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Auckland CPE 2025
Expressions of Interest in CPE in Auckland should be directed to The Rev’d John McAlpine
Phone: 022-166-2556 / Email: jmcalpinenz@gmail.com
Supervisors: The Rev’d Michelle Shin; The Rev’d John McAlpine
CPE Auckland is offering two Foundational CPE Units in 2025:
Date of CPE Unit: 3 March – 10 June 2025
Group Meetings: Mondays 3 March, 7 April and 9 June 2025
plus, every Tuesday, 4 March until 10 June 2025
Apply by: 1 November 2024
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Date of CPE Unit: 21 July – 04 Nov 2023
Group Meetings: Mondays 21 July, 25 August and 3 November 2025
plus, every Tuesday, 22 July until 4 November 2025 (excluding Tues 28 Oct)
Apply by: 1 April 2025
Waikato CPE 2025
Expressions of interest in CPE in the Waikato and surrounding areas should be directed to Val Riches:
Phone: 027-444–8286 / Email: val@wtanglican.nz
Supervisor: The Rev’d Val Riches
Date of CPE Unit: 5 April – 14 July 2025
Group Meetings:
We will start on April 5-7 with a three-day live-in-gathering
We will then meet weekly on Mondays at Morrinsville Anglican Church from 8.30am to 3.30pm
We will have a mid-term live-in two-day live-in-gathering.
We conclude on July 13-14 with our final live-in gathering.
Apply by: 1 February 2025
Bay of Plenty CPE 2025
Expressions of interest in CPE in the Bay of Plenty and surrounding areas should be directed to Donna Denmead:
Phone: 027-274-7381 / Email: donna.denmead@gmail.com
Supervisors Rev. Ros Sims and Donna Denmead
Date of CPE Unit: 23 April – 8 August 2025
Group Meetings:
23 and 24 April in person
2, 9, 16, 23, 30 May on Zoom
5 and 6 June in person
13 and 27 June, 4, 11, 18, 25 July, 1 August on Zoom
7 and 8 August in person
In person days will be held in Taupō
Applications close 1 March 2025
Manawatu/Rangitikei/Whanganui/Taranaki CPE 2025
Expressions of Interest in CPE in Manawatu/Rangitikei/Whanganui/Taranaki should be directed to The Rev’d Peter Brown. Phone: 027-348-8800 / Email: brown_p@xtra.co.nz
Supervisors: The Rev’d Peter Brown; The Rev’d Canon Kath Maclean
Date of CPE Unit: 11th September – 19th December 2025
Group Meetings:
The group meetings will be held at the Tutaenui Hall, Marton, Rangitikei. Commencing in September it will comprise eight sessions of two days. These sessions will be set at fortnightly intervals to allow time for students to continue to build up practical pastoral experience in their place of work e.g., hospital, parish, school, rest home, corrections’ facility…
The dates of the group meetings are Thursdays and Fridays as follows:
Sept 11, 12, 25, 26.
Oct 9, 10, 23, 24.
Nov 6, 7, 20, 21.
Dec 4, 5, 18, 19.
Apply by: 1 May 2025
Porirua CPE 2025
Expressions of Interest in CPE in Wellington should be directed to The Rev’d Amy Finiki
Phone: 027-271-6170 / Email: Amy.Finiki@ccdhb.org.nz
Supervisors: The Rev’d Amy Finiki; The Rev’d Canon Kath Maclean
Date of CPE Unit: 20 Feb – 13 June 2025
Group Meetings:
Start-up two-days: Thurs–Frid 20–21 Feb;
then Fridays 28 Feb; 7 / 14 / 21 / 28 March; 4 April
Mid–course two-days: Thurs–Frid 10–11 April
then Fridays 2 / 9 / 16 / 23 / 30 May; 6 June
Final two–days: Thurs–Frid 12–13 June
Apply by: 1 Dec 2024
Christchurch CPE 2025
Expressions of Interest in CPE in Christchurch should be directed to The Rev’d Helen Roud
Phone 027-657-7947 / Email: helen.roud@gmail.com
Supervisor: The Rev’d Helen Roud
Date of CPE Unit: 12 March – 26 June
Group Meetings:
Start-up two-days: Wed–Thurs 12–13 March
then meeting weekly on Thursdays (excluding Easter school holidays)
Mid-course two-days: Wed–Thurs 30 April–1 May
then meeting weekly on Thursdays
Final two–days: Wed–Thurs 25–26 June
Apply by: 1 January 2025
Otago / Southland CPE 2025
Expressions of Interest in CPE in Otago/Southland should be directed to Mary Huie-Jolly:
Phone: 001-404-790.8232 / Email: maryrhj@gmail.com
Supervisor: The Rev’d Mary Huie-Jolly
Date of CPE Unit: Autumn – Winter 2025
Group Meetings:
I propose a 2025 CPE Group beginning in Autumn 2025.
The likely location will be Dunedin
Dates, place, times are yet to be determined; let me know what might work best for you.
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The current cost of CPE within Aotearoa/New Zealand is: $2,200.00.
If you are not a New Zealand Citizen/Resident, please read the following PDF to understand the requirements for studying CPE in New Zealand.
Anton Boisen, one of the founders of CPE, encouraged his students to pay careful attention to both their own self and the people in their care. He urged his students to ‘read these living human documents’, first-hand living source materials rather than second-hand statements found in textbooks. However, CPE supervisors/educators do point CPE participants to relevant literature as they endeavour to develop their pastoral skills.
The bibliography that follows is by no means exhaustive:
Boundaries: when to say yes, when to say no, to take charge of your life – Henry Cloud / John Townsend
Coming to Grief – Pam Heaney
Companioning the Bereaved: a soulful guide for caregivers – Alan D. Wolfelt
Dibs in Search of Self – Virginia Mae Axline
Henri Nouwen: Wounded Healer – William Ruddle
People Skills: how to assert yourself, listen to others, and resolve conflict – Robert Bolton
Personhood and Presence: self as a resource for spiritual and pastoral care – Ewan Kelly
Swift to Hear: facilitating skills in listening and responding – Michael Jacobs
Talking Past Each Other – Joan Metge and Patricia Kinloch
Talking Together: Korero Tahi – Joan Metge
The Gift to Listen : The Courage to Hear – Cari Jackson
The Mutuality of Care – Roy Herndon Steinhoffsmith
The Power of Listening: building skills for mission and ministry – Lynne M Baab
The Practice of Pastoral Care: a post-modern approach – Carrie Doering
The Sacred Art of Listening – Kay Lindahl
The Skilled Helper: a systematic approach to effective helping – Gerard Egan
The Skilled Pastor: counselling as the practice of theology – Charles Taylor
Transforming Communication: leading-edge professional and personal skills – Richard Bolstad / Margot Hamblett
Wounded Healer – Henri Nouwen