News archive
Council of World Mission feature on Church's work
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.
Connect 2011 coverage
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
Donations towards grocery vouchers for quake-affected families sought
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.
Media release: food shortage in North Korea
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.
Ecumenical steps towards the peaceful reunification of the Korean peninsula
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.
WCRC urges churches to audit to reduce carbon footprint
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 the new Te Aka Puaho newsletter
Read Te Waka Karaitiana the new Te Aka Puaho newsletter. Te Waka Karaitiana translates as the ‘the Christian waka’.
Church in Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
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...
Easter - a time to imagine what might be
The Rev Fakaofo Kaio, moderator of the Northern Presbytery, joins with other church ministers in encouraging us all to spend time acknowledging the meaning of Easter. Imagine there is a God who is loving, just and good. Suppose this God formed the world, full of beauty and with people like us in it. Imagine God's plan is for a world full of goodness, beauty, and love, free of horror, suffering and death. Read more in the NZ Herald
National Day of Prayer - Saturday 30 April 2011
At a recent meeting of national Church Leaders it was agreed that we would encourage our churches to be open on Saturday 30 April so that throughout New Zealand members of our church communities, and the community at large, could take the opportunity to pray for the peoples of the Pacific Rim following the recent disasters in Haiti, Japan, Queensland, Greymouth and Christchurch.