Northern Wairoa Anglicans

31/05/2026

Evening Prayer at Holy Trinity Maungaturoto this evening with Rev Kim Parker.
Thanks graeme for playing your guitar as we sang.
Thanks for your hospitality this evening 🙏

31/05/2026

Holy Trinity Dargaville celebrates Trinity Sunday today which is our Churches 148th birthday.
Rev Kim Parker Presider and Rev Pat Boon Preached her sermon about the meaning of the Trinity.
All thy works shall praise thy name, in earth, and sky, and sea 🙏

29/05/2026

Save this date 25th July 2026

24/05/2026

The Day of Pentecost. The birthday of the Christian Church around the World.
At Holy Trinity this morning Rev Kim Parker and Rev Pat Boon invited the Congregation to coming forward for anointing, the Baptism of the Holy Spirit. The Paschal Candle, which has be lit at all services during the 50 days of Easter is now extinguished. Lit again as a reminder of Christ’s resurrection Life at Baptisms and Funerals.
Rev Kim Parker, did the 11am service at St Peters Te Kopuru as well. Glory to God

19/05/2026

Anglican Street Stall Thursday 21st May @ 8am
ourside Hunting & Fishing.
Baking, Jams and more

17/05/2026

9.30am Sunday after the Ascension at Holy Trinity. Rev Pat Boon lit the Christ candle, reading from the Gospel according to Luke. Risen Lord, Jesus, as you ascended to the Father, lift our eyes beyond what we can see, steady our heart in faith.
Rev Pat took a 11am service of Faith at Kauri Coast Resthome with the Lay Ministers giving Holy Communion. Remember to wear red next Sunday for the Day of Pentecost.
Have a great week everybody
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10/05/2026

Mother’s Day service at Holy Trinity Dargaville and St Peters Te Kopuru.
A busy Sunday for Rev Kim Parker, doing 2 services and a Vestry Meeting.
Be still in the presence of the Lord, the Holy one is here. 🙏

03/05/2026

This morning's service, the 5th Sunday of Easter, at Holy Trinity was led by 2 of our Lay Ministers, Judy Edmonds and Pauline Hilliam-Olsen. We enjoyed an upbeat hymn, "Just a Closer Walk with Thee," by Randy Travis, followed by the traditional hymn "Amazing Grace " by Judy Collins.
Pauline's Homily asked, " Do you spend quiet time with the Lord ? ".
We are not called to find our way through the darkness.
We are called to walk with Jesus, who has already conquered the darkness for us.
Abba Pior said,' Every single day, he makes a fresh beginning with us.
As the air feels fresh in the morning with the cold of Autumn, feel the freshness as we start our day afresh with the Lord.
Have a good week, everyone.
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02/05/2026

Today Rev Kim Parker, Kaye Welch, Viv Biddles, Susan Garratt and Pauline Hilliam-Olsen attended the Diocesan Leadership Training Day at Northwest Anglican Church in Massey, Auckland.

02/05/2026

A Wahine with local family connections to the Northern Wairoa Area has been Bishop Elect of Te Hui Amorangi ki Te Waipounamu the Venerable Susan Wallance. Congratulations 💐🙏💐

Primatial Announcement: The Venerable Susan Wallace named Bishop-elect of Te Hui Amorangi ki Te Waipounamu


E tīororotia ana e ngā rangi te korōria o te Atua; e tītohutohutia ana e te kikorangi ngā mahi ā ōna ringa - Ps 19.1

Ka tīorooro ki te tihi o Aoraki mauka,
ka tīorooro ki ngā wai pounamu e rere noa ki ngā tai e whā,
ka tīorooro ki ngā ngākau hari o Te Hui Amorangi ki Te Waipounamu.

E rere nei ko te rongo pai a ngā Pīhopa Mātāmua o te Hāhi Mihinare ki Aotearoa, Niu Tireni me Te Moana nui a Kiwa kua kōwhiria he pīhopa hou ki Te Hui Amorangi ki Te Waipounamu.

It is with a heart of thanksgiving and praise that we announce the election of The Venerable Susan Wallace (Kai Tahu, Ngāti Whātua, Ngāti Wai) to be the new Bishop of Te Hui Amorangi ki Te Waipounamu.

Archdeacon Susan's election is a moment of deep significance for Te Hui Amorangi ki Te Waipounamu, for Te Pīhopatanga o Aotearoa, and for the wider life of Te Hāhi Mihinare. Susan will become the first wahine Māori to serve as Pīhopa for Te Hui Amorangi ki Te Waipounamu, and only the second wahine Māori to serve as a Pīhopa in the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia.

All throughout the ages God has called women and men to serve in the Church. From those in the bible such as Deborah, prophet, judge and leader of Israel, to Phoebe, entrusted with ministry in the earliest Christian communities, the people of God have always been uplifted, empowered, and enhanced when the gifts of women are received with aroha, thanksgiving, and joy.

Archdeacon Susan brings to her new calling a lifetime of service to the Hāhi, iwi and her hāpori, where she has earned the love and trust of her people. Susan's ministry has been shaped by more than forty years of lay leadership before her ordination as deacon in March 2024 and priest later that same year.

Since the passing of her beloved late father, Pīhopa Richard Wallace, in 2024, Susan has carried significant leadership responsibility for Te Hui Amorangi ki Te Waipounamu. As Commissary, she helped steady and guide the Hui Amorangi through a season of transition, preparing the way for the calling of a new Pīhopa, whether that calling would fall to her or to another. In this, she has shown humility and faithful stewardship.

Her election also stands within a wider legacy of women's episcopal leadership in this Church and Communion, including The Right Reverend Penelope Jamieson, the first woman elected as a Diocesan Bishop in the Anglican Communion, and The Right Reverend Waitohiariki Quayle, the first wahine Māori to serve as Bishop in this Province.

We ask the whole Church to surround and uplift Susan in prayer, grace, aroha and unity. The calling of women to Episcopal Leadership is something we celebrate.

We give thanks for the Electoral College of Te Hui Amorangi ki Te Waipounamu, and for the care, prayer and discernment they brought to this sacred process.

The ordination and installation of Archdeacon Susan as Bishop is set for Saturday 6 June 2026 in Christchurch.

Yours in Christ,

++ Don Tamihere, ++Justin Duckworth, ++Sione Ulu'ilakepa