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Oxford City Amnesty International Group Oxford City Amnesty International group is taking part in an online Festival of Social Justice. It will feature speakers, music, poetry evenings, photography exhibitions, theatre, panel discussions and the chance for local activists to ‘stand’ on a virtual soapbox and share what social justice means to them. It runs between April 16 and May 31 and brings together 40 local Amnesty International groups plus many other community organisations. As part of the wider festival, Oxford City Amnesty is organising two live online events and three events...

There are now four ‘mission’ writers on the Press Service International team being published in Christian Today. Last year the CT editor asked me to add to the quiver of young writer articles, a fresh genre, Mission articles. Since then, the mission writing team has grown to four – all published in Christian Today. The mission writing team Ben Campbell Ben Campbell from Sydney is the CEO of Africa Enterprise. He or a team member provides fortnightly articles with photographs mission articles. These are very well received and have a wide distribution throughout the Africa Enterprise miss...

Five members of Rotorua's controversial ratepayers' group - two of whom are district councillors - have resigned, with some dissatisfied with its leader, district councillor Reynold Macpherson. Clockwise from top left: Rotorua district councillor Peter Bentley, Paddi Hodgkiss, Glenys Searancke and Rotorua district councillor Raj Kumar. Centre: Rotorua district councillor Reynold Macpherson. Photo: Composite / NZME However, Macpherson says it was wrong for "a little power bloc in RDRR to reset directions" and he hopes for reconciliation. On Tuesday, former Rotorua Residents and Ratepayers (RD...

Rotorua mayor demands apology from councillor over social media post 4 Mar, 2021 06:00 AM 8 minutes to read Rotorua mayor Steve Chadwick. Photo / File Rotorua mayor Steve Chadwick has demanded an apology from a councillor over a social media post. But the councillor at the centre of the controversy, Reynold Macpherson, says he's just expressing his opinion, and others are expressing theirs. About four minutes into the Rotorua Lakes Council's operations and monitoring committee meeting on Thursday, deputy mayor Dave Donaldson indicated he had an urgent item of business for the committee to att...

Rotorua Lakes Council meeting: Councillors lock horns over Te Tatau o Te Arawa annual report 25 Feb, 2021 03:34 AM 6 minutes to read Rotorua deputy mayor Dave Donaldson. Photo / Andrew Warner. Rotorua's deputy mayor says another councillor erroneously alleged "skullduggery" in the accounting practices of Te Tatau o Te Arawa, but the councillor says it was a "perfectly reasonable and professional" question. The exchange occurred at a full Rotorua Lakes Council meeting on Thursday morning, between deputy mayor Dave Donaldson and councillor Reynold Macpherson, as Te Tatau o Te Arawa presented it...