This morning I had the opportunity to interview the Bishop of Nelson, Richard Ellena, of New Zealand, after receiving a copy of his communication with his diocese. So it was a good opportunity to ask some followup questions, to hear about the challenges facing his province, and to learn more about his general experience at the Lambeth Conference. We also discussed what he believes needed to happen at the Lambeth Conference, and what will happen after we all fly back to our own provinces at the close of the conference.

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Hi Sarah
The interview seems to stop mid-interview ... is there a problem? If so it would be lovely if it could be overcome?
(But it might be a problem with my computer)!

[1] Posted by Peter Carrell on 08-02-2008 at 07:26 PM • top

Sarah, I had no technical problems. Good interview.

[2] Posted by Jill Woodliff on 08-02-2008 at 10:13 PM • top

#1, I have a slow connection. For audio files, I have to wait several minutes for the audio to load before I can play it. If I begin before it’s fully loaded, I hear a few minutes until the “play” reaches the end of what’s loaded, and then the audio pauses until it has more data.

I can’t view videos at all, because they don’t seem to load fully before I hit the “play” button. It’s load as you go, and watching videos five seconds at a time simply isn’t worth the trouble. In these cases, if someone who watches it could post a short summary of what’s in the video, it would be helpful to those of us with slow connections to understand what the “news” is without being able to watch.

[3] Posted by Katherine on 08-02-2008 at 11:24 PM • top

Thanks. Those pointers are helpful!

[4] Posted by Peter Carrell on 08-03-2008 at 01:38 AM • top

Because Jennie Te Paa and John Paterson are so active internationally, and because the Latimer Fellowship website is quiescent, I had fallsely assumed that the province was more inclined to the left.

[5] Posted by Jill Woodliff on 08-03-2008 at 06:17 AM • top

From said Province, Jill, both Jenny te Paa and John Paterson are firmly on the liberal wing. Nelson is the really solid take-to-the-bank diocese in this country; you can also count on some of the dioceses in Aoteoroa and Polynesia, but they tend to look to their own affairs and leave Tikanga Pakeha to stew in our own juice. In some of the other dioceses there are very large conservative parishes, but the establishment is more institutional, gently liberal and moderate.

[6] Posted by Andrewesman on 08-03-2008 at 05:41 PM • top

In essence, I’d say we are TEC maybe 20 years ago.

[7] Posted by Andrewesman on 08-03-2008 at 05:46 PM • top

All that shows on my screen is a white box with a red x. has it been taken down or can I find it somewhere else?

[8] Posted by carol on 08-04-2008 at 12:07 AM • top

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