Lockdown update from ARANZ
Kia ora koutou,
As we hunker down for the current lockdown, we send you warm greetings and hope that you are doing well in your bubble. In this email, we’re listing out a few online options that may interest you over this period.
The Karioi Project had their “Karioi” short film launched on the internet on Wednesday on the first day of lockdown. Thankfully it was planned as an online launch and therefore could go ahead. The film launch was hosted by Lauren Hill of Waterpeople Podcast and Patagonia Global Sports Activist Dave Rastovich with a Q&A session with Kristel van Houte, A Rocha National Director and Karioi Project Manager.
We are now able to share this marvellous short film (12 minutes) with you. You can either watch just the short film here or if you’d like to listen to the Q&A session from the film launch together with the film, use this link. We hope you’ll enjoy the film!
In other news, the Wellington Theological Consortium event ‘Caring For Our Common Homeland’ scheduled for Friday 27 and Saturday 28 August will now be held online. So anyone from around the country can join in!
The event features a number of ARANZ speakers, among others – on eco theology, eco justice and eco church! The list of speakers are below:
- Andrew Shepherd
- Nicola Hoggard Creegan
- Dianne Rayson
- Rod Oram
- Christopher Longhurst
- Amy Ross
More details about the programme, the speakers and their topics and the email to register to receive the link is here.
Another online event with a more international focus that might be of interest is Science Week at the Cathedral (St Paul’s Anglican Cathedral Melbourne) featuring the revolutionary work of Australian missionary agronomist Tony Rinaudo. Millions of hectares of Africa have been regenerated through Tony’s work, which now promises to be a significant part of the solution to climate change. The event is a partnership between St Paul’s and ISCAST.
The cost for this event on Wednesday 25 August, 8:30pm NZT is A$10 or free for students. All proceeds will go towards the publication of Tony’s book “The Forest Underground: Hope for a Planet in Crisis.” For more information and to register, click here.
That’s all from us for now. Stay well, everyone! We leave you with a Māori blessing:
Kia hora te marino
Kia whakapapa pounamu te moana
Hei huarahi mā tātou i te rangi nei
Aroha atu, Aroha mai
Tātou i ā tātou katoa
Hui ē! Tāiki ē!
May peace be widespread
May the seas be like greenstone
A pathway for us all this day
Let us show respect for each other
For one another
Bind us all together!
