E-NEWS 19TH SEPTEMBER 2025 Mōrena! 🌿✨ What a beautiful way to mark the final day of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori. Yes, I’ve picked up a few extra kupu (words) this week too. Here are a few you might enjoy carrying forward beyond this week: Mihi – greeting, acknowledgment...

E-NEWS 12TH SEPTEMBER 2025 Weather & Weekend Gathering We’ve been very lucky these past two days – although rain was forecast, the skies have held clear. Tomorrow, those of you on the Kāpiti Coast, I look forward to catching up with you over lunch at Gillian and...

E-NEWS 7TH SEPTEMBER 2025 Spring is here, for me it's my favorite season seeing the blossoms on the trees and knowing the cold will soon make way to warmth and sunshine although here in Wellington it's never guaranteed. My new hobby: taking Charge of Health and...

E-NEWS 29TH AUGUST 2025 Tēnā koutou, e hoa mā  On Tuesday, I had the privilege of visiting one of our new St Andrew’s on The Terrace families, Barbara and Marcel, formally from Switzerland, who live out on a lifestyle block in Pekapeka. While there, I was introduced...

E-NEWS 22ND AUGUST 2025 Welcome to Tongan language week, Malo lelei is hello in Tongan, fefeake is how are you?  Saipe is I am well.  Ofa atu is with love. On Monday we farewelled our dear friend, Andrew Matthews. It was heartening to see so many from St Andrew’s on...

E-NEWS 15TH AUGUST 2025 Talofa lava.  What a beautiful day this Friday morning is.  I hope you’ve all had a good week and are keeping warm, steering clear of the winter colds, flus, and sniffles. Some of us have been a bit under the weather but are now on the mend....