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i tenei whenua

i tenei whenua

Mihi Tēnēi te mihi ki te kaihanga i te timatanga, nāna te rangi e tū nei, nāna te papa e takato nei. Nāna ngā maunga pokapoka kapua, nāna ngā puna waiora, ngā awa, ngā manga me te moana nui. Nāna ngā ngāhere whāngai tangata, nāna te ao me te pō. Nāna ngā mea katoa. Ki...

culture

culture

Today we mark 178 years since the first signatures were put to the Treaty of Waitangi on Thursday 6 February 1840. Rightly this day is a public holiday in New Zealand, and the day is most commonly referred to as Waitangi Day. In the past few days I have been mulling...

just chatting

just chatting

I was on the road very early this morning, soon after 6. As I flicked through radio channels I happened to hear the word "Mass" as one of the morning hosts on a popular Christchurch station was talking about how she was rostered on the children's liturgy yesterday but...

miss a chance?

miss a chance?

There's something in this week's readings for every person in every situation: For those who are having a rough time: Job said, "is not life on earth a drudgery" For the worker who feel's underpaid: "I'm a slave who longs for my wages" For those who like Job can't...

hope for a church

hope for a church

As I prepare to leave the Hurunui after six years I am aware of the great needs of Christian communities in rural New Zealand. If one of our large Christchurch churches were to close then a few hundred people have a choice of a dozen Masses every Sunday within a ten...