Edgecumbe-Kawerau Anglican Parish-Waiapu Diocese

23/03/2026

12/03/2026

A funeral service will be held for Beverley Dolores ROBERTSON (nee Hughes) on Monday 16th March at 11am at St Margaret's Anglican Church, 1 Newall Street Kawerau, followed by burial at the Kawerau Cemetery. Bev was a Lay Leader at St Margaret's for many years. She was actively invovled in the life of the parish from teaching Sunday School in her early year to leading house groups, leading worship and was a member of the Local Shared Ministry Team, when the parish could no longer afford a stipended vicar and went into Local Shared Ministy in 2005. Bev loved young people and was actively involved in encouraging young people in their faith through SYMFF, SMINTIES, and a young mum's house group. She was also active in ministry in the wider community and was actively involved in Women's Aglow, Sam's place, Maggie's Op Shop, the KMA Foodbank and at one time ran a Christian Bookshop, called The Makers from the old Kawerau Bus Depot, now the Kawerau Information Centre.
Bev was born on 11th November 1937 in Nuhaka and died on 11th March, 2027 in Devonport, Auckland, aged 88. When Bev and Ian married she came to Kawerau where they spent most of their life, before moving to Devonport three years ago. Bev and Ian were married for 66 years, until Ian's death in December, 2025.
Bev was the cherished mother of David & Pam, Natalie, Hamish & Jo. Treasured grandmother of Natalie& Clifford, Matthew & Holly, Daniel & Rachel, Nicholas & Holly, Anna & Benoit, Elle (deceased), Sharaya & Elliot, Eli & Alexia, Caleb, Holly, Amos & Violet. Loved great-grandmother of Lily, Roman, William, Eva, Ella, Jackson, Mason & Sofia, Aviya, Kiah, Fletcher, Hudson, and Alyssa.
Our thoughts and prayers are with the whanau in their time of grief.

25/12/2025

A service for the Reverend Ian Robertson will be held on Monday 29th December at 1pm at St Margaret's Anglican Church, 1 Newall Street, Kawerau, followed by burial at the Kawerau Cemetery, Valley Road.
Ian had a long non-stipendary ministry at St Margaret's Anglican Church. He also owned Kawerau Plumbing for many years and was a keen sportsman and Jaycee.
He was the loved husband of Beverley, a loved father of David, Natalie and Hamish, a father-in-law, grandfather and great-grandfather.

Lord now let your servant go in peace: your word has been fulfilled. My own eyes have seen the salvation: which you have prepared in the sight of every people, a light to reveal you to the nations; and the glory of your people Israel. 1 Peter 1:3

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whose great mercy we have been born anew to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. Romans 14:8

22/12/2025

The Funeral Service for Jan Worsley will be held at St Margaret's Anglican Church, 1 Newall Street, Kawerau at 11am on Saturday 27th December, followed by a private cremation.

Jan had been an active member of St Margaret's Anglican Church since 1974.
She was a member of the Monday Evening House Group, helped with Friends and Heroes and Maggie's Wiggle Worms Preschool Music Group.

She was the loved wife of the late Ross. Loved mother and mother-in-law of Anthony, Julie-Ann and Mark Law; Scott and Kylie. Loved Nana of Amy, Steven and Becca, Robert, and Jazmin: and loved great-Nana of Emily.
Please remember the Worsley family in your prayers.

03/10/2025

The New Archbishop of Canterbury has been announced.

15/04/2025

Archbishops Sione, Justin and I strongly denounce the missile attacks on the Anglican Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza, carried out in the early hours of Palm Sunday, 13 April 2025.

Run by the Anglican Diocese of Jerusalem, this hospital has long stood as a place of refuge, healing and hope.

Read the full statement here: https://shorturl.at/FRMtB

10/03/2025

We had some great church camps there in the 1980s.

24/02/2025

E te whanau a te Karaiti, tēnā koutou, I’m writing to you to share the news of upcoming clergy movements in the Diocese: Resignation of The Very Reverend Di Woods, Dean of Waiapu CathedralI have received notice of the resignation of The Very Rev’d Di Woods. Di has served the Diocese and Parish...