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Welcome - Kia Ora
Welcome to a wide range of information on people, organizations and resources focused on cross-cultural mission in, from and to New Zealand- Aotearoa. You will find details here and links to other websites both in NZ and internationally answering an amazing array of material about mission.
New Zealand's own mission history began in pre-colonial times when Maori leaders invited Christian missionaries here. Missionaries had a vision for partnership between indigenous peoples and settlers that would avoid the exploitative history seen in places such as USA and Australia. They were involved in brokering an agreement between Maori and the British Crown and in translating the treaty of Waitangi signed in 1840. Later Government and settler actions broke the trust established and the number of Christian Maori subsequently declined.
How to Prepare for a Missions Trip
By Hannah Lobb, Victoria University student
Mission trips are not for the faint hearted. In my experience they have proved to be the most challenging and least glamorous of the travel I've done. However, you are guaranteed an immersing, priority shuffling, exhilarating and rewarding experience quite unlike anything else. The relationships with locals, the stories you learn, the work you do and the places you go give you unrivalled insight and, I've found, a much needed reality check. Here's my advice on how to get ready for the rockyride ahead.
Africa's Women Abused
By J. Lee Grady
It is time for the church in Africa—and throughout the world—to address abuse and injustice against women and girls.
After spending last week in the city of Masindi, Uganda, I traveled to Uganda's capital, Kampala, to address a women's conference. After my first session a woman named Florence grabbed me and began to tell her painful story.
Music as a mission tool
Karen Lafferty talks about her long life serving Jesus through her music
By Michael Ireland
IRVINE, CA (ANS) -- Karen Lafferty seemed set to have a good career in secular music -- until she went to a tent in Costa Mesa, California, and it all changed.
Karen Lafferty today
(Photo: Dan Wooding)
In an interview with author, broadcaster and journalist Dan Wooding, recorded for his Front Page Radio program on Southern California radio station, KWVE 107.9 FM, at an event called "A Look at The Jesus Movement," held at Concordia University, Irvine, CA, and organized by Ron Strand of Upper Room Ministries, Lafferty said she had always been a singer because she didn't know how to do anything else.
