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Oral submission Criminal Records (Expungement of Historical Homosexual Convictions) Bill
Oral submission to the Justice Select Committee Thursday December 7 2017 Thank you for granting this time to support our submission on the Bill. I am Susan Jones,Senior Minister at St Andrews on The Terrace Presbyterian Church, and with me is Mrs Pat Booth who...
Watch New Zealand sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Live!
We are very pleased to send you some great news of our politicians doing the right thing! And you can watch it happen live! Finally, the much-delayed announcement ... Foreign Minister Gerry Brownlee announced today New Zealand will sign the Treaty on the Prohibition...
The Flow of the Christian Story or How the Bible Hangs Together
This is Part 2 of a musing from a conversation I had this week. For Part 1 see the weekly e news also on this website In our conversation, once we had talked about the difference between spirituality, theology and religion, we segued on to the flow of the Christian...
Pre-election Meeting 3 of 3 : Honest Leadership in a Post-Truth World?
The last in the "Keeping Faith in Politics" series of election year events fronted by the Centre for Theology and Public Issues (Wellington). Come to St Andrew's on The Terrace at 6pm for refreshments for a meeting start of 6.30pm to hear from candidates and...
Pre-election Meeting 2 of 3 : Does everyone in New Zealand have a fair level of Income?
The second forum in our pre-election series. Topic: How do we ensure every family and individual in New Zealand has a fair income so they can participate well in society? Day and Time: Tuesday 15 August 2017, 5.30-7.00pm. Venue: St Andrew's on The Terrace The Panel...
Looking within
Looking within Every now and then, I start to feel ‘outside of myself’. It’s a strange feeling. Almost as if my body was walking among the world, but I am somewhere else. The ‘somewhere else’ isn’t somewhere mystical, it is very much in this world – so...