Hello everyone, The last week has seen the departure of three significant social activists from our communal life in New Zealand. Jacinda Ardern resigned as Prime Minister after leading New Zealand with grace and good humour through disaster, pandemic and economic...

Happy New Year friends.  This is our first E News for the year and I hope 2023 is going to be a blessed and adventurous year for you all, full of new and exciting things. I will be off to Samoa on Tuesday next week for a couple of weeks holiday.  Our family will be...

Talofa lava, this is our last E News for the year as we close the office for the holiday period and reopen on the 16th of January. I spent my Monday afternoon at the Warehouse Stationery in Petone printing off photos of my eleven great nieces and nephews to make up a...

There’s a children’s song “love is something if you give it away it will come right back to you”. This week Advent 4 is all about love. I remember when my husband was alive, he would tell me every day about how much he loved me, and we wanted to remind each other of...

I am writing from my bed this morning with shortness of breath, fever, and terrible cough. The effects of having Covid-19 two weeks ago still haven’t gone away. I had the privilege of leading opening prayers and devotion at the Pacific Graduation for Victoria...