Quaker News

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ANZAC Day Peace Vigil

Monday 25th April 2022 12pm - 1pm Church Steps Nelson

Honour the war dead by ending war. Please come to add your voice against the abomination of war.

New Quaker book for Children

The Quaker Treaty Relationships Group are delighted to offer a new publication 'Quaker Meeting and Me', a small book for children to introduce them

Quakers become a signatory to the Nelson Tasman Climate Forum

Quakers have been active in the Forum since its beginning 2 years ago. Now our Meeting has become an associated organisation of the Forum.

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