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Senior church leader appointed White Ribbon Ambassador
Friday, 18 November 2016, 1:42 pm | Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand
White Ribbon’s newest ambassador is calling on churches to support the campaign opposing violence towards women. More >>
Presbyterians extending the hand of friendship this Easter
Friday, 18 March 2016, 3:59 pm | Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand
This weekend Presbyterian parishes around the country will be extending the hand of friendship to their neighbours. More >>
Church billboard hammers home Easter message to Donald Trump
Wednesday, 9 March 2016, 9:24 am | Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand
AUCKLAND, 9 March 2016 - Donald Trump has made an appearance in Auckland today via a new Easter billboard outside a Remuera church. More >>
Presbyterian Church urges Government to do more for refugees
Thursday, 3 September 2015, 4:42 pm | Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand
The Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand is calling for an urgent review of the country’s quota for accepting refugees for resettlement. More >>
Minister elected as head of international Christian charity
Friday, 21 August 2015, 3:38 pm | Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand
Palmerston North Presbyterian minister, the Very Rev Pamela Tankersley, has been electedas the head of Singapore-based Council for World Mission (CWM). More >>
Calls for more alcohol-free local activities
Friday, 17 July 2015, 5:26 pm | Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand
The Presbyterian Church has added its voice to those speaking out against New Zealand’s binge-drinking culture, saying that more alcohol-free activities for youth are part of the solution. More >>
Pope has important message on climate change for New Zealand
Thursday, 25 June 2015, 11:50 am | Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand
The Presbyterian Church has enthusiastically welcomed Pope Francis’s encyclical on the environment which addresses one of the great moral challenges of our time, climate change. More >>
Presbyterian Church to lead Waitangi Day dawn ceremony
Thursday, 29 January 2015, 12:53 pm | Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand
For the first time in the history of the Presbyterian Church, its ministers, led by the Church’s Māori Synod, will conduct the Waitangi Day dawn ceremony at Waitangi. More >>
Put family arguments aside and enjoy a peaceful Christmas
Tuesday, 9 December 2014, 3:47 pm | Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand
While Christmas is often a time of joy for reunited families, for others it is a time of arguments, old grudges and reminders of the differences that separate us. More >>
New national Assembly Executive Secretary for Presbyterians
Thursday, 16 October 2014, 9:52 am | Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand
The Rev Wayne Matheson has been appointed as the national Assembly Executive Secretary of the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand. The role is the equivalent to a General Manager and will be based in the Church’s national office in Wellington. More >>
Presbyterian Church elects Moderator-designate
Tuesday, 7 October 2014, 1:50 pm | Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand
The Rev Richard Dawson of Dunedin will be the next leader of the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand. More >>
Presbyterian Church to consider divestment of fossil fuels
Monday, 6 October 2014, 5:24 pm | Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand
At its biennial General Assembly yesterday, the Presbyterian Church agreed by a majority vote to request that the Church’s Property Trustees, who manage the major funds of the Church, divest from fossil fuel investments. More >>
Presbyterian Church elects new leader
Monday, 6 October 2014, 9:59 am | Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand
The Right Rev Andrew Norton is the new Moderator or elected leader of the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand. He begins his two year term from 4 October 2014. More >>
National Day to Commemorate New Zealand Wars Supported
Thursday, 1 May 2014, 10:39 am | Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand
The Moderator of the Māori Synod of the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand, the Rev Wayne Te Kaawa, has supported calls by Tainui and Kingitanga leader Tukuroirangi Morgan to have an annual national day to commemorate the New Zealand Wars. The Moderator ... More >>
Church Concerns: Legislation Impact On Children & Families
Friday, 12 July 2013, 5:10 pm | Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand
The Presbyterian Church today expressed its concern that more pokies will equal more problems for children and families of problem gamblers. More >>
Church Minister's Album Lands At No.6 In NZ Album Charts
Tuesday, 23 April 2013, 9:03 am | Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand
We hear increasingly that New Zealand is a secular society, and that church attendance is declining, so how does a contemporary rock album debut at number six in the NZ Album charts with songs about Christ and suffering? More >>
Les Misérables Film Offers Good Example of Easter Message
Tuesday, 26 March 2013, 9:52 am | Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand
The adaptations of Victor Hugo's novel, Les Misérablescontain one of the best portrayals of the Easter story in action, says the Presbyterian Church. 'In Les Misérables, the character Jean Valjean, speaking of the bishop's kindness says, '˜He gave me ... More >>
The Easter Story told through texting, Facebook and twitter
Friday, 15 March 2013, 1:27 pm | Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand
On Good Friday, 29 March, at 11am, thousands of phones will beep around New Zealand with a text message from a thief: More >>
Christians to encourage payment of living wage
Wednesday, 13 February 2013, 5:16 pm | Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand
Churches have been involved in the Living Wage Campaign from its inception as part of a three-way partnership between faith communities, community groups and the labour movement. In New Zealand a growing number of national, regional and congregational ... More >>
Experience the story of Christmas by text, Facebook, Twitter
Wednesday, 19 December 2012, 2:14 pm | Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand
This Christmas people are being encouraged to follow the Christmas story by subscribing to the texting service KiwiAdvent. KiwiAdvent is a chance for people to experience the Advent story, from 18th to 25th December, through first person story-telling ... More >>
