of the Anglican Church.
09 February 2005
The Anglican Diocese of Polynesia has elected its first Bishop for Aotearoa New Zealand.
14 January 2005
21 Anglican and Catholic bishops have called for the trial or release of NZ government prisoner Ahmed Zaoui.The bishops' statement which follows, urges the government to offer Mr Zaoui more humane treatment and requests alternatives be sought to his continuing incarceration in a state prison.
05 November 2004
Aotearoa New Zealand's Catholic and Anglican bishops renewed their stand against the government's proposed seabed and foreshore legislation at a joint meeting this week.
02 November 2004
We, Church Leaders in New Zealand, are gravely concerned at the terrible tragedy developing in Darfur, Western Sudan; a disaster that the United Nations has described as the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. Over 1.2 million people have been forced to flee their homes and are now internally displaced or refugees in neighbouring Chad.
05 August 2004
Churches in Aotearoa-New Zealand are to observe their first ever "Media Prayer Day" on Sunday 8 August, 2004.
04 August 2004
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