The pandemic once again impacts work of the National Office.
Seeking heavenly aid for herculean effort
The National Spiritual Assembly calls for a national prayer campaign for the month of Kamál.
New portal for offering service at Bahá’í World Centre
Those who wish to offer a period of service at the Bahá’í World Centre may use a convenient new online portal, just launched.
Bahá’í studies conference starts 24 July
This year’s conference of the Association for Bahá’í Studies North America will be held online and is accessible to all. The 2020 conference will focus on correlating the Revelation of Bahá’u’lláh with lines of inquiry in various fields.
Community is prepared for herculean effort ahead
What are the most effective actions we can take in this historic final year of the current Five Year Plan? A video presentation from the National Spiritual Assembly answers this vital question.
The ‘Right of God’ bestows personal and social benefits
“In ordaining the mighty law of Ḥuqúqu’lláh, the Blessed Beauty has vouchsafed a favour unto His ardent lovers through which they can express their personal sense of devotion to God in a profoundly private act of conscience.”
ISGP invites all university students to join in
Applications are now open for seminars of the Institute for Studies in Global Prosperity to be held this December in NZ. Find out here how to partake in this outstanding opportunity.
Payamha provides Persian and English translations
Read the latest messages of the Universal House of Justice to the Bahá'ís of Iran and Persian translations of other selected messages on the website www.payamha-iran.org.
Let’s talk about becoming better together
The New Zealand Religious Diversity Centre is hosting an online panel discussion series that offers interfaith perspectives on current issues. In the first session the panelists will explore new ways of being and doing after our pandemic lockdown.
Persecution of Iran’s Bahá’ís ramped up
“Threatening to ‘uproot a community’, trying its members en masse, reincarcerating them during a pandemic, and spreading hateful propaganda against them is a shocking and profoundly troubling development”.
We are called to allay confusion with hope
These quotations for tumultuous times focus on the role of the Bahá’í community in spreading “confidence and assurance, hope and optimism”, and on promoting the oneness of humanity in the face of racial prejudice.
National Treasury seeks accounting manager
The National Spiritual Assembly seeks a suitable person to work in the Treasury Department of the National Office as Accounting Manager.
Speakers hold fast to their vision of race unity
Extraordinary circumstances forced the Race Unity Speech Awards to go online this year. Participants responded with resolute hopes for the future of Aotearoa.
Declaration of the Báb celebrated in song
A delightful video by and for children, tells the story of the Declaration of the Báb.
Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh: ‘We behold you from Our realm of glory’
On this Holy Day, to be commemorated on 28 May, at 3.00 a.m., we remember the moment when, as Shoghi Effendi writes, Bahá’u’lláh’s “spirit, at long last released from the toils of a life crowded with tribulations, had winged its flight to His ‘other dominions…’”
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
Efforts to build community in the South Island
These stories from the South Island describe how, despite the health crisis, many Bahá’ís and collaborators have continued learning to contribute to the social and spiritual well-being of their communities.
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
Declaration of the Báb: the moment a new world began
The Holy Day for the Declaration of the Báb falls on 22-23 May (8 ‘Aẓamat). Here are offered Sacred Writings and historical accounts to uplift the hearts of readers on this sacred day.
Annual Report describes a community united in action
This article offers a précis of the National Spiritual Assembly’s Annual Report for 176 B.E., which is available to the friends on request.