Poll: Are domestic flights with Air NZ out of your budget?

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

A Tauranga man has filed a complaint with the Commerce Commission, claiming that due to dynamic pricing, it’s cheaper for him to fly to Los Angeles than to book a flight for his daughter from Tauranga to Wellington.

Do you think their pricing needs addressed to encourage more people to fly?

Are domestic flights with Air NZ out of your budget?

• Yes, it's too expensive
• No, it's reasonable
• Other - I'll share below

Vote View Results

• 95.4% Yes, it's too expensive
  95.4% Complete
• 3.9% No, it's reasonable
  3.9% Complete
• 0.7% Other - I'll share below
  0.7% Complete

1170 votes

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New Hamilton Church in tradition of the Reformation

Adam from Claudelands

Hi Friends

We are interested in starting a new church/denomination, with our first plant occurring right here in Hamilton.

The church will be centered on Jesus Christ and a deep respect, interest, delight and submission to the authority of Scripture Alone (sola scriptura).

Jesus is the sole head of His Church. But his Word calls for local under-shepherds to help lead his flock through the preaching and teaching of the Bible. We will welcome people of all backgrounds and walks of life. Our statement of faith will be the Westminster Standards with the American revisions: opc.org...

A few things that will make us unique to Hamilton:

- Our church will be led by a pastor with a proper theological education -- including a BA, two M.A.s, a Ph.D., knowledge of Biblical and ancient languages, experience in the mission field, and who has lectured at some of the top seminaries/theological in New Zealand and the World.

- We will be a friendly and welcoming Reformed Church. We are not a political movement. We do not support any particular party, race, or social philosophy. Just scripture.

- This means we want everyone to come and feel welcome. Our culture will be determined with everyone's input and contribution.

- In our view, this would be first for a Reformed Church in Hamilton.

- While we respect and love people of all races and backgrounds, we have noticed there is an overrepresentation (to the exclusion of others) of leaders from Dutch/South African backgrounds in other Hamilton-based Reformed churches.

- While there is nothing wrong with this Dutch overrepresentation in and of itself, we have noticed this has meant that the unfriendliness, lack of charity, lack of curiosity and antisocial behaviour that unfortunately sometimes characterizes Dutch Reformed culture has taken hold of these churches. You could attend these churches for years and not see a single Maori person, Hebrew, Chinese, French, or Japanese (etc.) elder or pastor -- or even such a person in attendance. The congregations and attitudes tend to be as white as Dutch dairy milk!

- To avoid this unfriendliness and to ensure all peoples are represented, we will limit our eldership to no more than 1 or 20% (whichever is greater) Dutch/South African elders. Any more than two Dutch/South African elders must be offset by an equal number of Māori elders. We are a CHRISTIAN church, not a Dutch church.

- We have noticed that many of the Reformed Churches in New Zealand are pastored by folks with a very low level of theological education -- such as a single janky/patched-together degree from a kiwi institution or a degree from Reformed Theological College in Australia -- whose faculty we view as sadly lacking and whose academic rigor is low.

- In contrast, we will have a pastor who is trained, smart, kind, curious, open, outward-facing and caring. He won't be perfect. He will sin like we all do. But he is a humble leader and is not afraid to confess/repent when he screws up. He is not afraid to roll up his sleeves. He doesn't pretend to be "Holier than Thou."

- We will study, learn and grow! We will have weekly Bible Studies in which we move verse-by-verse through the Bible. We will not simply play a video or read a bit of Scripture and then fall back to a set of printed out questions. We will be led by trained individuals who are able to teach and lead Bible Studies directly from scripture.

- We will care about our people first and the community a close second. This means we want to help as much as we can -- not just those poor souls "over there," but first and foremost those in our own tent and in our own backyard. In our experience, Reformed Churches in Hamilton are no more Christianized than mission fields abroad.

- We need the Word! We will preach it here first and foremost! We will be generous to others!

- We will have adult Sunday School on important topics - Church History, Systematic Theology, Ethics, etc..

- We will be fun! Reformed Christianity is all about glorifying God and enjoying Him FOREVER (Westminster Shorter Catechism Q&A #1). Forever means right now just as much as next month, next year, or 1,000 years from now. We won't need a social committee to schedule our fun and fellowship. The entire thing will be fun. God gave us senses of humour. We will celebrate this.

- We will have really good coffee. If you want/need bad coffee, you are still welcome! Just remember to bring your own.

- We will encourage families worshipping together. Children will have their own (age appropriate) Sunday School lessons. But they will be encouraged to remain with their parents during the worship service so that they can also benefit from the sermon.

- Our pastor will not be the "pope" of our church. He will lead us, not control us. Discipline will be reserved only for the most extreme cases and will be done in accordance with God's word. Competent and caring "discipleship" makes "discipline" unnecessary.

- Our members will select the name for the church and for any potential future denomination. But just as a placeholder, we were thinking of calling it "Reformation Church of Hamilton."

IF THIS SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN, PLEASE SEND A DM. OR EMAIL reformationchurchhamilton@gmail.com