The outgoing Bishop of Christchurch said goodbye to her diocese with an attack on civic authorities over the future of Christchurch Cathedral.
16 April 2018
The Bishop of Christchurch, Victoria Matthews, and the Bishop of Shrewsbury, Mark Rylands, are stepping down to pursue new callings.
19 March 2018
Eight bishops have called for a halt to a Bill which proposes legalising medically-assisted suicide and euthanasia in New Zealand.
28 February 2018
The upper house of the state parliament in Victoria has approved a Bill to legalise assisted suicide despite a campaign by church leaders.
23 November 2017
The Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the first ordination of women in the Province.
07 November 2017
Christchurch diocesan synod will consider giving its earthquake-ravaged cathedral as a gift to the people of New Zealand.
15 August 2017
The future of the partially-demolished earthquake-ravaged cathedral in Christchurch, New Zealand, remains uncertain after an expected pre-Christmas announcement was delayed.
23 December 2016
A drone has been used got get up to date information about the damage to the interior of New Zealand’s Christchurch Cathedral.
07 July 2016
The Dean of a Cathedral in Canada has said a homelessness protest camp is ‘spiraling out of control’. The Very Revd Ansley Tucker called for the tents outside Christ Church Cathedral to be dismantled and alternative accommodation found.
31 May 2016
Christchurch Cathedral in New Zealand could be reinstated after a mediator reported that restoration work could leave the re-built cathedral “indistinguishable” from the one that was all-but destroyed by the 2011 earthquake. But the report says that the “costly and risky project” would be significantly more expensive and take much longer to build than a contemporary replacement.
08 January 2016