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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,...

treaty & culture

treaty & culture

Today we mark 176 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,...

Waitangi 175

Waitangi 175

School is back after our NZ summer break, and on Friday of this week we mark 175 years since the first signatures were put to the Treaty of Waitangi on Thursday 6...

beauty ever new

beauty ever new

I have been thinking about beauty all year. It was only a few hours into the new year when an email from Jason (who created this foodforfaith website and looks after...

Faithfest Cultural Festival

Faithfest Cultural Festival

Here is the final selection of Faithfest photos - this time from Sunday afternoon's Cultural Festival. Thank you again to Peter Fleming who took these photos and...

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