Read Article Common Ground July 2024 Edtn 4 min read Editorial: A Path of Friendship John Dennison To begin with a commonplace, we (still) find ourselves living at the intersection of a number of large crises.
Read Article Common Ground July 2024 Edtn 13 min read The Fabric of Faithful Friendship Mark Barnard It can come as quite a surprise to find yourself and your good mate emblazoned on the front page of a suburban newspaper. Lead Articles
Read Article Common Ground July 2024 Edtn 25 min read Field Notes: Te Karere Scarborough John Dennison Te Karere Scarborough (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Hauā) is Tumuaki/Co-Principal of Te Wānanga Ihorangi. Interviews
Read Article Common Ground July 2024 Edtn 5 min read The Icon of Christ and St Menas Rachel Mawdsley When I was a child, I wanted nothing more than to step into the pages of my storybooks: to take a trip up the Faraway Tree, sneak out to a midnight ball and dance with my eleven sisters, befriend a star that had fallen from the sky. Arts Arts, Photography, Music
Read Article Common Ground July 2024 Edtn 6 min read Hana Leofo on Friendship: An Interview Venn Foundation I’m currently living in Hillsborough, Tāmaki Makaurau. I’m very fond of the area, having spent most of my young-adult life here. I share a flat with three friends, enjoying shared dinners, an abundant feijoa tree, and the occasional heated game of Bananagrams. Interviews
Read Article Common Ground July 2024 Edtn 4 min read From the Tradition: a Letter of Friendship Venn Foundation Suzanne Aubert, later known as Mother Mary Joseph Aubert, was a nun, nurse, herbalist, teacher and social worker, who founded the first new Catholic order in Aotearoa, New Zealand, the Sisters of Compassion.