‘It is with great joy that the North Island Regional Bahá’í Council shares with you the following news about the South Waikato/Taupō cluster.’
Seminar provides a forum where learning is shared
Regional coordinators and Area Teaching Committees from both the North and South Islands gathered in Auckland recently to further develop their capacities for coordination, accompaniment, and the dissemination of learning.
Service opportunities with North Island Regional Bahá’í Council
The North Island Bahá’í Council is inviting expressions of interest from members of the Bahá’í community for three part-time service opportunities in its developing Regional Office.
Summer initiative spreads love and friendship
As 2021 came to an end, and with it the conclusion of the centenary of the passing of the Master, dedicated souls put into motion a summer initiative that drew a record number of 160 participants whose service and learning in action are a profound response to the call of 'Abdu’l-Baha.
Plans praised and prospects envisioned
The North Island Bahá’í Council celebrates work communities are doing in the One Year Plan to honour ‘Abdu’l-Bahá and shares exciting plans for the Summer Initiative in January 2022.
Coromandel cluster passes the second milestone of growth
Coromandel cluster passes the second milestone of growth, and the North Island Bahá’í Council is confident this victory will be the harbinger for more clusters to do the same in the second half of the One Year Plan.
Whānau spaces draw souls into community building
More than 10 North Island clusters have been holding whānau days and children’s festivals - attracting increasing numbers of people into the community-building activities.
Wairarapa cluster passes the second milestone of growth
Wairarapa’s passage past the second milestone is sure to be the first of many victories in the North Island during this year of special potency.
Eastern Bay of Plenty passes the second milestone of growth
Within three cycles of starting a programme of growth, Eastern Bay of Plenty reached the second milestone - that of having an intensive programme of growth.
Make this a ‘Golden Summer’ by spreading hope
Beckoning us with an opportunity to multiply our powers in the field of action is the “Golden Summer” campaign organised by the Regional Bahá’í Council for the North Island.
Engage in significant service this summer
A campaign is planned for January and February 2021, where individuals and teams will work joyfully together to meet new friends, initiate Ruhi training camps and junior youth camps and support the addition of new core activities in neighbourhoods across the North Island.
Winter initiative strengthens community capacities
A ‘Winter Initiative’ in North Island goal clusters mobilised the friends and strengthened community capacities for growth.
Tasting the elixir of pioneering
The North Island Regional Bahá’í Council outlines the needs, and shares inspiring videos and stories about pioneering, desirous that friends will arise and consider home-front pioneering
Thoughts from the houses on Holland Ave
The North Island Regional Bahá’í Council presents some learning as shared by friends pioneering in Tamaki, Auckland
Neighbourhood initiative generates 237 conversations
Over a four week period, four visiting friends alongside those living in Thames, reached out to every household in a neighbourhood in Thames.
Rotorua launches intensive programme of growth
The North Island Regional Bahá’í Council joyfully announces that the Rotorua cluster has reached the second milestone of growth.
Taranaki cluster reaches second milestone of growth
Moving ahead determinedly, Taranaki cluster has attained the second milestone in the process of growth.
In Horowhenua, growth is kindled by junior youth focus
Systematic efforts in Horowhenua have demonstrated how the junior youth spiritual empowerment programme can foster community growth.
Efforts to expand the nucleus of friends in the Wesley neighbourhood
One of many examples where young people are dedicating their time and energy in reaching out in friendship to others.
Three Billboards - Taranaki!
The story of how one family responded to the call for pioneering to a goal cluster after participating in the summer initiative (a campaign of learning, teaching and pioneering to help those clusters that need support to intensify their growth activities to meet the goals of the Five Year Plan).