"1.1.1. 'Ecclesiastical Office' shall include - every Office of Bishop other than Diocesan/Pihopa Awhina; Dean; Vicar or co-Vicar of a local ministry and mission unit/Minita-a-Rohe; Chaplain/Taiparani; Warden/Kaihautu; Missioner; priest Assistant/Pirihi Awhina; Deacon Assistant/Rikona Awhina; Deacon/Priest-in-Charge; Local Priest/Deacon/Minita-a-Iwi; Vocational Deacon/Rikona Pumau; and any other Office defined from time to time by Te Runanganui o te Pihopatanga o Aotearoa the Diocesan Synods or the Standing Committees/Amorangi Whaiti of the Dioceses/Hui Amorangi."
Title G Canon XIII - Of Holy Orders in the Anglican Church in Aotearoa New Zealand and Polynesia -"3.5. No Bishop shall ordain a person Deacon or Priest unless satisfied such person shall be licensed to an office under the Canons or except pursuant to Lessors Dismissory issued by another Bishop of this Church or another Province."