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New Zealand
The principal of St Peter's College in Gore, Tara Quinney, has resigned. In April last year, the school was placed in limited statutory management after Quinney called on the board of trustees chairperson to resign. Although board chair Ruth Mitchell did not resign she was replaced in April this year. The new chair is the Read more
High profile Catholic principal resigns... Read moreHaving a karakia at work is no more acceptable than starting the work day with a Catholic ritual or observing Japanese customs says Act leader David Seymour. Staff at Te Whatu Ora incorporating karakia into their daily routine should stop he says. Seymour is reported as saying that Te Whatu Ora must concentrate on people's Read more
Karakia no more acceptable than Catholic ritual says Seymour... Read moreThe New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference and the Catholic Congregational Leaders Conference of Aotearoa NZ have welcomed the final report of the Royal Commission on Abuse in Care. The "Whanaketia - through pain and trauma, from darkness to light" report was made public on Wednesday afternoon after being tabled in Parliament. The bishops and congregational Read more
Bishops and Catholic leaders welcome Royal Commission report... Read more"Bullying and pushing and shoving" in line at a Rotorua food rescue charity caused some seniors to leave without getting food, a volunteer says. Now Rotorua Whakaora has set up a separate day for clients aged 60-plus to visit its free food store, where people struggling to feed themselves or their families can shop for Read more
Rotorua Whakaora food charity makes seniors' day after queue ‘pushing and shoving'... Read moreClimate change is already affecting our lives in so many ways, but spare a thought for our creepy crawly friends, and the effect that hotter temperatures are having on their sex lives. A study published in the journal Ecology and Evolution has suggested that increasing temperatures are causing insects to change their colouring to avoid Read more
Climate change is affecting the sex lives of insects... Read moreChristchurch diocese has a little known apparently illicit order of nuns living in plain sight and appealing for donations for their work. Although the women claim to be Catholic nuns called The Daughters of The Most Holy Redeemer, the Church does not recognise them. A Christchurch diocese spokesperson says the Sons of The Most Holy Read more
Christchurch diocese has illicit order of nuns in residence... Read more
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