Dec 1, 2023 | Weekly e-news
E NEWS 1 DECEMBER 2023 Tena koutou e hoa ma! Or should I say gidday mate! I had a blast of a time on holiday in Sydney. I attended Tina Turner the musical which was as the song says, “Simply the Best.” It tells of her life story from her growing up as a preacher’s...
Nov 24, 2023 | Weekly e-news
E NEWS 24 NOVEMBER 2023 Sue McRae writes: People often ask me what life is like here over the hill in the Wairarapa. Overall it has been a great move for us, though completely unplanned. As I often tell people, we were looking to downsize into a compact,...
Nov 17, 2023 | Weekly e-news
E NEWS 17 NOVEMBER 2023 Lynne Dovey writes: Our Minister Fei is away on leave this week. We hope she is having a well-deserved break. As you know Queen Margaret College is a Presbyterian Church School founded in 1919 with close historic and current links to St...
Nov 16, 2023 | Weekly e-news
E NEWS 10 NOVEMBER 2023 Our Parihaka Sunday service was a resounding success. Thanks to Rev. Dr. Wayne Te Kaawa for leading our service and communion and for preaching the sermon and to Rev. David Dell and the Maori Regional Choir for their superb contribution in...
Nov 16, 2023 | Spirituality, Weekly e-news
E NEWS 3 NOVEMBER 2023 After almost 5 weeks in Europe, it feels good to be home. The lovely spring, almost summery weather helps, after distinctly autumnal temperatures in Paris and London, our last two destinations. Following on from plus 30 degrees in Portugal,...
Oct 27, 2023 | Weekly e-news
E NEWS 27 OCTOBER 2023 Kia ora e te whānau o Hato Anaru, In this time of grieving the massive suffering from the Hamas attacks on Israel and the subsequent Israeli attacks and siege of Gaza, what does it mean to stand up for peace? Prayer is part of the answer for...