Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia
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The Anglican Church in Aotearoa
, New Zealand
and Polynesia
is a church of the Anglican Communion
serving New Zealand, Fiji
, Tonga
, Samoa
, and the Cook Islands
. The primate
of the church, known as the Archbishop of New Zealand
, is William Brown Turei
.
Since 1992, the church (formerly known as the Church of the Province of New Zealand) has consisted of three tikanga
or cultural streams: Aotearoa, New Zealand, and Polynesia. The church's constitution says that, among other things, it is required to "maintain the right of every person to choose any particular cultural expression of the faith". As a result the church's General Synod has agreed upon the development of the three-person primacy based on this three tikanga system. This sees Turei sharing the primacy with Bishops David Moxon
and Winston Halapua.
, each representing one of the three tikanga. The three Archbishops sharing the title of Archbishop of New Zealand
are: The Most Reverend William Brown Turei
, Bishop of Aotearoa
, the head of Te Pīhopatanga o Aotearoa
, which oversees churches for the indigenous Māori people of New Zealand.); The Most Reverend David Moxon
, Bishop of Waikato, representing the Dioceses in New Zealand; and The Most Reverend Winston Halapua, Bishop of Polynesia.
, which Turei also serves as archbishop
or co-presiding bishop, oversees churches for the indigenous Māori people of New Zealand. Aotearoa is made up of five hui amorangi or regional bishopric
s:
s:
Formerly, the Dioceses in New Zealand were led by a senior bishop elected from among the diocesan bishops. However, as the church moves towards a three-person primacy, the leader of the Dioceses in New Zealand is elected as co-presiding bishop, and styled as an archbishop. The current Pākehā
co-presiding bishop is David Moxon
, Bishop of Waikato.
, Fiji
. As the province moves towards a three-person primacy, the Bishop of Polynesia is automatically a co-presiding bishop and styled as an archbishop. The Bishop of Polynesia is currently supported by three suffragan bishops: Bishop Winston Halapua, now the new Bishop of Polynesia, formerly lead the ministry to Polynesians in New Zealand, Bishop Apimeleki Nadoki Qiliho
serves Vanua Levu
and Taveuni
, and Bishop Gabriel Sharma serves Viti Levu
West.
, which is also organised according to the three tikanga approach.
Theological training was formerly carried out by College House in Christchurch
, but over time College House has become secularised as a hall of residence of the near-by University of Canterbury
. While it still falls under the jurisdiction of the Anglican Diocese of Christchurch and has the extensive theological holdings
in its library, it no longer trains ordinands.
Aotearoa
Aotearoa is the most widely known and accepted Māori name for New Zealand. It is used by both Māori and non-Māori, and is becoming increasingly widespread in the bilingual names of national organisations, such as the National Library of New Zealand / Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa.-Translation:The...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
and Polynesia
Polynesia
Polynesia is a subregion of Oceania, made up of over 1,000 islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean. The indigenous people who inhabit the islands of Polynesia are termed Polynesians and they share many similar traits including language, culture and beliefs...
is a church of the Anglican Communion
Anglican Communion
The Anglican Communion is an international association of national and regional Anglican churches in full communion with the Church of England and specifically with its principal primate, the Archbishop of Canterbury...
serving New Zealand, Fiji
Fiji
Fiji , officially the Republic of Fiji , is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island...
, Tonga
Tonga
Tonga, officially the Kingdom of Tonga , is a state and an archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean, comprising 176 islands scattered over of ocean in the South Pacific...
, Samoa
Samoa
Samoa , officially the Independent State of Samoa, formerly known as Western Samoa is a country encompassing the western part of the Samoan Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. It became independent from New Zealand in 1962. The two main islands of Samoa are Upolu and one of the biggest islands in...
, and the Cook Islands
Cook Islands
The Cook Islands is a self-governing parliamentary democracy in the South Pacific Ocean in free association with New Zealand...
. The primate
Primate (religion)
Primate is a title or rank bestowed on some bishops in certain Christian churches. Depending on the particular tradition, it can denote either jurisdictional authority or ceremonial precedence ....
of the church, known as the Archbishop of New Zealand
Archbishop of New Zealand
The Archbishop of New Zealand is the primate, or head, of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. However, since Whakahuihui Vercoe stepped down at the end of his two-year term as archbishop in 2006, the church has decided that three bishops shall share the position and style of...
, is William Brown Turei
William Brown Turei
William Brown Turei is the Archbishop, Te Pihopa o Aotearoa/Bishop of Aotearoa and Primate/Te Pihopa Mataamua of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia...
.
Since 1992, the church (formerly known as the Church of the Province of New Zealand) has consisted of three tikanga
Tikanga Maori
The Māori word tikanga has a wide range of meanings — culture, custom, ethic, etiquette, fashion, formality, lore, manner, meaning, mechanism, method, protocol, style....
or cultural streams: Aotearoa, New Zealand, and Polynesia. The church's constitution says that, among other things, it is required to "maintain the right of every person to choose any particular cultural expression of the faith". As a result the church's General Synod has agreed upon the development of the three-person primacy based on this three tikanga system. This sees Turei sharing the primacy with Bishops David Moxon
David Moxon
David Moxon is the Bishop of Waikato, Senior Bishop of the New Zealand Dioceses, Co-presiding Bishop and Archbishop of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia.-Education:...
and Winston Halapua.
Leadership
The church has decided that three bishops shall share the position and style of ArchbishopArchbishop
An archbishop is a bishop of higher rank, but not of higher sacramental order above that of the three orders of deacon, priest , and bishop...
, each representing one of the three tikanga. The three Archbishops sharing the title of Archbishop of New Zealand
Archbishop of New Zealand
The Archbishop of New Zealand is the primate, or head, of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. However, since Whakahuihui Vercoe stepped down at the end of his two-year term as archbishop in 2006, the church has decided that three bishops shall share the position and style of...
are: The Most Reverend William Brown Turei
William Brown Turei
William Brown Turei is the Archbishop, Te Pihopa o Aotearoa/Bishop of Aotearoa and Primate/Te Pihopa Mataamua of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia...
, Bishop of Aotearoa
Bishop of Aotearoa
The Bishop of Aotearoa is a bishop in the Anglican Church of New Zealand.-List of holders:#The Rt. Rev. Frederick Augustus Bennett - first Māori people Bishop in the Anglican Communion#The Rt. Rev. Wiremu Netana Panapa...
, the head of Te Pīhopatanga o Aotearoa
Te Pihopatanga o Aotearoa
Te Pīhopatanga o Aotearoa is home to Māori Anglicans across Aotearoa , and one of the three Tikanga of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. The first Māori Bishop was appointed in 1928, and the Pīhopatanga itself was established by General Synod as an autonomous body in 1978...
, which oversees churches for the indigenous Māori people of New Zealand.); The Most Reverend David Moxon
David Moxon
David Moxon is the Bishop of Waikato, Senior Bishop of the New Zealand Dioceses, Co-presiding Bishop and Archbishop of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia.-Education:...
, Bishop of Waikato, representing the Dioceses in New Zealand; and The Most Reverend Winston Halapua, Bishop of Polynesia.
Aotearoa
Te Pīhopatanga o AotearoaTe Pihopatanga o Aotearoa
Te Pīhopatanga o Aotearoa is home to Māori Anglicans across Aotearoa , and one of the three Tikanga of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. The first Māori Bishop was appointed in 1928, and the Pīhopatanga itself was established by General Synod as an autonomous body in 1978...
, which Turei also serves as archbishop
Archbishop
An archbishop is a bishop of higher rank, but not of higher sacramental order above that of the three orders of deacon, priest , and bishop...
or co-presiding bishop, oversees churches for the indigenous Māori people of New Zealand. Aotearoa is made up of five hui amorangi or regional bishopric
Diocese
A diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop. It is divided into parishes.An archdiocese is more significant than a diocese. An archdiocese is presided over by an archbishop whose see may have or had importance due to size or historical significance...
s:
- Manawa O Te WhekeManawa O Te WhekeTe Pihopatanga o Te Manawa o Te Wheke is an Episcopal polity of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. The Hui Amorangi extends from the Bombay Hills south of Auckland through to Taumarunui...
- TairāwhitiTairawhitiTe Hui Amorangi O Te Tai Rawhiti is an Episcopal polity of Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. The Hui Amorangi covers the East Coast of the North Island. In general this covers the Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahungunu and the Turanga-nui-a-kiwa iwi. According to the 2001 census there...
(East Coast Region) - Tai TokerauTai TokerauTe Pihopatanga O Te Tai Tokerau is an Episcopal polity of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. The Pihopatanga extends from the Bombay Hills south of Auckland through to Te Rerenga Wairua . According to the 2001 census there are approximately 25000 Māori Anglicans within...
(Northern Region) - Upoko O Te IkaUpoko O Te IkaTe Hui Amorangi o Te Upoko o Te Ika refers to the lower and western regions of the North Island in Aotearoa, New Zealand. According to a 2001 census there were approximately 14,000 Maori Anglicans living in the region....
(Wellington/Taranaki) - WaipounamuWaipounamuTe Hui Amorangi O Te Waipounamu is an episcopal polity of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. The Hui Amorangi encompasses the South Island of New Zealand in its entirety and also Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands. According to the 2001 census there are...
(South Island)
New Zealand
The tikanga of New Zealand, which serves non-Maoris in New Zealand, is made up of seven dioceseDiocese
A diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop. It is divided into parishes.An archdiocese is more significant than a diocese. An archdiocese is presided over by an archbishop whose see may have or had importance due to size or historical significance...
s:
- Auckland
- Christchurch
- Dunedin
- NelsonDiocese of NelsonThe Diocese of Nelson is one of the thirteen dioceses and hui amorangi of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. The Diocese covers the top part of the South Island of New Zealand, which is mostly the area north of a line drawn from Greymouth to Kaikoura.The diocese was...
- WaiapuDiocese of WaiapuThe Diocese of Waiapu is one of the thirteen dioceses and hui amorangi of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. The Diocese covers the area around the East Coast of the North Island of New Zealand, including Tauranga, Taupo, Gisborne, Hastings and Napier. It is named for the...
- WaikatoDiocese of WaikatoThe Diocese of Waikato and Taranaki is one of the thirteen dioceses and hui amorangi of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia...
- WellingtonDiocese of WellingtonThe Diocese of Wellington is one of the thirteen dioceses and hui amorangi of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. The Diocese covers the area between the bottom of the North Island of New Zealand up to the area of Mount Ruapehu....
Formerly, the Dioceses in New Zealand were led by a senior bishop elected from among the diocesan bishops. However, as the church moves towards a three-person primacy, the leader of the Dioceses in New Zealand is elected as co-presiding bishop, and styled as an archbishop. The current Pākehā
Pakeha
Pākehā is a Māori language word for New Zealanders who are "of European descent". They are mostly descended from British and to a lesser extent Irish settlers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, although some Pākehā have Dutch, Scandinavian, German, Yugoslav or other ancestry...
co-presiding bishop is David Moxon
David Moxon
David Moxon is the Bishop of Waikato, Senior Bishop of the New Zealand Dioceses, Co-presiding Bishop and Archbishop of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia.-Education:...
, Bishop of Waikato.
Polynesia
The Diocese of Polynesia, or the Tikanga Pasefika, headed by Bishop Winston Halapua, serves Anglicans in Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, and the Cook Islands. The diocese's first bishop was consecrated in 1908. The diocese's cathedral is Holy Trinity Cathedral in SuvaSuva
Suva features a tropical rainforest climate under the Koppen climate classification. The city sees a copious amount of precipitation during the course of the year. Suva averages 3,000 mm of precipitation annually with its driest month, July averaging 125 mm of rain per year. In fact,...
, Fiji
Fiji
Fiji , officially the Republic of Fiji , is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island...
. As the province moves towards a three-person primacy, the Bishop of Polynesia is automatically a co-presiding bishop and styled as an archbishop. The Bishop of Polynesia is currently supported by three suffragan bishops: Bishop Winston Halapua, now the new Bishop of Polynesia, formerly lead the ministry to Polynesians in New Zealand, Bishop Apimeleki Nadoki Qiliho
Apimeleki Nadoki Qiliho
Apimeleki Nadoki Qiliho is an indigenous Fijian from the Province of Nadroga-Navosa in the Fiji Islands. He is the Anglican "Bishop in Vanua Levu and Taveuni" in the Diocese of Polynesia or Tikanga Pasefika under the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia...
serves Vanua Levu
Vanua Levu
Vanua Levu , formerly known as Sandalwood Island, is the second largest island of Fiji. Located 64 kilometres to the north of the larger Viti Levu, the island has an area of 5,587.1 km² and a population of some 130,000.- Geography :...
and Taveuni
Taveuni
Taveuni is the third-largest island in Fiji, after Vanua Levu and Viti Levu, with a total land area of 435 square kilometers . The cigar-shaped island, a massive shield volcano which rises from the floor of the Pacific Ocean, is situated 6.5 kilometers to the east of Vanua Levu, across the...
, and Bishop Gabriel Sharma serves Viti Levu
Viti Levu
Viti Levu is the largest island in the Republic of Fiji, the site of the nation's capital, Suva, and home to a large majority of Fiji's population.- Geography and economy :...
West.
Theological training
Residential theological training is carried out primarily at St John's College, AucklandSt John's College, Auckland
The College of St John the Evangelist, located in Meadowbank, Auckland, New Zealand, is the theological college of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia...
, which is also organised according to the three tikanga approach.
Theological training was formerly carried out by College House in Christchurch
Christchurch
Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...
, but over time College House has become secularised as a hall of residence of the near-by University of Canterbury
University of Canterbury
The University of Canterbury , New Zealand's second-oldest university, operates its main campus in the suburb of Ilam in the city of Christchurch, New Zealand...
. While it still falls under the jurisdiction of the Anglican Diocese of Christchurch and has the extensive theological holdings
Theological libraries and librarianship
Christian Theological libraries have their origins in the Jewish religion whose practice and transmission depended on the keeping and duplication of sacred texts. Like Judaism, Christianity depends fundamentally on the preservation and study of a sacred text...
in its library, it no longer trains ordinands.
See also
- Holy Trinity Cathedral, AucklandHoly Trinity Cathedral, AucklandHoly Trinity Cathedral is situated in Parnell, a residential suburb of Auckland, New Zealand.The first Anglican place of worship in Auckland was "Old" St Paul's, at the bottom of Princes Street, but Parnell residents tired of walking about over paddocks to reach their church. The first church...
- St Matthew, Auckland
- St John's College, AucklandSt John's College, AucklandThe College of St John the Evangelist, located in Meadowbank, Auckland, New Zealand, is the theological college of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia...
External links
- Official website of The Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia
- Anglican history in New Zealand - primary texts from Project CanterburyProject CanterburyProject Canterbury is an online archive of material related to the history of Anglicanism. It was founded by Richard Mammana, Jr. in 1999, and is hosted by the non-profit Society of Archbishop Justus...