Anglican Diocese of Dunedin, New Zealand

The Maniototo Parish

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Overview: Maniototo Anglicans in Mutual Ministry

This is a rugged, dry, beautiful region of 9000 square kilometres of the central heartland of Otago, in the South Island of Aotearoa-New Zealand. We enjoy lots of wonderful space: only about 8000 people in total. We produce some of the world's finest merino wool from our tussock high country and wonderfully tasty fruit (notably cherries and apricots) from our valleys. We are blessed with many retired folk, attracted by our climate, relaxed lifestyle and caring, fun-loving communities. Leisure opportunities include tramping, mountain-biking, four-wheel-drive trekking, skiing, skating, curling, trout fishing, golf and the full range of field sports.

Those who first walked this way were Maori on summer hunting expeditions. Pakeha (European) settlement began with a trickle of sheep-farmers followed by a rush of gold-miners from the 1860s. The Anglican expression of God's Church has always been few in number relative to Presbyterian and Roman Catholic, yet highly valued for its special gifts within the wider Christian family.

Our parish is about each community of faith becoming equipped with vision, gifts and energy to seed its whole local context of land-inclusive community with gospel. We are open, we are learning, and we are unashamed of the fact that we often struggle to move into the new while honouring those faithful who have earned the right to be loved to death.

Retreats: We offer accommodation and light direction for individuals and small groups

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Faith Communities in Photos and Text

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St. Hilda, Ranfurly

St. George, Naseby

St. Alban, St. Bathans

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