From new Zealand-
TEC Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori was welcomed at three New Zealand churches yesterday: Auckland’s Holy Trinity Cathedral; St Michael and All Angels in Christchurch – and the tiny chapel at Te Hepara Pai, the Christchurch marae which is the spiritual home of Maori Anglicans in the South Island.
In physical dimensions, those first two churches dwarf Te Whakaruruhau (The Protector) the chapel at Te Hepara Pai.
But on the scales of hospitality?
On Sunday, Te Hepara Pai punched way above its weight there.
There wasn’t a big crew at the marae – perhaps 25 tangata whenua in Te Whakaruruhau , with another few folk toiling out in the wharekai, the kitchen and dining room.
But they were determined to honour their guest with the words they spoke at the powhiri, the songs they sang for her entertainment, and the hakari, or meal they laid on for the Bishop and the other manuhiri who accompanied her.
Wharekawa Kaa, who is a leading kaumatua in the south, led the tributes from the tangata whenua. It was a great thing, he said, for Maori and for the church to have Bishop Katharine come to them.
Richard Tankersley and Peter Beck – Dean of Christ Church Cathedral – responded for the manuhiri, the visitors, and Piripi Waretini was Bishop Katharine’s kaiarahi, or cultural guide.
More here-
http://anglicantaonga.org.nz/News/Common-Life/chapel
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