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Thurian Max (ed): Churches respond to BEM vol II (Geneva WCC 1986)
The contribution of the Church of the Province of New Zealand is found in pages 63 - 68. The response to to BEM's para 30 is -

"While we agree with the emphasis on the relationship of presbyters to a 'local eucharistic community' we would like to see more recognition of the role of extra-parochial clergy and their relationships to non-parochial but not necessarily local eucharistic communities." [Quote p.67]

The response to to BEM's para 46 is -

The Church of the Province of New Zealand has a variety of expressions of ordained ministry -- parochial and extra-parochial, stipendiary and non-stipendiary, full-time and part-time. [Quote p.67]