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Read more about the article Newsletter 18 December 2022

Newsletter 18 December 2022

  • Post author:Beate Matthies
  • Post published:18 December 2022
  • Post category:News/The Religious Leaders Forum

As the 2022 year draws to a close, the Religious Diversity Centre wishes our readers a refreshing holiday break, and a blessed celebration of the festivals of Hanukkah and Christmas for…

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Read more about the article Newsletter 13 November 2022

Newsletter 13 November 2022

  • Post author:Beate Matthies
  • Post published:13 November 2022
  • Post category:General/News

Climate Action - Reporting back from COP27Rod Oram, member of the RDC Climate Action Group, once again is ‘our man’ in this year’s UN COP27 Climate Change Conference. This event,…

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Read more about the article Newsletter 02 November 2022

Newsletter 02 November 2022

  • Post author:Beate Matthies
  • Post published:2 November 2022
  • Post category:General/News

RDC November News Climate Change - The UN Conference - COP27The 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference takes place this month from 6 to 18 November 2022 in the city of…

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Read more about the article Week of Prayer for World Peace 2022

Week of Prayer for World Peace 2022

  • Post author:Beate Matthies
  • Post published:16 October 2022
  • Post category:Community Diversity/News

For further information, please see: https://weekofprayerforworldpeace.co.uk/

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Read more about the article Newsletter 21 September 2022

Newsletter 21 September 2022

  • Post author:Beate Matthies
  • Post published:21 September 2022
  • Post category:News

Climate Action PosterThe second Climate Action poster is now being distributed by the RDC Climate Action Workgroup.The Workgroup’s large aim is for all worship centres in the diverse religious communities…

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Read more about the article Newsletter 14 August 2022

Newsletter 14 August 2022

  • Post author:Beate Matthies
  • Post published:14 August 2022
  • Post category:News

New website Resources - Videoclips A couple of weeks ago, Muharram started, the first month in the Islamic calendar.Dr Sajjad Naqvi shared some personal thoughts about the Islamic New Year…

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Read more about the article Newsletter 18 July 2022

Newsletter 18 July 2022

  • Post author:Beate Matthies
  • Post published:19 July 2022
  • Post category:News

News July 2022

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Read more about the article Newsletter 15 June 2022

Newsletter 15 June 2022

  • Post author:Beate Matthies
  • Post published:15 June 2022
  • Post category:News

Kia ora koutou, warm greetings to you all.  June is here, giving for the first time in the history of Aotearoa New Zealand a public holiday for Matariki. This is a…

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Read more about the article Newsletter 12 Apr 2022

Newsletter 12 Apr 2022

  • Post author:Beate Matthies
  • Post published:12 April 2022
  • Post category:News

Updates from RDC: The Religious Leaders' Forum, Climate Change, YLC and more

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Read more about the article Newsletter 02 Mar 2022

Newsletter 02 Mar 2022

  • Post author:Beate Matthies
  • Post published:2 March 2022
  • Post category:News

Newsletter 02 March 2022

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Newsletter 02 Feb 2022

  • Post author:Beate Matthies
  • Post published:2 February 2022
  • Post category:News

Newsletter - RDC Calendar and Video Clips

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Read more about the article Newsletter 14 Nov 2021

Newsletter 14 Nov 2021

  • Post author:Beate Matthies
  • Post published:15 November 2021
  • Post category:News

RDC Newsletter - COP26 & 2022 Calendar

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Read more about the article Newsletter 06 Nov 2021

Newsletter 06 Nov 2021

  • Post author:Beate Matthies
  • Post published:6 November 2021
  • Post category:News

Newsletter and Interfaith Response to the UN Climate Change Conference

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Read more about the article Newsletter – COP26

Newsletter – COP26

  • Post author:Beate Matthies
  • Post published:26 October 2021
  • Post category:Environment/News/Resources

Official presentation of Interfaith Statement to Minister for Climate Change, James Shaw

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Read more about the article Newsletter September 2021

Newsletter September 2021

  • Post author:Beate Matthies
  • Post published:15 September 2021
  • Post category:General/News

Kia ora koutou, warm greetings to you all.  This year's month of September is certainly a special one: for the Jewish community it is the month of Rosh Hashana, the…

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Read more about the article Solidarity with the victims

Solidarity with the victims

  • Post author:Beate Matthies
  • Post published:8 September 2021
  • Post category:General/News

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Read more about the article Week of Prayer for World Peace

Week of Prayer for World Peace

  • Post author:Beate Matthies
  • Post published:8 September 2021
  • Post category:Featured/Interfaith dialogue/News/Resources/Resources

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Vaccination Programme

  • Post author:Beate Matthies
  • Post published:20 August 2021
  • Post category:General/News

Vaccine roll out is one of the most significant events affecting Aotearoa New Zealand.

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Read more about the article Eid Celebration at Parliament

Eid Celebration at Parliament

  • Post author:Beate Matthies
  • Post published:26 May 2021
  • Post category:Interfaith dialogue/Islam/News/Reports

Trustees of the Religious Diversity Centre were present at the 2021 celebrations for the end of the Ramadan, the Muslim month of fasting

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Read more about the article Newsletter May 2021

Newsletter May 2021

  • Post author:Beate Matthies
  • Post published:5 May 2021
  • Post category:News

The Religious Diversity Centre Kia ora koutou, warm greetings to you all. We are so lucky to be in New Zealand and to be able to meet, greet, celebrate and…

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Read more about the article Religious Communities Learning about the Vaccine
FILE PHOTO: A woman holds a small bottle labelled with a "Coronavirus COVID-19 Vaccine" sticker and a medical syringe in this illustration taken October 30, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic

Religious Communities Learning about the Vaccine

  • Post author:Jennifer
  • Post published:3 March 2021
  • Post category:General/News

The vaccine is safe to use from the religious perspective in that it is kosher and halal.

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Read more about the article Newsletter – September 2020

Newsletter – September 2020

  • Post author:Jennifer
  • Post published:1 September 2020
  • Post category:News

Beyond the Bubble: Where to for our community in a diverse world?Religious and cultural perspectives For more information click here As a country moving on from the closure that the…

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