A new initiative for NZCMS in 2023 is supporting Co-Mission Partners. NZCMS is partnering with AsiaCMS to 'co-send' missionaries from Asia to Asia. These missionaries work in strategic mission roles in their own or near culture contexts. We pray that this partnership bears fruit and opens our eyes...

In January 2022, the underwater Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano erupted which led to significant ashfalls across Tonga and triggered tsunami waves that displaced entire communities. Anglican Missions has been working alongside the Anglican churches in Tonga to respond to needs in the community...

By NZCMS Māori Evangelist, Keri-Ann Hokianga   I continue to lead as Co-Priest at Koringarau (new church plant) as I found it is important that pastoral care and discipleship happen to support my role as Evangelist. Rev Sela Havili and our families have been a huge support in looking at ways...

By Bruce White, NZCMS Personnel Manager Kia ora Whānau. I am blessed to have commenced with NZCMS as a Personnel Manager in early May. I have a varied Christian background, growing up in the Salvation Army, then the Pentecostal stream, followed by a Union Church and then 32 years ago moving into...

It’s the time of year when we receive receipts from churches and charities that we give to and get tax donation credits from IRD. If you haven’t decided what you’ll do with this money, do consider supporting the Māori Evangelists. The impact of their ministry has been significant. Archdeacon...

Our Intercultural Communities Enabler gives some ideas for celebrating Pentecost Sunday.

By Rosie Fyfe, NZCMS National Director   Anyone who has served globally knows that when international events hit the news, you connect in a different way if you’ve lived in that part of the world. The conflict in Sudan has been close to my heart, having previously served as a NZCMS Mission...

By Ian Dally, Former NZCMS Board Member Making the decision to step down from the Board last month has prompted some moments of reflection on what my association with NZCMS and the South American Missionary Society has meant to me over the years. Back in 1975, while still a newly-minted teacher, I...