Articles by Topic

updated to Jan 2023

• Covid-19

  Covid-19 Response Plan

  Title	Source	Date	Page
  Covid Conference Contingency Planning	Touchstone	Nov 2022	N/A
  Conference and Covid-19	Touchstone	Sep 2022	N/A
  Covid - Great News!	Connexions	Sep 2022	N/A
  Facemasks or no facemasks	Touchstone	Jul 2022	N/A
  Consensus and risk acceptance	Touchstone	May 2022	N/A
  Risk tolerance to keep using or stop using vaccine passes	Connexions	Apr 2022	N/A
  Covid-19 Zui discussions	Connexions	Mar 2022	N/A
  Prepare for Omicron	Connexions	Feb 2022	N/A
  Alert Level 2 - He waka eke noa	Connexions	Oct 2021	11
  ALL Weekly Advisories - Tara Tautari and Trudy Downes	Video	from Feb 2021	N/A
  Life-saving actions	eMessenger	Mar 2021	12
  Actually, in church, Covid-19 is not all about vaccines	eMessenger	Feb 2021	9
  Facemasks at Church - David Bush and Trudy Downes	Webinar	Nov 2020	N/A
  Covid Fatigue	Touchstone	Nov 2020	7
  Facemasks	eMessenger	Sep 2020	10
  Dominion Tongan Methodist Parish - We got your back!	Touchstone	Sep 2020	1-2
  Facemasks are a reality, and How to Facemask	Touchstone	Sep 2020	7
  Rev. Setaita Taumoepeau Kinanoi-Veikune NZ Govt. via Hon Jenny Salesa MP	Facebook	Aug 2020	N/A
  Gatherings at Alert Level 1 Ruby Manukia-Schaumkel	Touchstone	Jul 2020	6
  Covid-19 Snakes and Ladders	eMessenger	Jun 2020	8-9
  Balancing Rights and Protection under Covid-19 Ruby Manukia-Schaumkel	Touchstone	Jun 2020	9
  Te Whānau ā Apanui - Iwi Manaakitanga	Touchstone	Jun 2020	7
  Contact Tracing App User Training Video	MCNZ Vids	Jun 2020	N/A
  Level 2 Return to the Office	eMessenger	May 2020	12
  Access to Justice and Government Action under Covid-19 Ruby Manukia-Schaumkel	Touchstone	May 2020	9
  Covid-19 Vigilance and the Church Response Ruby Manukia-Schaumkel	Touchstone	Apr 2020	9
  Coronavirus Life Hacks	eMessenger	Mar 2020	9-10
  So What's Happening?	eMessenger	Feb 2020	11

• Safeguarding

  Title	Source	Date	Page
  Methodist Church Safeguarding	Touchstone	Nov 2022	N/A

• Asbestos Management

  Asbestos Management Plans

  Title	Source	Date	Page
  Asbestos Management	Webinar	Aug 2021	N/A
  Asbestos Regulations since 2016	eMessenger	Feb 2020	11
  Asbestos	eMessenger	Sep 2019	10
  Things to Do	eMessenger	Mar 2019	13
  Removing asbestos	Touchstone	Sep 2018	7
  Asbestos Workshop	eMessenger	Sep 2018	14
  Asbestos... again!!	eMessenger	Aug 2018	17
  Asbestos Management Plans	eMessenger	Jun 2018	15
  Got an Asbestos Management Plan	Touchstone	May 2018	2
  Asbestos again - Sorry... it has to be done	eMessenger	Apr 2018	14
  Asbestos Management Plans Looming	Touchstone	Mar 2018	2
  Asbestos - the start of our journey	eMessenger	Dec 2017	12

• Emergency Response Plans

  Emergency Response Plans

  Title	Source	Date	Page
  Approved Evacuation Plans	Webinar	Oct 2021	N/A
  Creating an Emergency Response Plan	Webinar	Sep 2021	N/A
  Tell Us Your Story	Touchstone	Apr 2021	7
  ShakeOut 2020	eMessenger	Oct 2020	13
  Further Fire Lessons	eMessenger	Sep 2020	10
  Lessons - Fire	eMessenger	Aug 2020	9
  Emergency Plans in Lockdown	eMessenger	Apr 2020	10
  Shelter in Place Drills	Touchstone	Mar 2020	7
  ShakeOut 2019	eMessenger	Oct 2019	13
  Measles - when the nephew came for a visit	Touchstone	Oct 2019	7
  Measles and ShakeOut 2019	eMessenger	Sep 2019	10-11
  Do Not Resuscitate!, ShakeOut 2019	eMessenger	Aug 2019	8-9
  Defibrillators, a Fire Story, ShakeOut 2019	eMessenger	Jul 2019	5, 10-11
  Connexional Office "Lockdown" Drill	YouTube	Jul 2019	N/A
  Shelter in Place	eMessenger	Jun 2019	10
  AEDs Save Lives	Touchstone	Jun 2019	2
  Defibrillators	eMessenger	May 2019	9
  Things to Do - Incident Reporting, Emergency Response Plans	eMessenger	Mar 2019	12-13
  Fire Drill a Big Success Rev Moi Kaufononga	Touchstone	Feb 2019	9
  Emergency Response Teams	Touchstone	Feb 2019	7
  Got your emergency response plan?	eMessenger	May 2018	10

• Risk Management

  Title	Source	Date	Page
  Consensus and risk acceptance	Touchstone	May 2022	N/A
  Incident Reporting	Webinar	Jul 2021	N/A

• Let the Children Live

  Title	Source	Date	Page
  Child Law and Protection Ruby Manukia-Shaumkel	Touchstone	Apr 2021	9

• Property and Building Maintenance

  Bricks and Mortar Manual

  Title	Source	Date	Page
  Working with Consultants and Contractors	eMessenger	Oct 2020	12
  Church roof caves in Rev I Boddy (What we don't want to happen!)	Touchstone	May 2020	2
  Decorate Safely - Ladders, Lights and Flames	eMessenger	Dec 2019	10-11
  Big Old Trees	eMessenger	Feb 2019	7

• Caring for Mental Wellbeing

  Need to talk?

  Title	Source	Date	Page
  Are you suffering from burnout?	eMessenger	May 2021	13
  Kia atawhai, Be kind	eMessenger	Apr 2021	11
  Philosophy for the month	eMessenger	Jul 2018	14
  What does health and safety mean to you?	eMessenger	Mar 2018	11
  What is safe? Getting to ora, and pai.	Touchstone	Aug 2019	7
  How are you doing?	Touchstone	Jun 2019	7

• Learn about Health and Safety

  Title	Source	Date	Page
  Four year plan consultation	eMessenger	Jul 2021	9
  Property, Liability and Our Standard of Care	Webinar	Jun 2021	N/A
  Riding a Dead Horse	Touchstone	Jun 2021	7
  Some Questions and Answers	eMessenger	Jun 2021	10
  Lessons from Whakaari	eMessenger	Dec 2020	12
  A Health and Safety Resource Available to you and your Parish	eMessenger	Jul 2020	11
  Starting Health and Safety	eMessenger	May 2020	12
  Parish Questions - Waikato/Waiariki Synod	eMessenger	Apr 2020	18
  Church and Security Ruby Manukia-Schaumkel	Touchstone	Mar 2020	9
  Workplace Wellbeing and the Law Ruby Manukia-Schaumkel	Touchstone	Oct 2019	10
  The Importance of Health and Safety Ruby Manukia-Schaumkel	Touchstone	Jun 2019	10
  Are we allowing our dedication to outweigh our safety expectations?	Touchstone	Apr 2019	7
  Smokefree!	eMessenger	Dec 2018	14
  My first Methodist Conference	Touchstone	Nov 2018	7
  Manaaki	eMessenger	Nov 2018	13
  Health and Safety Survey	eMessenger	Jun 2018	14
  Governance Groups and the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015!	eMessenger	Feb 2018	9-10
  Mapping the Church, and Pilot Programmes	eMessenger	Dec 2017	11-12

• Lessons for the Future

  Title	Source	Date	Page
  How's your water?	Touchstone	Feb 2021	7
  Exploring Future Church, Different Church, Ready Church	Touchstone	Aug 2020	4
  Learn, reflect and project. How might church and parishes change into the future?	Webinar	Aug 2020	#2
  Future Church, Different Church, Ready Church	Webinar	Jul 2020	#1
  The Taste of Words	Touchstone	Jul 2020	7
  Ready Church - It's a Mindset	eMessenger	Nov 2019	12
  Ready Church - Earthquakes	eMessenger	Oct  2019	11-12
  Come summer, come swimming and all that it entails	Touchstone	Dec 2019	7

• Webinars

  All webinars are available here.

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