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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

'Hapu steps up protests on school sale ' The Daily News (Taranaki) 19 July 2001 http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,870587a1885,FF.html A South Taranaki hapu is stepping up protests against the sale of the Manaia Catholic School. Yesterday, Manaia's Ngati Tu hapu put up a sign protesting the sale and said action would continue in an attempt to get back the land, which they say was confiscated by the Crown in the 1860s......

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EMPLOYMENT

Compassion Housing Ltd: Services Manager Compassion Housing Limited is a Sisters of Compassion charitable company which manages the Sisters' pensioner rental units in Upper Hutt. Details in Wel-com July 2001, and from Monty Arnott monty.arnott@hoc.org.nz or send to PO Box 1474, Wellington. Tel. 04-383 4952 Fax. 04 383 7718 Sisters of Compassion Website: http://www.hoc.org.nz

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EVENTS & COURSES

29th July - 2nd December 2001 School of Missions, St. Gerard's Monastery, Wellington, New Zealand, conducted by the International Catholic Programme of Evangelisation (ICPE) Details at: http://www.icpe.org/newzealand/SchoolsofMission.html

'Art and Faith' Competition for paintings of a spiritual nature sponsored by 'NZ Catholic' newspaper, Lillias McLean and Creative Communities [Auckland City] Committee. Details in 'NZ Catholic' May 20 2001 p.23 . Entry form from NZ Catholic, PO Box 147-000, Ponsonby, Auckland 1034. Email: catholic@iconz.co.nz or artel@xtra.co.nz. Fax: (09) 360 3065 or (09) 524 8322 Closing date: 31 August 2001