The Government has confirmed further details about the national apology to survivors of abuse in care. On 12 November Parliament will apologise on behalf of the nation for the failures of the State across many governments.
Two New Zealand bishops, Richard Laurenson and John Adams, attended the Baby Bishops course in Rome, a formation programme for newly ordained bishops. The event ran from 15 to 22 September and gathered 267 new bishops from all over the world for training, reflection and dialogue on their roles within the Church.
The Māori King, Tuheitia Paki, crowned Te Arikinui Kiingi Tuheitia, died on 30 August 2024, at age 69. His death came just nine days after he celebrated his 18th anniversary as king of the Kiingitanga, or Māori king movement, established in 1858 to unite the Māori tribes.
More than 400 church leaders have signed an open letter to MPs calling on them to vote down David Seymour’s Treaty Principles Bill at its first reading.
Mary Potter Hospice has been recognised for its decades of dedicated mahi and specialist care with the Supreme Award at the 2024 Wellington Airport Regional Community Awards for Wellington City. The awards were announced at an event at the National Library on 31 July.
Assisted dying – in the form of physician-assisted euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide – became legal in Aotearoa New Zealand three years ago on 7 November 2021.
That law stipulates there must be a review within three years of the practice coming into force and every five years after that.
Representatives from the New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference National Council for Young People of Aotearoa met with the New Zealand bishops at the Home of Compassion in Wellington, 20–21 August.
The council, with representatives from each diocese, meets regularly with the bishops. Its role is to advise and advocate on behalf of young Catholics in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Pope Francis has appointed Fr Mosese Vitolio Tui sdb – the parish priest of St Paul’s Parish in Massey in West Auckland – as the new Archbishop of Samoa-Apia.
Two Wellington Catholic primary schools are facing potential closure because of growing financial pressures in maintaining the schools and stagnant population growth in the capital.
The Archdiocese’s General Manager, Reuben Norris, and Vicar for Education and Director of Catholic Schools Education Services, Kelly Ross, recently met with parents of children at the two schools. They have issued the statement in the panel below.
A rare military flag has received much needed conservation work from the Carmelite Sisters at Christ The King Monastery in Christchurch. The flag is the Regimental Guidon of the 9th Wellington East Coast Mounted Rifles of WWI and is paraded by Queen Alexandra’s Mounted Rifles (QAMR) based at Linton Military Camp, near Palmerston North.