Te Whanganui-a-Tara Programme

Daily Schedule

The Te Whanganui-a-Tara leg of Little Revolutions is held at Meow nui on Vivian St., with breakout sessions at Salmond House just across the road. Morning tea and lunch are provided each day.

9 am - Mihi whakatau

9:30 am - Whakanoa and kai

9:45 am - Session One

11 am - Workshops One

12noon - Workshops Two

1 pm - Lunch

2 pm - Break

3 pm - Workshops Three

4 pm - Session Two

Main Gathering Keynotes

Monday Morning Gathering
9.45 am

Dave Mann

Looking for Lydia and the Bonny Downs Story

Alan Hirsch
Metanoia and Shifting Our Paradigms for Mission

Monday 4 pm Gathering

Tuesday Morning Gathering
9:45 am

Faye Molen
The Reluctant Pioneer and the Prophet

Tuesday 4 pm Gathering

Dave Mann
Staying Faithful to the Call and Persevering

Workshops

Monday
11am-12pm

Programme
Case Study: MBC & UNOH in Manurewa
Case Study: MBC & UNOH in Manurewa

Monique Lee and Dave Tims

This case study follows an unlikely friendship between a passionate community organiser (Dave) and a devoted church leader (Monique).

Wellington - Ngāke

Monday
12pm-1pm

Programme
Case Study: The House Church Network
Case Study: The House Church Network

James and Viv Anson

This case study will explore how these communities prioritise discipleship, shared leadership, and mission in everyday life, while remaining intentionally small and reproducible.

Wellington - Whātaitai

Monday
3pm-4pm

Programme
Case Study: The Street City Church
Case Study: The Street City Church

Jenny and Simon Gill

Change and disruption can create an opportunity to rethink everything — and for The Street, a large Wellington church gathering in Mt Victoria and the Eastern suburbs, COVID-19 in 2020 did exactly that.

Wellington - Ngāke

Workshops

Tuesday
11am-12pm

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Tuesday
12pm-1pm

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Programme

Tuesday
3pm-4pm

Programme
Panel: The Planters
Panel: The Planters

This panel brings together four experienced church planters from diverse traditions, each carrying hard-won wisdom from the front lines of mission. Together, they’ll reflect honestly on the tensions, failures, and breakthroughs that come with forming new gospel communities—and offer grounded insight for those discerning a call to plant, pioneer, or multiply.

Wellington - Pīwakawaka

Case study: St James, Mangere
Case study: St James, Mangere

Mark Barnard and Irene Farnham

How might our ministry be shaped if we attended deeply to ‘place’? Rev. Mark Barnard will consider how the story of St James Māngere Bridge has been formed by the whenua.

Wellington - Ngāke