Freedom of Religion and Belief in New Zealand

Posted on March 29, 2025March 29, 2025 by admin

The Auckland Inter-Faith Council was represented by both Co-Presidents at the recent Conference with the topic “Freedom to Do, to Be and to Become: Enhancing Individuals’ Opportunities to Believe and Live as They Choose Within the Framework of the Law”. The Conference was sponsored by The International Center for Law and Religion Studies at BYU Law School (USA), The University of Waikato Te Piringa – Faculty of Law (NZ), The Religious Freedom and Human Dignity Initiative at BYU–Hawaii (USA), and The J. Reuben Clark Law Society (NZ)
Please click on the picture below to read the report by Beate Matthies:

Interfaith Creek Clean-Up

Posted on February 26, 2025 by admin

All our Faiths share a deep concern for the environment, and particularly for clean waters. Today, we had a great turn-out at our Creek Clean-up in Whenuapai. About 70 people of different age groups and different religions came together and pulled tires, car parts and many bottles out of the creek and the surrounding bush.

See an article by Beate Matthies here.

Interfaith Creek Clean Up

Posted on January 29, 2025February 15, 2025 by admin

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Maureen Sier on Muffin Talk

Posted on December 29, 2024January 29, 2025 by admin

Sacred Spaces 2024

Posted on December 23, 2024December 23, 2024 by admin

The Auckland Inter-Faith Council connected their series “Exploring Sacred Spaces” with the annual Auckland Heritage Festival and their theme for the year: Moana Oceania.

All 5 visits to different places of worship related to the Pacific. Some faith groups have a
considerable number of members who are of Pasifika descent, others have grown through members who have lived in the Pacific for decades and even generations, and therefore call Oceania their home.

The visits were organised by members of the Auckland Inter-Faith Council of the respective faith in cooperation with the local hosts. This report is also meant as a sign of gratitude to the local hosts who made the visits possible.

Please click on the individual posters to read the reports and see pictures of these events.

“Diverse Faiths in New Zealand: Challenges & Opportunities”

Posted on July 14, 2024January 29, 2025 by admin

Our first AIFC event of the series Dialogue and Learning was very successful: about 60 people of several different faiths joined us to listen to Prof. emeritus Peter Lineham and to discuss, share and connect with each other.

While we are living in a hard time for Inter-Faith Talking, it is also a very important and a crucial time to get to know one another and build bridges between people of different faiths…