Quaker News

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Quakers in Nelson to have two Sunday Meetings for Worship

Quakers in Nelson have resolved the dilemma of being divided by vaccination status.

On 5 November Wellington Quakers held a Parihaka Commemoration

For the second year Wellington Quakers held a silent vigil on 5th Nov

Dunedin Quakers plant tree of hope for climate change conference

Dunedin Quakers gathered after Meeting for Worship on 31st October to plant a young tōtara tree as a "tree of hope" in their Meeting House garden.

Whanganui Quakers Speak Out on COP26

A group of Whanganui Quakers gathered at the Quaker Settlement to make a banner to display outside the Meeting House in Wicksteed St, promoting public awareness of COP 26.

Fridtjof Hanson 17 Jan 1942-15 September 2021

Fridtjof, devoted Quaker and treasured member of Taranaki Monthly Meeting and strong supporter of its founding in 2018, died peacefully at home on 15 September 2021 after a long battle with cancer.

Statement to the Government on Nationally Determined Contribution(NDC) to the Paris Agreement for COP26

The Co-Clerks of the Yearly Meeting of Aotearoa New Zealand endorsed this Statement to the Government from the Religious Leaders and Interfaith Groups of Aotearoa New Zealand. The Stateme

Newest members of Dunedin Monthly Meeting

This month we were delighted to welcome Ashley Macmillan and Grant Galbreath into membership.

Full house at Rainbow Warrior movie remembering the fight against nuclear weapons testing

The Rainbow Warriors of Waiheke Island is a film by Suzanne Raes, made in 2009.

76th Hiroshima anniversary marked at Dunedin's Peace Pole

Several Dunedin Quakers took part in an event to mark the 76th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing on 6th August.

Raising funds and awareness with refugee rations

Two Dunedin Quakers, Elizabeth Duke and Elizabeth Thompson, have again participated in Christian World Service's Operation Refugee

National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies award for Quakers

In October 2020, the National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at Otago University made a unique award to Quakers

Quakerism - a religion for the 21st century (podcast)

Listen to Ashley Macmillan, Dunedin Monthly Meeting's newest member, and Murray Short, long-standing Friend and former Clerk of Quakers in Aotearoa New Zealand

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