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St Johns Theological College, 202-210 St Johns Road, Auckland (2026)

09/04/2026

Congratulations to Dr Andrew Clark-Howard, recipient of the Charles Sturt University 2025 Higher Degree by Research University Medal for the Faculty of Arts and Education, and Pou Tupu (Learner Success Coordinator) at St Johns.

Each year, this award recognises one doctoral graduate per faculty, honouring outstanding academic performance and research achievement. Andrew received the medal for his dissertation on the Christology of German theologian and political dissident Dietrich Bonhoeffer, explored in dialogue with leading contemporary theologians, including a range of Anglican thinkers.

We are delighted to celebrate Andrew's achievement and grateful for the insight and skill he brings to our community.

19/03/2026

Tuia ki te rangi, tuia ki te whenua.
Tuia ki te here tangata, ka rongo te ao, ka rongo te pō.
Tui, tui, tuia ki te ora.

Please join us in celebrating the publication of The Reverend Dr Wayne Te Kaawa’s new book, "Jesus in Indigenous Māori Understanding: A Contextual Biblical Interpretation of Jesus, Land, Genealogy, and Identity."

Dr Te Kaawa is a leading voice in the whare kōrero (talking house) of Māori theology, our Acting Tikanga Māori Dean and a Kaiwhakaako Matua, Senior Lecturer at St Johns. In his book, Wayne explores Jesus through the lenses of whenua, whakapapa, and identity. He shares how Māori theologians describe who Jesus Christ is, then applies whakapapa as a way of reading the genealogies of Jesus in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. The result is a thoughtful, grounded study that invites both Māori and non-Māori readers into an Indigenous way of seeing Jesus and a wider conversation about how Christianity has treated Indigenous peoples globally.

Watch Wayne introduce the book in this video and read more at the link in the comments.

"Jesus in Indigenous Māori Understanding" is available now in hardback and ebook and will be released in paperback later this year.

01/03/2026

Whakapaingia te Atua e whakamine nei i a tatou.
Vi’ia le Atua, Lē ua tuufaatasia i tatou.

As the 2026 academic year begins at Hoani Tapu, it is a joy to welcome both new and returning ākonga into our community.

We were grateful to gather for our 2026 Pōwhiri and Eucharist Service, beginning the year together in prayer, worship, and thanksgiving. These moments remind us that learning at Hoani Tapu is shaped not only by study, but also by community, faith, and shared purpose.

We are also thankful for a successful residential orientation week and the Te Takawai orientation gatherings taking place around the motu, helping ākonga make connections, settle in, and prepare for the journey ahead. There are 79 students enrolled in Te Takawai this semester, and we got off to a great start with an online wānanga for the Kawenata Tawhito course led by Ātipīhopa Don.

We look forward with hope to a year of learning, growth, and formation. Please join us in praying for all ākonga, kaiako, and staff as we begin this new year together.

04/02/2026

In December, Anglicans around the world celebrated historic news: The Right Reverend Sarah Mullally was elected the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury, the first woman to hold the office in its 1429-year history. Last week, her election was formally confirmed at St Paul’s Cathedral in London.

St Johns Emeritus Professor Dr Jenny Te Paa-Daniel reflects on why this moment matters for the Anglican Communion and for women and girls now seeing “a new horizon of ministry possibility.”

Read the full article at the link in the comments.

18/12/2025

Meri Kirihimete, Manuia le Kerisimasi, Kilisimasi Fiefia, Marau na Kerisimasi—Merry Christmas from Hoani Tapu!

With the whole Church, we give thanks for the mystery of the Word made flesh, and we continue to proclaim:
“Jesus Christ is the light of the world.”

We hold this joy gently, knowing that for many this Christmas is held alongside grief and uncertainty. In this season, God comes close - quietly, faithfully, and full of grace. We trust that Christ is born among us, and that no darkness is beyond the reach of God's light.

May the peace of Christ be with you and those you love, this Christmas and always.

“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” - Jn 1:5

Image credit: The Rev’d Sarah Lea West | visiolectio.com

11/12/2025

Today, we celebrated the 2025 Graduation Ceremony for the New Zealand Diploma in Christian Studies - a milestone that recognises both hard work and deep calling.

The Diploma equips graduates with the foundations for Anglican ministry across Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. Today, we honour both this academic achievement and the faith, resilience, and commitment that have brought our students to this moment.

Congratulations to all our 2025 graduates, both regional and residential, for their hard work and dedication. Theological education is not held for ourselves alone, but is a gift entrusted to us for the flourishing of the whole body of Christ and the renewal of God’s mission in the world. We wish you all the best in your ongoing and future ministry and mission in our Hāhi.

As this academic year ends, we give thanks and look ahead with hope to the year to come.

07/12/2025

A few weeks on, the time our Te Toi Amorangi students spent with the Episcopal Church in the Philippines is still shaping us.

From Manila, the group travelled to Aglipay Central Theological Seminary of the Iglesia Filipina Independiente in Urdaneta. The Church’s emergence during the Philippine revolution remains central to its identity. The Seminary holds a clear conviction to seek justice for all creation and to carry that legacy into the present.

The group then went on to the Mountain Province. They spent six days with clergy and lay members, listening to their stories, their indigenous mātauranga, and the challenges their communities face. Across Te Hono-a-Kiwa, we do not gather to “teach” one another. We gather to learn, side by side. In the Mountain Province the group encountered inayan, uya, tawid, gawat, ayyew, and kasiyana. Here in Aotearoa our reo differs, yet the mauri is familiar: whakapapa, manaakitanga, koha, kaitiakitanga, tika, pono.

Back at Hoani Tapu, we are asking what it means to embrace indigenous mātauranga, and how this must shape the future of our Hāhi.

An Indigenous Hāhi cannot be imported. It grows from the local: reo, tikanga, whakapapa, whenua. It knows its own tūrangawaewae. It seeks oranga ake for all people and all creation. It holds to grace and dignity in the face of empire.

Faith that does not breathe the air of its whenua can feel foreign. When we see that Christ is already present in the local, we see that the Gospel is already at home here as well.

03/12/2025

Congratulations to our newly ordained!

We congratulate the Reverends Dr André Muller, Wanjiru (Cirũ) Muriuki, Lukas Thielmann, and Ruth Wivell on their ordination to the Diaconate on Saturday 29 November at the Transitional Cathedral, Christchurch, and Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland.

Warm congratulations also to the Reverend Grace Behm and Reverends Kate Shrigley and Sarah Murphy (2024), on their ordination to the priesthood.

We thank God for their time of learning and formation at St Johns Theological College, and for the many ways they have enriched our community through their faith, passion, and service. We are confident that the parishes and communities to which God has called them to will be blessed by their ministry.

As they begin this new chapter of ministry, we pray that they will continue to be grounded in the love and grace of God; the One who calls, equips, and is always faithful.

Mā te Atua koutou e manaaki, e tiaki i ngā wā katoa.
May God bless you and keep you always.

01/12/2025

As the season of Advent begins, we enter a time when the Church learns again how to wait. This waiting is an act of faith. We stand attentive before God and God’s purposes in creation and in history.

Advent sets us between promise and fulfilment. It teaches us to look for the presence of Ihu Karaiti not only in what has been, but also in what is still to come.

In Te Hāhi Mihinare, Advent shapes our prayer, study, and worship toward watchfulness and hope. It calls us to hold together hope for God’s future and faithfulness in our daily lives. We prepare to celebrate the birth of Te Karaiti, and we look for the renewing of all things in him.

As we begin this season, may we wake again to the quiet work of grace in our learning, in our communities, and in our world.

Kia īnoi tātou:

Tēnā, haramai e Imanuera,
ko koe te huarahi, te pono, te ora;
te aka pono me te taro o te ora.
Nau mai, e te Kaiwhakaora ora tonu,
haramai ki to ao e whanga nei mōu. Āmine.

Come, O come Emmanuel,
you are the way, the truth and the life;
you are the true vine and the bread of life.
Come, living Saviour,
come to your world which waits for you. Amen.

Image credit: The Rev’d Sarah Lea West | visiolectio.com

26/11/2025

E whakanui ana i te tau tuatahi | Celebrating one year of Te Takawai

He ngaru moana, mā te ihu o te waka e wāhi.

As we reach the end of our first year delivering the Diploma in Christian Studies through the Te Takawai network, we pause with gratitude. What began as a vision to make theological education more accessible, grounded in mātauranga Māori, and shaped by partnership has now taken clear shape. Huri noa i te motu, ākonga, kaiako, and communities have journeyed together in ways that have reshaped hearts, ministries, and hopes for the Church.

Professor Emeritus Jenny Te Paa-Daniel shares:
“Te Takawai is a brilliantly conceived Indigenous Anglican theological education initiative. Confidently grounded in mātauranga, it is brim full of both cultural grace and imagination.”

In this first year we have seen marked changes in the demographics, approach, and delivery of the Diploma in Christian Studies. The data shows that the Te Takawai network engages Māori learners and places mātauranga Māori at the centre of the diploma. The rise in Māori enrolments and the broader age range in 2025 align with this partnership-based delivery and its teaching approach.

Te Takawai ākonga Larissa Ruru reflects:
“I thought we’d just study books of the Bible one by one. But it’s different — it weaves in our own worldviews and mātauranga. That makes it real.”

Within the diploma, assessments now centre mātauranga Mihinare, with a particular focus on performance, creativity, and the integration of learning into praxis. Students are passing at high rates across all papers.

We give thanks for the courage and care of those who first imagined Te Takawai as a collaborative network of Hui Amorangi and Hoani Tapu, for the ākonga who have embraced learning as formation within the Diploma in Christian Studies, and for the relationships that have carried this kaupapa through its inaugural year. The fruit of this first season points to the promise of those yet to come.

Hai tā Ihu, “ki te ū tētahi ki roto ki ahau, me ahau hoki ki roto ki a ia, ka maha o tērā hua” – Jn 15:5

19/11/2025

We are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2025 College Awards, recognising excellence in theological scholarship and languages, and outstanding contributions to community life:

The William Bullock Prize — for high academic performance in the Diploma of Christian Studies:
Luke Watson

The Thorp Prize — for outstanding contribution to college community life:
Rev'd Amanda Caldwell and Rev'd Harry Gereniu

The St Hilda’s Prize — for the best essay in theological enquiry by a female student:
Sifila Vaka and Rev'd Grace Behm

The Joseph Atkins Memorial Prize — for the best essay in theological enquiry by a male student:
Rev'd Henry Rogo

The He Taonga Te Reo Māori Prize — for excellence in the study of te reo Māori:
Beginner: Tristan Sullivan-Vaughan
Intermediate-Advanced: Rev'd Esther Chan

The Archdeacon Johnston Memorial Prize — for excellence in Biblical Greek Studies:
Rev’d Sean McGuinniety

We congratulate all our prize winners and celebrate the hard work, insight, and faith that have shaped their study this year.

As our students conclude another year of learning and formation, we give thanks for their dedication and look forward with anticipation to all that the coming year will bring.

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