The Tikanga Church is the 3 cultural branches of the New Zealand Anglican Church, Maori, Pakeha and Pacific Islander. Up until 2002 each Tikanga celebrated its own Youth Sunday. The Tikanga Youth Exchange in Fiji in 2001 decided that we needed a Sunday when the whole Anglican Church in Aotearoa-New Zealand and Polynesia celebrated youth, across the cultural divide. On that occasion Tikanga Maori suggested that it be connected to Tarore the youngest NZ saint in our calendar. This proposal was accepted and the three Tikanga Youth Sunday was set aside at General Synod in 2002. It is the nearest Sunday to the 19th October, the day the church remembers a young Maori girl, Tarore of Waharoa. But this year it falls on the 19th October and Torore would be set aside for this year by most of the Church. This website however does not set aside saint's day's when they fall on a Sunday or important moveable feast day - instead we temporarily move them for the year. So we will honor Tarore tomorrow.

The Three Tikanga Youth Sunday is an opportunity for the church to:

• Celebrate young people
• Further ministry among youth
• Celebrate the cultural diversity of our young people and to nurture the three Tikanga relationships.