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Tikanga Pākehā Ministry Council

Tikanga Pākehā Ministry  Council (TPMC) is a subsidiary body of the Tikanga Pākehā Conference (TPC). TPC exists to help facilitate the mission of the Anglican Church in the Seven New Zealand Dioceses: Auckland, Waikato-Taranaki, Waiapu, Wellington, Nelson, Christchurch and Dunedin.  Tikanga Pākehā is part of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia (https://www.anglican.org.nz), which is part of the world-wide Anglican Communion. 

The Tikanga Pākehā Ministry Council if made up of three houses; Bishops, Clergy and Lay, and has representation from all 7 Dioceses in New Zealand, along with key members from Tikanga Pākehā National Roles. The House of Bishops provide at least two bishops for each meeting of TPMC, with all bishops welcome to attend.

TPMC Members

​Auckland
Reverend ​Sarah Moss
Mrs ​Karen Spoelstra

Waikato and Taranaki
Reverend Lance Pilbrow
Lay Vacancy

Waiapu
Reverend Deborah Broome
Lay Vacancy

​Wellington
Reverend Dr. Digby Wilkinson
​Archdeacon Gendy Thomson (Lay Archdeacon)

​Nelson
Very Reverend Dr. Graham O'Brien
​Mr. Jon Slack

Christchurch
Reverend Stephanie Robinson
Lay Vacancy

Dunedin
​Reverend Dr. Michael Godfrey
Mrs ​Anne Gover

House of Bishops
Senior Bishop Tikanga Pākehā, Archbishop Philip Richardson (Convenor)
​Bishop Peter Carrell (House of Bishops, Te Kotahitanga Rep)
All bishops are welcome to attend TPMC

National Roles
Tikanga Pākehā Dean, St John's Theological College 
National Youth Facilitator (NYF) - Ms Lorna Gray
National Children and Families Ministry Enabler (Strandz) - Ms Diana Langdon

Next Meeting: TPMC Plenary, 29 March 2023

TPMC Executive

The TPMC Exec are a subgroup of TPMC and help to plan and facilitate the work of TPMC. Presently, this includes Graham O'Brien (Convenor), Gendy Thomson (Co-Convenor), Archbishop Philip (Senior Bishop Tikanga Pākehā),  Diana Langdon, Michael Godfrey and Kat Maxwell (TPC Administrator).  
Next Meeting of TPMC Exec:  November 2022 (zoom)
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