NEWS
News from our member churches and the wider ecumenical movement, with our monthly roundup and a library of stories from ecumenical bodies around the world.
Methodist Conference 2026
The Methodist Church of New Zealand’s Conference for 2026 was set for Wesley College, Paerata, from 2 to 7 October, under the theme “Maranga!
Methodist and Uniting Church women gather in Auckland
Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland hosted the 15th World Assembly of the World Federation of Methodist and Uniting Church Women from 25 to 29 August, on the theme “Arise and Shine for the Glory of God is Upon You”, from Isaiah 60:1.
Weaving an Indigenous thread into the World Methodist Council
About 180 people from the worldwide Methodist family met in San Salvador from 13 to 17 August for the World Methodist Council meeting, on the theme “The Kingdom of God is justice and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit”, and visited places connected with Archbishop Óscar Romero.
Two hundred years of Christianity in Tonga
Leaders of Te Hāhi Weteriana o Aotearoa, among them the president, Te Aroha Rountree, the vice-president, Rev.
Southern Eastercamp turns thirty
Southern Eastercamp began in 1996, when Baptist, Methodist and Presbyterian youth ministries brought 360 Canterbury teenagers together to hear the Easter message.
A shared welcome for two theological colleges
A joint pōwhiri in Meadowbank, Auckland, on 15 February opened the academic year for Trinity Methodist Theological College and the Anglican St John’s Theological College, Hoani Tapu, with students, staff and whānau of both colleges present.
Methodists and Catholics in dialogue in Aotearoa
Rev.