The First day of Riḍván refers to Bahá’u’lláh’s arrival in a garden outside the city of Baghdád, subsequently referred to as the Garden of Riḍván. This event…in April 1863, signalized the commencement of the period during which Bahá’u’lláh declared His Mission to His companions.
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The National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Australia has sent a loving letter to its sister Assembly to convey its deep solidarity and earnest prayers at this time in the lives of our two nations following the Christchurch tragedy.
The annual Race Unity Speech Awards were initiated by the New Zealand Bahá’í Community in 2001 in support of Race Relations Day (21 March). The speech topic this year is “Speaking for Justice, Working for Unity”. At the national level, a Race Unity Hui is being run in conjunction with the National Finals of the Speech Awards on 11 May 2019 in Auckland.
Facilitators are preparing for the National Bahá’í Teaching Conference - how are you preparing for the conference?
Following the establishment of the Bahá'í International Development Organisation at the Bahá'í World Centre, the National Assembly wrote to the Universal House of Justice to convey its profound gratitude and joy.
The National Spiritual Assembly is pleased to announce a new appointment to the North Island Regional Bahá'í Council.
In the weeks after a deadly terror attack, the people of New Zealand, still in mourning and shock, are responding with a newfound resolve and dedication to eradicate prejudice and hatred from their society.
A Compilation of Extracts from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, the Báb, and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá and the Letters of Shoghi Effendi and the Universal House of Justice, prepared by the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice.
As the vital work of the Cause unfolds in every part of the world, the effective functioning of the Bahá’í World Centre is supported by a flow of believers from a diversity of countries and occupations who arise selflessly to offer a period of service, of varying length, in the Holy Land.
He Raranga Hou translates literally as "a weaving anew”. The conference will give impetus to more individuals weaving a “spiritual, dynamic, [and] transformative” pattern of life.
On 10 February 2019, over 389 individuals gathered in 14 locations to participate in unit conventions.
At these conventions, the Bahá’ís vote by secret ballot for delegates who are duly responsible to elect the nine persons to serve on the National Spiritual Assembly for the term of one administrative year.
The National Spiritual Assembly is inviting expressions of interest from members of the Bahá’í community for service opportunities in the National Secretariat at the New Zealand Bahá’í National Office in Newmarket, Auckland.
The 2018 seminar—held from 8 to 18 December at the Waihi Academy—was the seventh time the seminars have been offered in New Zealand. A group of 42 young adults from around the country came together, and all four years of the programme were offered for the third year in a row.
Over the past year the friends in Invercargill have been focused on strengthening the process of expansion and consolidation that was stimulated by the bicentenary celebrations of the Birth of Bahá’u’lláh in 2017.
One of many examples where young people are dedicating their time and energy in reaching out in friendship to others.
Each page of this 15 month wall calendar contains a vivid photograph taken by Bahá’í photographers living in or visiting places all over the world.
Bahá'í Readings for Children is a beautifully-illustrated board book for children containing selections from the Words of Bahá’ulláh and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá.
A reader's guide to the art of Bahá’u’lláh, this second edition embraces the entire range of the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh.
Naw-Rúz is the first day of the new year. It coincides with the spring equinox in the Northern Hemisphere, which usually occurs on 21 March. Bahá’u’lláh explains that this feast day is to be celebrated on whatever day the sun passes into the constellation of Aries (i.e. the vernal equinox), even should this occur one minute before sunset. Hence Naw-Rúz could fall on 20, 21, or 22 March, depending on the time of the equinox (Notes from The Kitáb-i-Aqdas).
