Vote With Aroha placards
Could you spread the love this election season, by putting a placard up on your home, business or church?
Most people in Aotearoa want to live in a country where we have each other's backs — where we support one another and unite to protect what we love.
In an election season that can feel like it’s a zero-sum game, we can reclaim a politics that puts our shared values first. A politics that imagines an Aotearoa where everyone has enough to thrive, where our environment is protected, and where Te Tiriti o Waitangi is honoured.
No matter which party you back, help put aroha at the forefront of this election.
Order a placard for your home, business or church, and help remind our communities that when we vote with aroha, we vote for each other.
Order yours today at votewitharoha.nz
No Voice Uncounted.
Enrolment deadlines have changed. Hundreds of thousands could miss out on voting. Let’s ensure our neighbours’ voices get heard in the 2026 general election.
We are supporting churches to:
1) Host an enrolment Sunday in September to get your own church enrolled and ready to vote.
2) Form a team to support people in your wider community to enrol to vote. Use your existing relationships and ministries to support and encourage your neighbours.
Click here to learn more.
No Voice Uncounted events
Over dessert and coffee, come and hear from Common Grace Aotearoa Co-Directors about how we are organising to enrol people to vote and to remind them to follow through and vote this election, and how you and your faith community could be involved.
We won’t be telling you or your community which parties or candidates to vote for, but together, we can help ensure that thousands of voices that might otherwise get shut out of our democracy, get heard this election.
Whether you are a church leader, small group leader or just someone passionate about democracy, we invite you to go on a mission with us to ensure as many voices as possible are counted in your community.
Thriving in this Land
A free workshop resource for churches and faith communities to follow Jesus in the big questions facing New Zealand right now.
The Treaty | The Climate | The Cost of Living
Learn more
Justice Conversations coming soon…
We are putting together a 3-part workshop series, launching in May 2026, designed for home groups, churches, or even just a group of friends around a dinner table.
We will explore:
Theology: Why Jesus cares deeply about these justice issues of climate, economic and Te Tiriti justice.
Lived experience: How these issues are currently impacting communities across Aotearoa
Action: How the Church can be a voice for transformation in the public sphere.
2025: A Year of Momentum and Political Action
As we look back on 2025, we are filled with a profound sense of awe. We are proud of what has been achieved and also the amazing commitment to Jesus and Justice shown by this community.
Watch the #LandBack - Visions and Realities Recording
Watch the recording of the #LandBack: Visions and Realities wānanga sharing stories, wisdom and experiences of returning indigenous land in Aotearoa.
Held on Saturday 7 February 2026 at Holy Trinity Cathedral, Tāmaki Makaurau.
Brought to you by Common Grace Aotearoa and Tauiwi mō Matike Mai.
Watch recording here.
A Prayer for our local elections and Māori ward referendums.
As voting opens in local elections and Māori ward referendums opens, we pray that God’s Spirit guides us and those in our communities in our decision-making.
Join us in prayer this month using this prayer provided in English and Te reo Māori.
Have your say on the Regulatory Standards Bill.
A Law that would diminish Te Tiriti and limit future leaders from protecting God’s creation and public health?
Gather submissions on the Treaty Principles Bill in your faith community
Use Common Grace video resources and submission guides to gather submissions in your faith community on the Treaty Principles Bill.
Our resources feature church leaders and Treaty experts and walk people through key concerns about the Treaty Principles Bill and the process for making a submission. Submissions are open until 07 January 2025.
Click here to view the resources today
Have your say on the Treaty Principles Bill.
Use Common Grace resources to speak up for Te Tiriti o Waitangi and make a submission on the Treaty Principles Bill.
Our video resources and submissions guides make the process as easy as possible. You can make a submission online or a hardcopy submission. Submissions are open until 07 January 2025.
Click here to have your say today
Stand up for Te Tiriti: Christian Perspectives on the Treaty Principles Bill.
Sign up to gather submissions in your faith community on the Treaty Principles Bill.
From 25 November, access resources to equip your faith community to have their say on the Treaty Principles Bill.
