Celebrating Easter in Northland

Easter came early for young families at St Anne’s Anglican Church in Northland. Retelling the Easter story, they enjoyed lots of fun activities, such as decorating Easter cards, using rugs to build and think about what it might have been like to be in a tomb, and making resurrection buns on the weekend of 25 and 26 March.

In the celebration, the children lifted a parachute up and down while singing along to a Easter song called “He Rose”. “Easter is a special time for everyone,” Rev Paul McIntosh, St Anne’s Vicar, says.

“Again this year we will be walking on Good Friday with our friends from the

Roman Catholic Parish of St Thomas More to remember the path that Jesus took that day.

“This is a tradition that goes back well over 30 years.” plies forpeople’sanimals when it’s already such a stressful time with losing homes and livelihoods,” Nichole says.

The Good Friday service begins at St Thomas More at 9:30am and ends at St Anne’s with hot cross buns.

Other Easter services at St Anne’s Northland include a contemplative Maundy Thursday service at 7:30pm on 6 April, a celebratory Saturday vigil with readings, music and communion at 7:30pm on 8 April, and a family-focused Easter Day service at 9:30am. All are welcome.

“It was really lovely to see such generosityand the way people all around New Zealand geared up to help.

“We are now going to focus on fundraising for Hawkes Bay,” Nichole adds.

With outlets in Takarau Gorge Road Ohariu Valley and ki, Red Barn Supply Co sells items such as animal feed, vet products, farm yard products, animal treats, supplements, stable products and grooming products.