An increasing amount of people within our movement are choosing to live in missional communities, centred around corporate prayer, hospitality and mission to those who are vulnerable. 

What was broken can be mended - that's the belief of Rev. Dr Rangi Nicholson, Priest Assistant at Rangiātea Anglican Church in Ōtaki.  He is, of course, referring to the relationship between Māori and Pākehā, the two peoples brought together by the Treaty partnership signed first at Waitangi nearly 181 years ago. We now look forward to another joint Waitangi Day celebration in Ōtaki.

Our friends from New Wine put on another smashing festival this Wellington Anniversary Weekend, with over 1,000 people gathering to camp at Kāpiti College for fun, worship and teaching for all the family.  New Wine Festival has been running for over 25 years and serves as our annual diocesan family camp, where hundreds of us gather to share life in the summer sun together for five years.

As we find ourselves in uncertain times, the Diocesan Council has decided to move the upcoming Synod to a virtual platform. Synod was to be held in Kāpiti Parish on the 19th of September, but will now be held via Zoom online meeting on the same day.