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White Ribbon Day on 25 November 2015 is the international day when people wear a white ribbon to show that they do not condone violence towards women. We have ribbons, posters and leaflets for the 2015 White Ribbon campaign available free to parishes - there's 500 so get in touch soon, email info@presbyterian.org.nz and let us know how many to send. This year the 2015 theme is Respectful Relationships between men and women.

The Church has commended the Ministry of Justice on its discussion paper "Strengthening New Zealand's legislative response to family violence", which invited submissions on how to improve the country's family violence laws.

Presbyterian Women invites applications from those wishing to be a self-funded member of the 2016 Presbyterian Women of Aotearoa NZ Delegation to the United Nations.

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The Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand has had its website recognised at the Australasian Religious Press Association (ARPA) awards.

Applications are now open for Training in Mission 2016, a training and formation programme run by the Council for World Mission. Applicants must be aged between 18-30 years and able to spend seven months away from home.

Do you create and keep records for your parish? Want to find out how to manage paper, digital and other records? Interested in making sure the archives and memories of your church are preserved?

Presbyterian Research Centre archivist Eva Garbutt will be holding two workshops for Northern Presbytery parishes on Wednesday 9 September, 7pm at St John’s Presbyterian Church, 120 Great South Road, Papatoetoe, and Thursday 10 September, 7pm at St Giles’ Presbyterian Church, 1 Flanshaw Road, Te Atatu South.

This Act is currently before Parliament and is likely to be passed into law later this year. This legislation has ramifications for churches due to potential liability in the event of accidents resulting in injury to employees, volunteers and parishioners.

7 August 2015

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In this past week we have received news from Myanmar of severe flooding. Initial reports indicate that around 156,000 people have been affected, with this number expected to rise.

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This is Year C – Luke