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Churches vital to recovery

Friday, 4 March 2011, 9:39 am | Vision Network of NZ

Churches vital to recovery By John McNeil After the first tier such as Civil Defence, Red Cross, Police and Fire Brigade, the Church is the biggest provider of social services and support in the aftermath of the two major earthquakes that have devastated ... More >>

Call for action on Afghanistan persecution

Friday, 25 June 2010, 9:33 am | Vision Network of NZ

The New Zealand member of the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) is calling on the government to make representation to the authorities in Afghanistan, asking them to honour their commitment to the United Nations declaration on religious freedom ... More >>

Call for action against Uzbekistan persecution

Wednesday, 26 May 2010, 11:49 am | Vision Network of NZ

The New Zealand member of the World Evangelical Alliance is calling on the government to make representation to the authorities in the central Asian country of Uzbekistan, asking them to honour their commitment to the United Nations declaration on religious ... More >>

Alcohol reforms don’t get to heart of the issue

Thursday, 29 April 2010, 10:52 am | Vision Network of NZ

New Zealand Christian Network ( vision network), who made a submission to the Law Commission on alcohol reform, supports the general direction of the Law Commission’s recommendations just released, but says they don’t address the root cause of our ... More >>

Religion in the Workplace document debated

Wednesday, 21 April 2010, 5:25 pm | Vision Network of NZ

Business people and those involved in church public issues gathered recently to consider a discussion document from the Human Rights Commission that plans to launch Religion in the Workplace guidelines late in 2010 or early in 2011. More >>

Leaky homes has have far-reaching implications

Thursday, 8 April 2010, 5:00 pm | Vision Network of NZ

New Zealand Christian Network, vision network, says the leaky leaky-homes crisis has dragged on for far too long, and has far-reaching implications for poverty. More >>

Inequality affects all Kiwis

Thursday, 1 April 2010, 10:06 am | Vision Network of NZ

Otago University’s Professor of Theology and Public Issues Andrew Bradstock and Glyn Carpenter, New Zealand Christian Network (visionnetwork), say the report NZ Ahead published today by New Zealand Institute report should raise serious concerns ... More >>

Comment on Destiny Church

Tuesday, 9 March 2010, 9:48 am | Vision Network of NZ

Recent media attention on Destiny Church has focused mainly on money. There is a lot more to Church and the message of Jesus Christ than money, and there is more to Destiny Church than just money, so the money issue needs to be kept in balance. More >>

Spirituality the solution to drink driving

Tuesday, 2 March 2010, 5:00 pm | Vision Network of NZ

New Zealand Christian Network, vision network, welcomes the Government's intention to impose a zero alcohol level for drivers under 20. More >>

visionnetwork urges Kiwis to support Haiti

Friday, 15 January 2010, 4:43 pm | Vision Network of NZ

visionnetwork, New Zealand Christian Network, is urging Kiwis to respond generously to the disaster in Haiti, which is reeling from the largest earthquake to hit the Caribbean in 200 years, resulting in an estimated 50,000 dead and countless injured. ... More >>

Visionnetwork supports clothing boycott

Friday, 31 July 2009, 11:16 am | Vision Network of NZ

Vision network, which aims to reflect the views of around 500,000 Christians in New Zealand, has added its support to calls for a boycott on children's clothing sold by Australian-based chain Cotton On Kids. Groups, such as the National Council of ... More >>

Government must address family breakdown

Thursday, 19 June 2008, 9:27 am | Vision Network of NZ

The Government's solution to violence in liquor stores in the wake of the recent killings and robberies is more about appearances than solutions, says Vision Network NZ National Director Glyn Carpenter. More >>

Vision Network supports abortion decision

Tuesday, 10 June 2008, 4:53 pm | Vision Network of NZ

Vision Network said today it supported the High Court judgement which said that the Abortion Supervisory Committee had not given full regard to the rights of unborn children. More >>

Bailey Kurariki and Reducing Crime

Monday, 19 May 2008, 3:49 pm | Vision Network of NZ

Vision Network national director Glyn Carpenter says media reports on Bailey Kurariki highlight the need to think carefully about treatment of prisoners after their release. More >>

Morning After Pill Will Increase Problems

Thursday, 8 May 2008, 3:07 pm | Vision Network of NZ

Vision Network national director Glyn Carpenter, has added his voice to the many others opposed to the free morning after pill. More >>

Network Joins Call 'Stand' Against Child Abuse

Wednesday, 8 August 2007, 10:17 am | Vision Network of NZ

Vision Network supports the call for a nationwide stand against child abuse being marked by a 3 minutes stand at 12:12 today. National Director Glyn Carpenter said while the specific action points need to be thought through more carefully, particularly ... More >>

No Islamophobes at Mosques and Miracles

Thursday, 26 July 2007, 8:42 am | Vision Network of NZ

Contrary to statements made by organisers of the “Voices of Peace” conference, the Mosques and Miracles conference speakers and attendees are anything but Islamophobes. More >>

Tragic picture revealed in latest Unicef report

Friday, 16 February 2007, 9:50 am | Vision Network of NZ

Glyn Carpenter, spokesperson for Vision Network of New Zealand, said that all decent minded people in NZ should be outraged by the picture of child neglect and abuse painted in the latest Unicef report. But, he said, we should also be concerned at ... More >>

Re: Hell Pizza advertising campaign

Thursday, 2 November 2006, 4:22 pm | Vision Network of NZ

"Hell Pizza's campaign to deposit condoms in people's letter-boxes is a sad reflection of corporate greed. Unfortunately as long as there is money to be made from sensational acts like this, some people will stoop to it. But while the company ... More >>

 
 
 
 
 

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