Category Archives: Spiritual Renewal

Rore Kahu – Soaring Eagle of the Spirit

Posted on December 20, 2014 by Ewen McQueen

This week on Christmas Day we come to the 200 year anniversary of the proclamation of Te Harinui in New Zealand. A beautiful structure named Rore Kahu – soaring eagle – has been established on the hill top at Rangihoua … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural Renewal, NZ History, Spiritual Renewal, Treaty of Waitangi | Tagged Christianity and Maori, Christmas Marsden, Ewen McQueen, Nopera Panakareao, Rangihoua, Rev Samuel Marsden, Rore Kahu, spirituality, Tamihana Te Rauparaha, Te Harinui, Wiremu Tamihana | 2 Comments

Parliamentary prayer should reflect our spiritual DNA

Posted on December 6, 2014 by Ewen McQueen

News today that the Speaker of the House the Hon David Carter is considering changes to the Parliamentary prayer. The NZ Herald reports the decision about a change could be as early as next week. This in spite of no public … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural Renewal, Spiritual Renewal | Tagged Christianity and Maori, Christianity and Treaty, Ewen McQueen, Gospel bicentenary, Hon David Carter, Parliamentary democracy, Parliamentary prayer, Rev Samuel Marsden, Te Harinui | Leave a comment

Waitangi Tribunal on sovereignty – fashionable but flawed

Posted on November 14, 2014 by Ewen McQueen

When scholarship becomes focused on what is fashionable rather than what is true then trouble is ahead. Unfortunately that is precisely where the Waitangi Tribunal is taking us with the so called “modern scholarship” it has used to declare that … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural Renewal, Economic Transformation, Spiritual Renewal, Treaty of Waitangi | Tagged Ewen McQueen, Maori sovereignty, Sir Apirana Ngata, Treaty of Waitangi, Treaty Settlements, Waitangi Tribunal, William Colenso | 1 Comment

Why neither National or Labour will solve child poverty

Posted on October 30, 2014 by Ewen McQueen

More growth – or more redistribution. These are the two main themes offered into the child poverty debate by parties across the political spectrum in New Zealand. Both are necessary to some degree. However both will also fall well short … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural Renewal, Economic Transformation, Honouring Marriage, Protecting Children, Spiritual Renewal | Tagged Child poverty, economic growth, Ewen McQueen, UNICEF Report on child poverty | 4 Comments

New Zealand’s lost Christian legacy

Posted on October 16, 2014 by Ewen McQueen

Many New Zealanders question if our nation ever had a strong heritage of Christian faith. Wiremu Tamihana is the answer to their doubts. As a young Ngati Haua chief, Tamihana found faith in the early 1830s under the teaching of … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural Renewal, Economic Transformation, NZ History, Spiritual Renewal, Treaty of Waitangi | Tagged Christian faith, Christianity and Maori, Ewen McQueen, Hobbiton, Kingitanga, Maori King, Matamata, Ngati Haua, Peria, Potatau Te Wherowhero, Wiremu Tamihana | 4 Comments

Conservatives wrong about the Treaty

Posted on July 26, 2014 by Ewen McQueen

As a party with purportedly Christian leanings the Conservative’s line on the Treaty settlement process is a disappointment. Yesterday party leader Colin Craig was reported speaking to a group of supporters in Nelson saying that the Waitangi Tribunal had contributed … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural Renewal, Spiritual Renewal, Treaty of Waitangi | Tagged Colin Craig, Conservative Party, Ewen McQueen, Spiritual renewal, Treaty Settlements, Waitangi Tribunal | 48 Comments

Greens blinded by ideology

Posted on June 30, 2014 by Ewen McQueen

The Greens opposition to removing fallen timber from West Coast forests reveals their ideological underpinning. They don’t just want to protect the environment – they worship it. The storm which lashed the Coast last month felled thousands of native trees … Continue reading →

Posted in Economic Transformation, Protecting Children, Respect for Life, Spiritual Renewal | Tagged Abortion, Conservation, Ewen McQueen, Greens, Hon Nick Smith, Paparoa National Park, Royal Forest & Bird Protection Society, West Coast forests | Leave a comment

Kapiti Island – sanctuary of the Sprirt

Posted on April 5, 2014 by Ewen McQueen

Today Kapiti Island north of Wellington is a sanctuary for some of New Zealand’s precious rare birds. 180 years ago it provided sanctuary of a different sort. In 1837 a group of young men hungry for truth established what was … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural Renewal, NZ History, Spiritual Renewal, Treaty of Waitangi | Tagged Bible and Maori, Bible College, Ewen McQueen, Kapiti, Kapiti Island, Matene Te Whiwhi, Ngati Toa, Ripahau, Spiritual retreat, spirituality, Tamihana Te Rauparaha, Te Rauparaha | Leave a comment

Bible in Schools

Posted on February 18, 2014 by Ewen McQueen

180 years ago in New Zealand the Bible was valued more than gold. The hunger across the land for the Maori New Testament – Te Kawenata Hou – was insatiable. Now it is being removed from our schools by ardently … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural Renewal, Protecting Children, Spiritual Renewal | Tagged Bible in Schools, Democracy, Ewen McQueen, Human rights, human rights issue, Kawenata Hou, New Zealand, Te Kawenata Hou, The Bible, W.F. Massey, William Ferguson Massey | Leave a comment

Christianity foundational to the Treaty

Posted on February 6, 2014 by Ewen McQueen

On this Waitangi Day in the 200th year since Te Harinui was first proclaimed in these islands, let us remember that the Treaty would never have been signed without the influence of Christianity. Read the Otago Daily Times, Foundations of … Continue reading →

Posted in NZ History, Spiritual Renewal, Treaty of Waitangi | Tagged Christianity and Maori, Christmas Marsden, Ewen McQueen, Rev Samuel Marsden, Te Harinui | Leave a comment