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.
A Presbyterian visit to North India
The Moderator, Right Rev.
125 years since Presbyterian church union
The Presbyterian Research Centre has mounted a display in the Hewitson Wing of Knox College, Dunedin, marking 125 years since the Northern and Southern Presbyterian churches in New Zealand united in 1901.
With the Presbyterian Church of Vanuatu
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The Council for World Mission meets in Auckland
The Presbyterian Church hosted the Council for World Mission’s Annual Members Meeting in Auckland in June, following the council’s “ReVisioning Education” programme in Auckland and at Te Maungarongo Marae in May.
Five licensed for ministry at Te Maungarongo Marae
In early May, five people who had completed Amorangi training, in partnership with the Knox Centre for Ministry and Leadership, were licensed for ministry in Te Aka Puahou at Te Maungarongo Marae in Ōhope, the Presbyterian Church’s national marae.
Churches stand together at Waitangi
The Moderator, Right Rev.
Avondale Union Church dedicates its renewed buildings
In the first Bush Telegraph column of 2026, the Moderator of the Presbyterian Church, Right Rev.