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The NZ Interfaith Group welcomes you in the spirit of understanding and cooperation between all of the faiths in Aotearoa New Zealand.
The NZ Interfaith Group has evolved from a variety of interfaith groups that have been active in different parts of New Zealand over the past 20 years. Members of many faiths are represented in these various groups, that have come together in an annual forum for the past few years.
For more information about this site, please contact Paddy Payne: 04-472-2021 (w); 04-472-2027 (f); info@interfaith.org.nz (e); PO Box 5428, Wellington (p). |
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6/09/2010 6:30 p.m.
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Reflections on the Holocaust Symposium - Auckland
The symposium, Reflections on the Holocaust, will consider the Holocaust or Shoah from Christian, Jewish and Muslim perspectives.
It will discuss such questions as: How does the Holocaust have meaning for us today? Does the Holocaust challenge belief...
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12/09/2010 12:00 p.m.
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Honouring the Other: the Quest for Respect, Equality and Small Goodnesses in Aotearoa/New Zealand - Wellington
A lecture by Professor Kevin P. Clements, 2010 Quaker Lecturer from the National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Otago.
This lecture argues that individuals and groups need to learn how to honour and respect " Others" ...
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23/09/2010 9:00 a.m.
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Learn About Other Faiths - Spirit of Rangitahi - Wellington
Traditionally many people in NZ come from a Christian background this is an opportunity to meet people from other faith communities and visit their places of worship.
During the day you will:
- Visit a local Hindu Temple, Muslim Mosque, Buddhist Temple,...
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26/09/2010 1:30 p.m.
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Interfaith exploration of the labyrinth meditative walkway - Wellington
The Frederic and Margaret Wallis Labyrinth Committee invite members of all faith communities to an interfaith exploration of the labyrinth meditative walkway at Hutt Hospital on the afternoon of Sunday 26 September.
A labyrinth is a meandering pathway...
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17/10/2010 12:00 a.m.
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Week of Prayer for World Peace - 17 to 24 October - National
The Week of Prayer for World Peace is an opportunity for people of all faiths to pray in their own gatherings or with people of other faiths for world peace. A leaflet is produced by with readings and prayers for each day in the week, and the organising...
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21/03/2011 1:00 a.m.
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Race Relations Day - National
Race Relations Day in New Zealand marks the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Activitities are organised throughout the country by ethnic groups, local councils, workplaces, schools, faith communities and media. Many multi-ethnic...
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21/03/2012 1:00 a.m.
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Race Relations Day - National
Race Relations Day in New Zealand marks the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Activitities are organised throughout the country by ethnic groups, local councils, workplaces, schools, faith communities and media. Many multi-ethnic...
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Auckland Inter-faith Council, PO Box 21-551, Henderson
Pres: TBC
Wellington Inter-Faith Council, PO Box 5203, Wellington 6145
Christchurch Interfaith Council, Refugee and Migrant Centre, Peterborough & Madras St, Christchurch
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Aotearoa New Zealand Interfaith Network
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The Aotearoa New Zealand Interfaith Network is part of the New Zealand Diversity Action Programme and is a mailing list that brings together faith communities, interfaith groups, government agencies, academics and individuals interested in interfaith ...
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BBC Multifaith Calendar
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An excellent multifaith calendar that allows you to look at festivals and holy days by religion or by month, with detailed info given about most dates
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BBC Religion & Ethics
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The BBC's site on religion and ethics with information areas on Atheism, Bahá'í, Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Judaism, Mormonism, Paganism, Rastafari, Shinto, Sikhism, Taoism, Unitarianism, Zoroastrianism
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BeliefNet
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We are a multi-faith e-community designed to help you meet your own religious and spiritual needs -- in an interesting, captivating and engaging way ...
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Center for Interreligious Understanding
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Through educational programs and policy leadership, the CIU brings people of all faiths together to learn about our history, our shared values and why we must live and work together toward a society of justice and peace ...
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Centre for Faith and the Media
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The Centre for Faith and the Media is an independent, non-profit organization to inform, advise and help media and the general public achieve a stronger understanding of spiritual history, practices and values in Canadian society.
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Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions
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The mission of the Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions is to cultivate harmony among the world's religious and spiritual communities and foster their engagement with the world and its other guiding institutions ...
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Council of Christians and Jews
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The Council of Christians and Jews brings together Christian and Jewish Communities in a common effort to overcome the evils of prejudice, intolerance and discrimination between people of different of religions and ethnicity.
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Dunedin Abrahamic Interfaith Group
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Our group was formed here in Dunedin in the aftermath of the events of September 11th 2001 out of spontaneous expressions of solidarity and goodwill between leaders of our three faiths, the police and the Dunedin City Council.
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Interfaith Encounter Association
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The Interfaith Encounter Association is dedicated to promoting peace in the Middle East through interfaith dialogue and cross-cultural study ...
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Interfaith resources
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A list of some of the many organisations throughout the world which are involved in inter-religious activities ...
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Interfaithing
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Interfaithing is an interfaith social network community with daily interfaith news, videos, positive news, and a large interfaith resource. Our objective is to unite and grow the global interfaith community...
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International Association for Religious Freedom
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The International Association for Religious Freedom is a registered charity based in the United Kingdom which has the aim of working for freedom of religion and belief at a global level ...
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International Council of Christians and Jews
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The ICCJ serves as the umbrella organisation of 38 national Jewish-Christian dialogue organisations world-wide.
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International Interfaith Centre, Oxford, England
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Building interfaith co-operation in the world ...
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Internationally recognised Values Education Program
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Living Values Education Program (LVEP) is a comprehensive values education program. This innovative global character education program offers a wide variety of experiential values activities and practical methodologies to educators, facilitators, parents
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Interreligious and International Federation for World Peace
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The IIFWP (Interreligious and International Federation for World Peace) was founded in the hope of building a world in which peoples, cultures, races, religions, and nationalities could live together in harmony, mutual respect, cooperation ...
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Jews, Christians, and Muslims working together
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3faiths.org is a blog dedicated to telling the stories about positive interactions between the three abrahamic faiths: Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
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Multifaith Action Society of B.C.
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The Multifaith Action Society in Vancouver, Canada, was founded in 1972 as an ecumenical society and has become fully interfaith in nature and purpose ...
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MultiFaithNet
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MultiFaithNet is a self-access research, learning, information and dialogue tool, providing updated access to global electronic resources and interactions useful for study of world religious traditions and communities and the practice of inter-faith ...
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New Zealand Sikh Society (Wellington)
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The New Zealand Sikh Society (Wellington) Inc. was Incorporated on 24 June 1991. The main objective of the society is to preach the teachings of Sikhism, to provide religious services and ceremonies, to foster a better understanding among the people of NZ
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Parliament of the World's Religions
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The Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions was created to cultivate harmony among the world's religious and spiritual communities and foster their engagement with the world and its guiding institutions.
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PBS Religion and Ethics
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Since its debut in 1997, RELIGION & ETHICS NEWSWEEKLY has set itself apart from the mainstream media by providing distinctive, cutting-edge news coverage and analysis of national and international events in the ever-changing religious world.
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Peace Next
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Peace Next is the official social network of the Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions
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REonline
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Religious Education Online. REonline is a family of websites, with www.reonline.org.uk at its centre. Great resources for education of children of all ages.
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Spiritual "non-secular" Discussion Forum
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Spiritual / Gnostic / Mystic Discussion Forum for all sincere seekers of Ultimate Truth
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The Council of Christians & Muslims (Inc.) NZ
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Christians and Muslims in dialogue together. The Council exists to promote dialogue and respectful understanding between the two faith communities, and to work together towards the elimination of racism and religious discrimination in NZ society.
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The Inter Faith Network of UK
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The Inter Faith Network for the UK works to build good relations between the different religious communities in the UK at both national and local levels ...
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The Interfaith Alliance
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The Interfaith Alliance and The Interfaith Alliance Foundation - the national non-partisan advocacy voice of the interfaith movement. Our 150,000 members are from more than 70 faith traditions and people of good will ...
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The Revealer
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A daily review of Religion and the Press.
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The Sacred Site
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Radha Sahar's site that has information on many of the world's faiths ...
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Waikato Interfaith Council
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Web site for the Waikato Interfaith Council.
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World Conference of Religions for Peace
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The World Conference of Religions for Peace is the largest international coalition of representatives from the world's great religions who are dedicated to achieving peace ...
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World Congress of Faiths
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The World Congress of Faiths publishes the leading journal on interfaith matters Interreligious Insight. It arranges a variety of conferences, meetings, retreats, visits and group travel ...
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World Faiths Development Dialogue
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Its aim is to facilitate a dialogue on poverty and development among people from different religions and between them and the international development institutions.
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| 11 Aug - 9 Sep | | Islam - The Holy Month of Ramadan begins. Ramadan is the month of fasting during which Muslims who are physically able, do not eat or drink from the first sign of dawn until sunset. | | |
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Islam - 'Farewell Friday' is the last Friday of the month of Ramadan and the Friday immediately preceding Eid al-Fitr. While not a festival, Jum'at al-Wada' is considered a special day by many Muslims.
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Islam - Laylat al-Qadr, Night of Power, commemorates the first revelation of the Qur'an (Islamic scriptures) to Prophet Muhammad in 610 CE, at the age of forty. The festival begins in the evening.
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Jainism - Paryushana-parva is the holiest period of the year for the ascetic Shvetambara sect. Celebrated for eight days concluding on Samvatsari, it is a time of dedication to Jain ideals through fasting, worship of the Jina, and reading the life-story of Lord Mahavira from the Kalpasutra.
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Judaism - Rosh Hashanah - New Year's Day year 5771, and anniversary of the creation of the world - begins at sundown the previous day. The first of the Ten Days of Awe (or Repentance), Reform Jews celebrate it for one day, and other Jews for two days.
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Bahá'í Faith - 'Izzat (Might), the 10th month of the Bahá'í year.
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Judaism - Rosh Hashanah - New Year's Day year 5771, and anniversary of the creation of the world - begins at sundown the previous day. The first of the Ten Days of Awe (or Repentance), Reform Jews celebrate it for one day, and other Jews for two days.
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Islam - Eid al-Fitr, the Breaking of the Fast, celebrates the end of Ramadan, the month of fasting.
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Judaism - Rosh Hashanah - New Year's Day year 5771, and anniversary of the creation of the world - begins at sundown the previous day. The first of the Ten Days of Awe (or Repentance), Reform Jews celebrate it for one day, and other Jews for two days.
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Jainism - The Digambara sect celebrates Dashalakshani-parva for ten days by fasting, worship, meditation, confession, and by dedicating each day to a virtue: forgiveness, humility, honesty, purity, truthfulness, self-restraint, asceticism, study, detachment and celibacy.
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Hinduism - Ganesh Chaturthi celebrates the birthday of Ganesh, God of Success. He is invoked at the beginning of new undertakings.
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Jainism - Samvatsari. The Shvetambara sect observes Samvatsari by introspection, confession and penance.
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Zoroastrianism - Ghambar Paitishem celebrates the creation of the earth and harvesting of the summer crop. It lasts for five days until 16 September.
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Judaism - Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) is the year's holiest day and a day of fasting. To re-establish oneness with God, Jews ask forgiveness and forgive others. Then can they confess their sins and ask God's forgiveness. Yom Kippur begins at sundown the previous day.
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Judaism - Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) is the year's holiest day and a day of fasting. To re-establish oneness with God, Jews ask forgiveness and forgive others. Then can they confess their sins and ask God's forgiveness. Yom Kippur begins at sundown the previous day.
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Wicca - The Spring Equinox ceremony of the Druid tradition is known as Alban Eiler - "Light of the Earth". Alban Eiler, at the point of balance between Imbolc and Beltane, as it is at the point of balance between day and night, is a time for festivity and celebration for it marks the beginning of a new phase, the beginning of the triumph of light.
In Europe Spring Equinox was the festival of Eostre, the Saxon goddess of the dawn and spring.
In ancient Maori society the rising of the star Aotahi (Canopus) announced the arrival of spring, together with flowering of kowhai, rangiora and kotukutuku the plants of the fourth lunar month spanning September and October. This was also a sign for kumara planting to begin. Puawananga (clematis) now flowering, was regarded as one of the three first-born children of the stars Rehua (Antares) and Puanga (Rigel).
A key event was the return of pipiwharauroa, the shining cuckoo, from its winter stay in Hawaiki, the legendary Pacific homeland of the Maori.
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Jainism - Ananta-chaturdasi (Festival of Ten Virtues) is the holiest day of Dashalakshani-parva for the Digambara sect.
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Judaism - Sukkot, a pilgrimage feast and a time of thanksgiving, celebrates God's presence in creation and among the Jewish people. The Eighth Day, Shmini Atzeret, is a distinct festival. Sukkot begins at sundown the previous day.
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