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For information about preventing the risk of arson on churches please watch this video (80 MB, this may take some time to download when using a slow internet connection). If you would like to download the file to watch later please right click the link and select "save link as" to save a copy on your computer.

Christian World Service has launched an appeal for the Horn and East Africa in response to the worst drought in 60 years.  After two failed rain seasons and with food prices skyrocketing over 10 million people face starvation and are in need of rapid assistance.  CWS is asking for help now. Read more.

Read a Council of World Mission (CWM) feature on the work of Global Mission coordinator, and Presbyterian Women New Zealand (APW) United Nations Convenor, the Very Rev Pamela Tankersley.

Coverage in the Christchurch Weekend Press of the recent very successful, sold-out Connect PYM Youth Conference. Read more. See photos from the Connect event on the PYM website

Do you know of anyone who would like to help a Christchurch quake-affected family by contributing to a grocery voucher? Money donations to the Rev Martin Stewart, St Stephen’s Presbyterian Church, PO Box 29-346, Fendalton, Christchurch. Include your details if you would like a receipt. Read more on Martin’s blog.

The Rev Dr Stuart Vogel, Secretary of the Church’s Asian Advisory, has released a media statement on behalf the Church about the food shortage in North Korea.

Realising a peaceful reunification of Korea would not only be a gift for the Korean people but also for the people of Asia and the world as a whole. For the church, both in and outside Korea, realising a unified Korea will also mean the church being unified in their efforts. Read the full World Council of Churches statement.

The World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) has written to all member churches urging that we all do an audit of how our actions, practices, choices of movement, and how our buildings are constructed, should show our deep concern for ecological responsibility and climate justice.

Read Te Waka Karaitiana the new Te Aka Puaho newsletter. Te Waka Karaitiana translates as the ‘the Christian waka’.

Read the listing for the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand in Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand, prepared by Ben Schrader.

Unlike the Anglican, Methodist and Catholic churches, the Presbyterian Church did not send missionaries to New Zealand. It arrived only after colonisation had begun, as a church for settlers...