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Address contemporary challenges like climate and social justice, equipping you to connect faith and action in worship and preaching.

Awhi Mai Awhi Atu: Women in Creation Care

Discover the transformative stories of 30 inspiring women in Aotearoa New Zealand as they lead the charge in environmental action and ecological mission, offering practical tools and heartfelt reflections for communities seeking to care for God’s creation.

Read this book to:

  • Gain actionable insights to engage your community in environmental care.
  • Learn from the experiences of women from various cultures leading the way in creation care.
  • Access 81 action points to implement within your church or community group.
  • Explore the connection between faith and ecological mission.
  • Read vibrant stories that ignite hope and creativity in the face of environmental challenges.
  • Foster a deeper relationship with God’s creation and your community.
  • Use the wealth of prayer and poetry to deepen your spiritual engagement with nature.

Features

  • Stories and insights from 30 diverse women in Aotearoa New Zealand.
  • A comprehensive exploration of creation care and ecological mission.
  • 81 practical action steps your church can take to actively engage in environmental stewardship.
  • Prayers and poetry connects readers’ hearts to the themes of creation care.
  • Encourages group study and discussion.

Ka Māpuna: Towards a Rangatiratanga Framework for the Governance of Waterways

Rangatiratanga is the navigational course for this research, the aspiration that guides a framework for the governance which, in respect of waterways and Te Taiao secures mauri, ecosystem health, and water for domestic and commercial use. Rangatiratanga encompasses mana whakahaere decision-making throughout all relevant governance systems. In respect of resource governance, this needs to be achieved through mana whenua authorities and co-governance institutions and procedures.

Talking Past Each Other

Where numbers of different cultural groups come together, misunderstandings and tensions can arise, even where there is the greatest goodwill on both sides. In this book the authors set out to explore the situations and contexts in which cross cultural misunderstandings can occur.

Talking Past Each Other was first published in 1978 and has since been read widely and reprinted regularly.

Dame Joan Metge taught in the Anthropology Department of Victoria University of Wellington from 1965 until her retirement in 1987. Her other books include In and Out of Touch: Whakamaa in Cross Cultural Context (1986) and New Growth from Old: The Whanau in the Modern World (1995).

Patricia Laing (Kinloch) taught in the Department of Sociology and Social Work at Victoria University of Wellington. She is the author of Talking Health but Doing Sickness: Studies in Samoan Health (1985).

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