Presbyterian Church celebrates election of 5th woman leader in 120 years
30 Sept 2021
The Rev Rose Luxford of Oamaru will be the next leader of the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand.
30 Sept 2021
The Rev Rose Luxford of Oamaru will be the next leader of the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand.
Media release:
29 September 2021
The Right Rev Hamish Galloway of Christchurch is the new Moderator, or elected spiritual leader, of the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand. He will begin his two-year term from the evening of Wednesday 29 September 2021.
The opening Worship of the 2021 General Assembly, including Communion and installation of our new Moderator, will be streamed live on YouTube. For those not attending as Commissioners, you are warmly invited to share in this important event in the life of our Church.
Please download here a pdf message from the Moderator Right Rev Fakaofo Kaio regarding the Covid-19 Delta variant in our community.

24 August 2021
New Zealand is at Alert Level 4 from Wednesday 11.59pm 17 August and Assembly Office staff are working from home. Please see contact details for staff on the Church website here.
The 2021/22 lectionary (Year C - Luke) and calendar is now available for download from the Church's website. The new lectionary commences on 28 Nov 2021.
Just enter your name and email and following the online 2021 Assembly, we will send you an email with the latest news. We will endeavour to update the Church website during the day on Thursday 30 September.