Media Releases
Professor of Theology, Rev Dr Murray Rae, elected next leader of Presbyterian Church
Media release - 22 October 2025
Media release: Presbyterian Church releases response to Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in State and Faith-Based Care findings
22 October 2024
Today the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand released its response to the findings of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in State and Faith-Based Care.
Media release: Update on Presbyterian Church investigation into claims of historic abuse in Dunedin
27 March 2024
Please attribute the below to the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand (PCANZ) Assembly Executive Secretary, Rev Wayne Matheson.
Media release: Invercargill minister will be next leader of the Presbyterian Church
29 September 2023
The Rev Peter Dunn of Invercargill will be the next leader of the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand.
Media release: Presbyterian Church has 5th woman leader in 122 years
27 Sept 2023
The Right Rev Rose Luxford of Oamaru is the new Moderator, or elected spiritual leader, of the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand. She will begin her two-year term from the evening of Wednesday 27 September 2023.
Presbyterian Church to launch inquiry into Dunedin historic abuse allegation
4 November 2022
After learning for the first time of deeply concerning historic allegations of a paedophile ring involving church parishioners in Dunedin, the Presbyterian Church immediately began planning an independent investigation.