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Sacred Spaces 2025
Baha’i Sacred Space 2025
Relationships in a Multi-Faith World
In August 2025, the AIFC organised another successful event in their Dialogue & Learning Series. The title of the series reflects the setting: a keynote speaker sets the scene, and then there is plenty of time for dialogue which certainly leads to learning.
The guest speaker, Elena Villafana Sylvester, grew up in Trinidad, in a family with several faiths and their specific cultural traditions. While it was enriching in some ways, it also had its challenges.
Read the full article here.
Freedom of Religion and Belief in New Zealand
The Auckland Inter-Faith Council was represented by both Co-Presidents at the recent Conference with the topic “Freedom to Do, to Be and to Become: Enhancing Individuals’ Opportunities to Believe and Live as They Choose Within the Framework of the Law”. The Conference was sponsored by The International Center for Law and Religion Studies at BYU Law School (USA), The University of Waikato Te Piringa – Faculty of Law (NZ), The Religious Freedom and Human Dignity Initiative at BYU–Hawaii (USA), and The J. Reuben Clark Law Society (NZ)
Please click on the picture below to read the report by Beate Matthies:
Interfaith Creek Clean-Up
All our Faiths share a deep concern for the environment, and particularly for clean waters. Today, we had a great turn-out at our Creek Clean-up in Whenuapai. About 70 people of different age groups and different religions came together and pulled tires, car parts and many bottles out of the creek and the surrounding bush.
See an article by Beate Matthies here.
AIFC supports 2025 Auckland Peacenic
