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Announcing the membership of the Regional Bahá’í Councils for this term, the National Spiritual Assembly encourages the friends “to joyfully and wholeheartedly collaborate with the Councils in our collective efforts to extend the embrace of the Faith”.
This year’s Bahá’í Summer School will again be organised at the local level - drawing on the experience of the conferences.
Reflections on the significance of a monarch following the passing of Queen Elizabeth II
The Universal House of Justice has made a call for pioneers for the Nine Year Plan addressing both international and homefront pioneering. In response, a Pioneering Task Force has been appointed to identify, orient, and deploy pioneers.
The Regional Bahá’í Councils reflect on the recent conferences and urge the friends to carry forward the learning and newly strengthened capacities in an ongoing pattern of community-building.
A serious escalation of persecution in Iran requires us all to pray ardently for the safety and well-being of these dear friends, and take full advantage of the freedoms we have here in Aotearoa to arise and share the teachings of the Faith in honour of the sacrifices of our Iranian brethren.
Last year we entered the third epoch of the Master’s Divine Plan. These reflections sketch out some of the implications for our work as a community in years to come.
Those who have not been able to attend a World Conference in person will have the opportunity to partake in the programme on the afternoon of Saturday 2 July.
Highly conscious that “the power of the Covenant strengthens our waka”, National Convention joyfully discharged its sacred functions of electing the National Spiritual Assembly and consulting on the work of the Cause.
In a year of challenging circumstances, the National Spiritual Assembly has nothing but deep admiration for the manner in which the institutions, agencies, individuals and community rallied to the needs of the hour.
Taumata Rei is a new Māori translation agency of the National Spiritual Assembly of Aotearoa whose task it is to advance the translations of the Teachings and Writings of the Faith into te reo Māori as a precious gift (rei) to our Beloved.
Although the forthcoming series of conferences in Aotearoa will be smaller in size, they will increase in number and will be outward-facing, welcoming occasions of joyful celebration, in a spiritually charged atmosphere.
In the midst of the consequences of a volcanic eruption, tsunami and Covid-19 outbreak, the friends in Tonga press on courageously, requesting prayers.
The National Assembly urges all eligible Bahá’ís to participate in unit elections via distance voting, after unit convention gatherings are cancelled for health and safety reasons.
“With a sense of joyous anticipation, we are happy to share with you details of the series of conferences that have been planned to take place throughout Aotearoa in response to the call of the Universal House of Justice.”
The Bahá’í world has been the blessed recipient of four messages from the Universal House of Justice in this spiritually charged time, directing our gaze towards the aims of the Nine Year Plan and the means for implementing it.
An inspiring summer school programme has been lined up for friends to engage in around the country, over four days, December 27-30. Here are the details.
Creative and artistic endeavours are being encouraged for the upcoming series of conferences.
The National Spiritual Assembly has provided guidance on issues relating to the pandemic and our duty as Bahá’ís to cooperate with public health measures.
Announcing the membership of the Regional Bahá’í Councils for this term, the National Spiritual Assembly “encourages every individual, community and cluster to offer wholehearted support to the vital work” done by these pivotal bodies.
