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Church plan for low-cost cafe to feed hundreds shunned by locals
2+ hour, 41+ min ago (1199+ words) St Mary by the Sea's Reverend Dion Blundell says they hope to relocate to Browns Bay, and help feed hundreds a day. (Source: Local Democracy Reporting) An Auckland church's plans to help feed more than 500 people a day with low-cost…...
How to protect Tekapo's famous church from badly behaving tourists?
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (952+ words) Tekapo's Church of the Good Shepherd. (Source: Local Democracy Reporting) Plans are under way to protect Tekapo's famous Church of the Good Shepherd from bad parking, damage and visitors using the "bushes as toilets''. By Claire Taylor of Local Democracy…...
'Depth and character': Pastor on mum killed in North Shore tragedy
3+ mon, 5+ day ago (792+ words) Sarah Clark was killed when a car crashed into a caf" in Auckland's Forrest Hill. (Source: Windsor Park Baptist Church/Facebook) A quiet morning coffee turned into what a pastor calls an "unimaginable tragedy" when a car struck and killed…...
Large brass eagle lectern stolen from Mackenzie church
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (454+ words) Stolen from the church was a large brass Eagle lectern. (Source: NZ Police) Police are appealing for information after a large brass eagle lectern was stolen from a church in Canterbury. Officers received a report on March 8 of a theft…...
Police end hunt for missing Peace Bell with no answers
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (746+ words) A peace bell on display in the Japanese Garden beside the Henderson Civic Building in Auckland. (Source: Auckland Council) (Source: Supplied) The search for a white ute believed to be involved in the theft of a treasured solid bronze bell…...