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Gay NZ priest lying low after exchanging vows - 18-Jun-2008

A gay vicar who exchanged vows with his partner in a London church has gone to ground while the diocese he was once part of remains tight-lipped. Read the full story/Visit the site - NZ Herald

Gay-wedding priest returns home alone - 17-Jun-2008

A Hamilton priest whose gay wedding ceremony has sparked a row between liberal and conservative wings of the Anglican Church has returned to New Zealand without his partner. Read the full story/Visit the site - Dominion Post

Anglicans incensed by gay 'wedding' - 16-Jun-2008

A New Zealand doctor who is also an Anglican priest has caused a huge row by "marrying" his chaplain boyfriend in a traditional ceremony conducted by the rector of one of London's oldest churches. Read the full story/Visit the site - Dominion Post

NZ priest in gay marriage row gives up licence - 16-Jun-2008

The New Zealand priest whose gay wedding ceremony has fuelled a row that threatens to split the Anglican Church in Britain has surrendered his own licence to officiate. Read the full story/Visit the site - Stuff Website

Gay churchgoers more likely to quit mainstream religion - 13-Feb-2007

Lesbian, gay and bisexual Christians have quit mainstream religion at a much higher rate than the general population, according to a Massey University study. Read the full story/Visit the site - NZ Herald Related Site - Lavendar Survey

'I'm no wishy-washy non-believer' - 13-Jan-2007

As one of New Zealand's most powerful Anglicans, Bishop Richard Randerson admits that his spiritual views may be seen by some as heresy. Read the full story/Visit the site - NZ Herald Related Site - Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia

Judge not on sexuality - 29-Dec-2006

Would Chris Carter do a better job as Conservation Minister if he wasn't gay? Or new Labour MP Charles Chauvel be less successful as an employment lawyer had he been straight? Of course not, writes The Southland Times in an editorial. Read the full story/Visit the site - Southland Times Related Site - Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia

Conservatives unhappy at gay ordination - 5-Nov-2006

Conservatives within the Anglican Church made clear their opposition to the ordination of a gay man during the ceremony in Dunedin yesterday, but represented only a handful of the hundreds who attended. Read the full story/Visit the site - Otago Daily Times

Gay deacon a threat to church unity, say opponents - 3-Nov-2006

The ordination of a gay man in Dunedin tomorrow by the Anglican bishop could split the church, according to opponents. Read the full story/Visit the site - Otago Daily Times

Group defies church leader ban ruling - 18-Oct-2006

Divisions in the Presbyterian Church are growing as four Christchurch parishes refuse to comply with a ban on homosexuals and de factos holding leadership positions. Read the full story/Visit the site - The Press

Bishop Brian - saved from hopelessness - 15-Oct-2006

Televangelist Bishop Brian Tamaki preaches that the Bible can turn sinners into saints. And in his own book of revelations, Tamaki tells how his conversion to Christianity took him away from a world of booze, sex and hopelessness. Read the full story/Visit the site - Sunday News

Gays lose out again - 6-Oct-2006

It's been 13 years since the passing of the Human Rights Act yet New Zealanders are still having issues on equality. Read the full story/Visit the site - Waikato Times

Rosemary McLeod: Gay men and Presbyterians a marriage made in hell - 17-Sep-2006

The big mystery of the week is, why do gays want the Presbyterians? Read the full story/Visit the site - Sunday Star Times

Uri Khein: Diatribe against gays devoid of benevolence and reality - 26-May-2006

In yesterday's Herald, Garth George devoted most of his column to the views of the visiting Anglican Archbishop of Sydney, the Most Rev Peter Jensen, a man with some deeply unpleasant things to say about gay people. Read the full story/Visit the site - NZ Herald

Garth George: Same-sex unions a matter of spiritual life and death - 25-May-2006

At last a senior and respected clergyman has stood up in New Zealand and addressed in no uncertain terms the vexed question of some churches' attitudes to sexuality. Read the full story/Visit the site - NZ Herald

Church changes divisive, says controversial archbishop - 15-May-2006

The controversial Anglican Archbishop of Sydney says Christians pushing for the ordination of women and gays as priests are divisive, and the Church would be served best by staying true to the Bible. Read the full story/Visit the site - The Press

Troubled Anglicans - 12-May-2006

The arrival in Christchurch of the controversial Archbishop of Sydney highlights tensions in the Anglican communion, writes The Press in an editorial. Read the full story/Visit the site - The Press

Anglicans to discuss gay issues - 10-May-2006

Canterbury University Maori and Pacific Island Anglicans are declining to publicly discuss the ordination of gay and lesbian bishops, despite growing international pressure for the church to address the issue. Read the full story/Visit the site - The Press

Lesbian to head Methodist church - 16-Oct-2005

The likely appointment of a lesbian as the new head of one of New Zealand's largest churches is threatening to tear it apart. The Rev Diana Tana, who has publicly stated she is in a lesbian relationship, looks set to be appointed president of the Methodist Church next month, as no other nominations have been received. Read the full story/Visit the site - NZ Herald

Peter Cullinane: Time to exercise the conscience vote - 18-Aug-2005

It is in the interests of political parties and candidates to know what the public wants. So it comes back to us, the public. What do we want? More important, what are our wants based on? The focus of this reflection is our own values and attitudes, because what we expect of candidates comes back to what really matters to us. Read the full story/Visit the site - NZ Herald

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