A NEW ZEALAND CREED

We believe in God, creator and sustainer of life,
creator of the black woman and the white woman
of the black man and the white man
of the woman who is not quite black and not quite white
of the man who is not quite white and not quite black.

We believe in God, the Creator
who gave us the Silver Fern and the mighty Kauri tree,
the Kahawai and the Kiwi,
the Southern Cross and the Milky Way.

We believe in God,
who gave us a land to keep, 
to reverence and to cultivate.

We believe in Jesus, born of a woman
who was not quite black and not quite white,
a woman who was not quite sure of who she was or who she was to be, 
a woman who faithfully struggled to believe.

We believe in Jesus - risen,
liberator of all humanity, Emmanuel, God-with-us, God-for-us.
We, women and men of The Land of the Long White Cloud, Aotearoa, land of the Holy Spirit,
believe in the power of the Spirit to set us free to regenerate our land, to transform our world, to work for peace,
to listen to the cries of the broken tribes, and the dislocation of the 'foreigners' 

We believe in the power of the Spirit to transform our dealings with our sisters and our brothers of other colours, whakapapa, and diverse iwi and creeds.