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The Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand website (presbyterian.org.nz) is the official online home of the Church, and it is organised around a few main navigation areas plus a homepage news feed. To find news, training and resources quickly, start with the Find something fast menu, the Header menu and the Main navigation at the top of the page, then use the homepage Featured News and Latest News sections. For a specific topic, the site's Search function is the most direct route.
Main navigation areas on the homepage
The homepage carries several distinct navigation blocks. Based on the site's own headings, these include:
- Find something fast menu – a quick-access menu intended to shortcut common tasks.
- Header menu – the top-level menu across the site.
- Main navigation – the primary structure for moving around the site.
- Search results – the page you land on after running a search.
If you already know roughly what you want (a training course, a report, a parish link), the fastest approach is usually to try the Find something fast menu first, then fall back to Main navigation if the item is not listed there.
Where news lives: Featured News vs Latest News
The homepage separates news into two blocks, and they serve different purposes:
| Section | What it shows | When to use it |
|---|---|---|
| Featured News | A small number of highlighted items, often time-sensitive or of broad interest | To catch announcements the Church wants to foreground |
| Latest News | A running list of recent news items from the website | To browse what has been published most recently |
Because Featured News is curated, an item can appear there even if it is not the newest thing on the site. If you are looking for something you heard about recently but cannot see it in Featured News, check Latest News as well.
Finding training content
Training-related items appear within the news areas rather than in a single dedicated "training" section, so they can show up in either Featured News or Latest News. Examples visible on the homepage include:
- WOF training – described as online training for September, with training videos and manuals available for local use.
- PCANZ Child Protection Officer Training – listed among featured items.
- PYM (Presbyterian Youth Ministry) events – such as a Rangatahi Noho Marae highlight video and an online exploration of Pasefika and Presbyterian identity.
If you are looking for a specific training opportunity, scan both news blocks, and if it is not there, use the site search with the programme name (for example, "WOF training" or "Child Protection Officer Training").
Using search to locate a specific topic
When browsing the menus and news blocks does not surface what you need, the site's Search function is the intended tool. The homepage heading list includes Search results, confirming that search is a built-in part of the site.
A practical approach:
- Enter the topic or programme name in the search field.
- Review the Search results page for the most relevant page or news item.
- If results are too broad, add a distinguishing word — for example, "training", "resources", or the name of the event or fund.
Other resources linked from the homepage
Beyond news and training, the homepage also points to:
- Ministerial Vacancies – including featured vacancies.
- Parish websites – links out to individual parish sites.
- PCANZ Facebook, Our Blogs, Candour, and the Global Mission blog – external channels where the Church also publishes content.
- Reporting Abuse – contacts for reporting or discussing any matter concerning abuse and the Presbyterian Church.
- General Assembly (GA25) materials – decisions, video, photos, addresses, profiles and media coverage from the Assembly held at St Paul's Trinity Pacific Presbyterian Church in Christchurch, 20–23 October.
If a resource is not on the main site, one of these linked channels is the likely next place to look.