Anglican Church in New Zealand

Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia

Christchurch Diocese

Saint Mark’s Church, Opawa -St Martins Parish, is part of the Anglican Diocese of Christchurch

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Transitional Cathedral

The Transitional Cathedral in Latimer Square is the world’s only cathedral made substantially of cardboard.

Cathedral Reinstatement

Reinstating the Christ Church Cathedral after the Canterbury Earthquakes

Complaints

We need to ensure people experience the Anglican Church as a place of love, of wholeness and of safety.

Diocese of Christchurch

Serving Canterbury, Westland, and the Chatham Islands

Anglican Church

Saint Mark’s Church, Opawa -St Martins Parish, Diocese of Christchurch, is part of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia: Te Hahi Mihinare ki Aotearoa ki Niu Tireni, ki Nga Moutere o Te Moana Nui a Kiwa.

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Anglican Mission

Catalysing, co-ordinating and championing mission work

A New Zealand Prayer Book

The official prayer book for the Anglican church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia.

Treaty of Waitangi

The Anglican church has a particular moral relationship to the Treaty of Waitangi as its clergy helped author Te Tiriti and were involved in key events in Treaty history. Anglicans view Te Tiriti as “a spiritual convenant, and a moral promise”

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Henry Williams

The majority of Maori signatories signed Te Tiriti, written in Te Reo Maori by Henry Williams, an Anglican missionary of the Church Missionary Society.

Old Land Claims

The first claims heard after the Treaty of Waitangi were the “Old Land Claims” by missionaries, early settlers, and the New Zealand Company that they had bought land before Aotearoa came under British jurisdiction. Some claims were made in the name of the Church Missionary Society (CMS). Other claims were made by missionaries like Henry Williams who had bought larger areas to support their children.

Tauranga Apology

In 2018 the Anglican Church made a formal apology to the iwi of Tauranga Moana for yielding to pressure from the Crown to sell the Te Papa block (stretching from the modern Tauranga central business district to Gate Pa), which the Church Missionary Society held in trust for Ngati Tapu and Ngai Tamarawaho.

Anglican Commnion

Saint Mark’s Church, Opawa -St Martins Parish, Diocese of Christchurch, is part of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia, in the global Anglican Communion.

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Anglican Communion

The Anglican Communion is one of the world’s largest communities of Christian faith.