According to a 2001 census, there were approximately 14,000 MāoriAnglicans living in these regions.
Te Manawa o Te Wheke is one of five pīhopatanga, or episcopal units, that comprise Te Pīhopatanga o Aotearoa, the Māori Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand.[1]
Ministry
There are several rohe, or ministry units, within Te Pīhopatanga o Te Upoko o Te Ika.[1] These are:
Taranaki-ki-te-Tonga
Taranaki
Wainui-a-rua
Aotea-Kurahaupo
Manawatu-Rangitikei
Poneke
Te Awakairangi
Whitireia
Bishops
The first bishop, Te Pīhopa o Te Upoko o Te Ika, was Muru Walters, from his consecration on 7 March 1992 until his retirement in 2018[2] and the administrator manager is Teri-Rori Kirkwood.[1] On 4 May 2019, it was announced that Wai Quayle, Archdeacon of Wairarapa (in Te Pīhopatanga), was to become the next Pīhopa;[3] she took her See with her consecration as a bishop on 12 September at Masterton by Don Tamihere, Archbishop and Primate of New Zealand, Te Pīhopa o Aotearoa and Te Pīhopa o Te Tairāwhiti (with his fellow-Primates Philip Richardson and Fereimi Cama).[4] Quayle was made deacon in 2013 and ordained priest in 2014, by Walters in Masteron.[4]
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