"The ministry scene in the New Zealand church today is generally one of evolutionary change experimentation and fluidity." [Quote p. 80]

"The church and its clergy need to recover a clear understanding of the nature of priesthood. A priest is first a member of the priestly community the church. He or she is called and gifted by God to serve the people of God and to build them up to be an embodiment of Christ in the world. It is only within the wider vocation of the church as Christ's body that the role of priest can be understood."[Quote p.70]

"The church needs priests joyfully confident in their own calling yet also humble servants of Christ for the sake of Christ's people and men and women able to adjust to a changing church in a changing world. People recognise and value priests who can inspire teach and lead communities of faith courageously in the new mission context in which the church finds itself" [Quote p.71]

"Unlike priests who are the focus of the gathered community in worship and fellowship the deacon's calling is to witness to the serving Christ in the everyday world and to encourage the lay members of the congregation in their ministries of service." [Quote p. 78]

"The Anglican Church in New Zealand has not been short of men and women offering themselves for ordination. Dioceses have received more applications for both stipendiary and non-stipendiary ministry than they need." [Quote p. 78]

"[A PSE] can only offer a limited ministry within his or her parish. However there were expectations in the minds of some that such persons would have their primary ministry in their places of work and within the wider community. This expectation has not been realised to any large degree. In fact most Pakeha [PSEs] ended up assistants within parishes supplementing the ministry of stipendiary priests." [Quote p. 71]

"For [PSEs] formalised working agreements have been encouraged between the parish the priest concerned and the bishop to protect the priest and avoid unfair or unrealistic demands by the parish. These need to be regularly reviewed." [Quote p. 72]

"There has been a movement of Pakeha [PSEs] into full-time stipendiary ministry via what some college-trained clergy have called (critically) the 'back door'." [Quote p. 72]