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No barriers between the church and its people
27 November 2023
Bishop Richard Wallace is laser focused on achieving a short list of goals that will help unite our Te Waipounamu churches with their communities. “I’m going to pull down that...
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Te Rūnanganui Closing Eucharist
18 October 2023
The sun was back out in Te Matau A Māui and shining through the colourful stained glass windows of the historic Waiapu Cathedral as Reverend Zhane Tahau Whelan invited everyone...
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Awards honour outstanding leaders
30 September 2023
As the 2023 Te Rūnanganui came to a close on 30 September, a gala evening celebrated some of Te Pīhopatanga o Aotearoa’s most outstanding leaders.
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Te Rūnanganui expands reporting
30 September 2023
Finances and audit reports led the final afternoon of this year’s Te Rūnanganui o te Pīhopatanga o Aotearoa that has shifted to a full online reporting mode.
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Hāhi holds wānanga on bishops
30 September 2023
A new Commission on Episcopal Leadership has gathered vital feedback from Pīhopatanga leaders in the first of many wānanga that will help guide its work moving forward.
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Hui scopes out Mihinare education
29 September 2023
Leaders of Te Pīhopatanga o Aotearoa took a close-up look at Mihinare-led education in an afternoon on ministry formation, kura and mātauranga at Te Rūnanganui 2023.
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Hāhi moves to prevent abuse
29 September 2023
A motion acknowledging the pain experienced by survivors of abuse within Church-based care, and seeking to restore their mana and tapu, was passed unanimously at Te Rūnanganui 2023 on Friday...
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Hāhi goes deep on suicide
29 September 2023
A frank discussion on the sensitive topic of suicide brought together ideas from around the world during Friday’s wānanga at Te Rūnanganui o te Pihopatanga o Aotearoa.It was an emotional...
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Ōmahu welcomes Te Rūnanganui
28 September 2023
Te Rūnanganui o te Pihopatanga o Aotearoa was welcomed to Ōmahu marae in a sun-drenched pōhiri on Thursday, to whenua at the heart of a community whose homes were devastated...
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Te Rūnanganui 2023 seeks to build flourishing whanau
17 September 2023
The future mission and ministry of Te Pīhopatanga o Aotearoa as a flourishing indigenous Church will be under discussion when Te Rūnanganui gathers in Te Matau a Maui (Hastings) later this month.