The decision to deconstruct Christ Church Cathedral is supported by Canterbury church leaders.
The elderly frail of Christchurch could have been served better in the earthquakes, says Bishop Victoria Matthews.
Tena Koutou, Malo Elelei, Namaste, Talofa Lava, Ni Sa Bula Vinaka.
Warm Greetings to you all. Grace and peace to you from God.
Christchurch's Bishop Victoria Matthews is a keynote speaker and workshop leader at a conference on services to older people in Wellington from Thursday, 29 March.
A crane is in place for the delicate task of removing stained-glass windows and other heritage items from ChristChurch Cathedral this week.
“Almost 300 workers are now unemployed as a result of this conflict, and we are particularly conscious of the impact on the wellbeing of those workers and their families.
Quake-crippled ChristChurch Cathedral will be brought down to a “safe level” – between 2 and 3 metres high.
To the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia,
I am sure we will all be thinking of our friends, relations, and those we know in Christchurch today.
Bishop Victoria Matthews: “We are still proclaiming the Gospel...and God is with us and will see us through”
The Anglican Church says it will be at least another month before details of a temporary cathedral for Christchurch are made public.
A Wellington man has died in Fiji while working on a mission project.
He was Andrew Duxfield, and he was checking out a number of water projects in Fiji on behalf of the Anglican Missions Board (AMB) and Engineers without Borders (EWB) at the time of his death.
By Charlie Gates for The Press
Bishop Victoria Matthews' Christchurch home has been demolished after this month's earthquakes left it in a precarious state.
The insurance crisis facing all New Zealand churches in the wake of the Christchurch quakes today became more stark.
Leaders of the Anglican Church in New Zealand hope that voters at next weekend’s election referendum on MMP will give proportional representation the big tick.
From www.scoop.co.nz
Challenging the disparity between beliefs and practice in Christian churches is an issue that needs to be addressed, a senior clergyman said today while opening a national meeting on the elimination of violence against women.
From Anglican Taonga
The woman chosen to lead Pakeha students at St John’s College from 2012 will arrive having completed five years' teaching at one of the most famous theological colleges in the Anglican Communion.
There’ll be a community service in Greymouth on November 19 to mark the first anniversary of a defining moment for the West Coast – the Pike River Mine disaster.
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.
From Anglican Taonga
An Australian rugby visitor has bought Wellington Cathedral's "All Black Jesus" for an undisclosed sum.
