E te whanau a te Karaiti, tēnā koutou,   I’m writing to you to share the news of upcoming clergy movements in the Diocese:   Resignation...

When the map runs out    Several years ago, Bishop Andrew had the diocese engage in a book called Canoeing the Mountains . A core part of...

Sowing for another generation    If you are a reader of the psalms, or undertake the daily morning prayer readings, you will...

‘But I say to you that listen, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse...

Happy are those   who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or take the path that sinners tread,    or sit in the seat of scoffers; but...

Pihopa Ngarahu retires Today I want to begin by acknowledging the announcement from Archbishop Don earlier this week that Pihopa Ngarahu...

At last year's Synod, Te Ngahere Puāwai, a vision for the flourishing of Waiapu, was released. The diocese will share weekly updates,...

A new initiative designed for those in active ministry across the Hawkes Bay, including Central and Southern Hawkes Bay, drawing together...

Due to the success of the first Little Revolutions conference held last year, CATCH is hosting two conferences this year, one at...

Once while Jesus was standing beside the lake of Gennesaret, and the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, he saw two...

Strandz (the hub of children and families ministry for Tikanga Pakeha) is offering a series of six conversation for children and families...

If you have borrowed books from the Waiapu diocesan library over the past year, now is a good time to return them.  Please send them to...

The World Day of Prayer is on Friday 7th March 2025 (always the first Friday in March). The theme this year is "I Made You Wonderfully"...

A rest over summer, and planning ahead for 2025 It was good to be return to the office last week after a month’s rest over the summer...

Belinda died on Tuesday 14 January and a funeral service was held to honour Belinda the following week at Peak Vision Church, Havelock...

' Living on the fault line – Aotearoa New Zealand’s bicultural future' (Quentin Wilson Publishing 2025)   to be published in February is...

When the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord (as...

In October 2024, Synod passed the following motion. That this Synod: 1. Commits as a Diocese to uphold the care of creation by:   A. ...

The Archbishops of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia have welcomed news of the ceasefire between the Government...

Synod has moved a motion to ensure that the most vulnerable in our society have an advocate through the Anglican Diocese of Waiapu to...