Panapa Wiremu Netana 1951 1960

edmondsallan - hello - These journals are quite detailed in following the thread that "Panapa " wove in the play of life itself, so I need to keep moving along .
When the Maori Bible Revision Committee was convened it was recognised that Maori participation was essential, and Panapa was a member from 1946 to 1952. The committee held public sittings on marae throughout the country. It aimed to ensure that ‘the new edition would be a standard work on the Maori language’ and would ‘put back into the Maori Bible something of the sweet musical tone and cadence, rhythm and poetry of the Maori language’. The translation was completed before Christmas 1949 and finally printed in 1952. During the revision, Panapa was made a life member of the British and Foreign Bible Society.
Following the death of Bishop F. A. Bennett, Panapa was appointed in 1951 as the second bishop of Aotearoa. He was consecrated in the Cathedral Church of St John the Evangelist, Napier, on 24 August. At his consecration, he quoted a well-known Maori proverb, and gave an assurance that he would be careful to see that the canoe (the bishopric) was launched without damage. He proved faithful to this commitment. Despite persistent health problems, Panapa maintained a high level of pastoral care, travelling the country, blessing new meeting houses and marae, opening conferences, and officiating at tangihanga and memorial services. Panapa suffered from the conflict between his roles as bishop of Aotearoa and suffragan (assistant) bishop of Waiapu. His deep concern that Maori do things in their own ways in their own church had been instilled in him by his grandfather, his parents, and the community of Ahikiwi. For Panapa the idea of a Maori Anglican church with its own leadership, theology and worship was a natural outcome of the growth of any Christian community. As bishop of Aotearoa, he was required to minister to Maori wherever they lived. However, he could work in dioceses other than Waiapu only when permission was given by the local bishop. He was rarely able to fulfil his episcopal duties in Auckland, where the bishop was hostile to him, and he and his people felt the anomaly keenly. Panapa often jokingly referred to himself as the ‘suffering bishop’ of the church. I think he had a good point their - don't you ?
Panapa pleaded for permission to exercise his jurisdiction over a wider field than had been allowed to Bennett, but his concern for the needs of Maori Anglicans was not sympathetically regarded by some of the Pakeha bishops. His task during a transitional period was not easy. There was a strong movement towards the full integration of Maori Anglicans into mainstream church life and administration, and the tension between Maori and Pakeha over pastoral responsibilities was never fully resolved in Panapa’s term. On his retirement the primate of New Zealand, Archbishop Norman Lesser, looked forward to the time when the office would fall into abeyance and race would not be a criterion for appointment. In spite of these difficulties, Panapa exercised a strong leadership during a crucial time in the church’s development. He concentrated on key areas such as the place of Maori and women in the church, and the problems caused by secularisation and urbanisation. From his earliest years as a pastor he encouraged Maori women’s involvement in the church’s Mothers’ Union, whose aims of training children for God’s service and of promoting the sacredness of marriage were important to him. From the 1930s, when Tai Tokerau established branches with Panapa’s encouragement, Maori women began to join for the first time. Panapa maintained this commitment to women’s endeavours throughout his priestly life and regularly attended Mothers’ Union meetings. He was dedicated to the interests of Maori youth and advocated the establishment of cultural groups for them. At the church’s Hui Amorangi, an annual meeting of Maori Anglicans, he often expressed his concerns for youth. Their seemed to be a lot happening just before and up to this 1960 period . I think in this journal , it also shows us , how strong within ourselves , the guidance and teachings from our parents stays within us . It doesn't and won't just drop off
I believe it is a part of nature that is gifted to us from our parents for our survival . What do you think ??? Till we meet again
- Regards -edmondsallan