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Te reo Maori no cloak for secularism Mr Speaker
For nearly 170 years our Parliament has opened each session with a Christian prayer. Last week the new Speaker of the House, Trevor Mallard, unilaterally ditched it. Gone were references to both the Queen and Jesus Christ…. To continue reading … Continue reading
Land Wars Day – what should we hold on to?
I spoke with the Maori Affairs Select Committee recently about the proposed Land Wars Day. Some of those thoughts were published in Stuff today. Will commemorating the New Zealand Land wars build national unity? Ewen McQueen September 2016
Such a garment as that !
It was the week before Easter. William Fairburn was returning home at night to the Paihia mission station accompanied by a young Maori man. As their boat glided over the darkened waters of the Bay of Islands the young man … Continue reading
Rore Kahu – Soaring Eagle of the Spirit
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
Parliamentary prayer should reflect our spiritual DNA
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
New Zealand’s lost Christian legacy
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
Christianity foundational to the Treaty
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